Juan López Pacheco, Duke Of Escalona

Juan Pablo Francisco López Pacheco y Moscoso Acuña Manrique Silva Girón y Portocarrero,

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, Duke of Escalona and Lord of Garganta la Olla (Madrid, 22 March 1716 – Madrid 27 April 1751). Member of the

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since 10 June 1738, aged 22, becoming the 4th Director of the

in 1746. was promoted to

, 18 September 1750. Lieutenant General of the Spanish Royal Army, member of the

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with several titles of Marquis and Count. He married on 10 November 1748, aged 36, with Maria Lopez Pacheco de Toledo y Portugal, (Madrid, 22 August 1729 - Madrid, 28 November 1768), 11th Countess of Oropesa, 10th Countess of Alcaudete and many other titles. He was the son of a second marriage of Mercurio Antonio López Pacheco y Benavides. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez Pacheco, Juan 1716 births 1751 deaths Spanish generals Dukes of Spain Knights of Santiago Grandees of Spain Spanish nobility