Juan de Moncada (

Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...

: ''Joan de Montcada i Gralla'') (Valencia, ? – Barcelona, 1622) was a

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in Spain in the 17th century. He was born in

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as 11th child of

Francisco de Moncada y Folch de Cardona Francisco de Moncada y Cardona ( Mequinenza, 9 October 1532 – Valencia, 12 November 1594) Gastón de Moncada, 2nd Marquis of Aitona Gastón de Moncada y Gralla-Despla, 2nd Marquis of Aitona (1554–1626) was a member of Spanish nobility who was the Viceroy of Sardinia (1590–1595) and the Viceroy of Aragon (1604-1610). He was one of the 17 children of the 2nd Count of Aiton ...

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For some time prior to May, 1612 de Moncada served as

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. In that month he was appointed

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and

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of northeast Spain. His nephew

Francisco de Moncada Francisco de Moncada (in Catalan: Francesc de Montcada i Montcada), 3rd Marquis of Aytona, (1586–1635) was a Spanish diplomat, soldier and writer of the early 17th century. He was also interim Governor of the Spanish Netherlands. Early life Mon ...

dedicated his ''Catalan Chronicle'' to his uncle the archbishop. Juan de Moncada died in 1622.

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