Luis Antonio Tomás Fernandez de Portocarrero y Moscoso, (7 March 1649 – 1723), 5th Count of
Palma del Río
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, was a Spanish noble and
Viceroy of Catalonia.
His father was Fernando Luis de Portocarrero, 4th Count of Palma del Rio and 2nd Marquis of Almenara. His mother was Antonia de Moscoso, daughter of Lope Hurtado De Mendoza y Moscoso, 8th conde de Monteagudo.
His father died in the same year as he was born and his mother remarried with
Enrique de Pimentel y Moscoso
Enrique () is the Spanish language, Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich (given name), Heinrich of Germanic origin.
Equivalents in other languages are Henry (given name), Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, D ...
, former
Viceroy of Aragon.
His uncle was
Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero
Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero y de Guzmán, (8 January 1635, Palma del Río – 14 September 1709, Toledo, Spain) was a Spanish prelate, who was cardinal archbishop of Toledo. Uncle of Luis Antonio Tomás de Portocarrero y Moscoso, 5th ...
y de Guzman, former
Viceroy of Sicily, Cardinal of Toledo, and member of the Council of State under King
Carlos II of Spain.
He married in 1667 with his cousin María Leonor de Moscoso and had 7 children, including
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Joaquín Fernández de Portocarrero
Joaquín Fernández de Portocarrero y Mendoza, 4th Marquis of Almenara, 9th Count of Palma del Río (27 March 1681 – 22 June 1760) was a Grandee of Spain who served Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor as Viceroy of Sicily and interim Viceroy of ...
(1681–1760), Austrian
Viceroy of Sicily.
Luis Antonio Tomas was awarded the title of Grandee of Spain, 2nd class, by King
Philip V of Spain, in 1697.
He became
Viceroy of Catalonia between 1702 and 1703.
In 1710, he went over to the Austrian party, and was forced into exile after the defeat in 1714.
His possessions were confiscated, but returned to his son Gaspar in 1724.
Sources
Castilla MaxercoGeneanetEl gran diccionario historico
*http://helvia.uco.es/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10396/11791/Ambitos_29_09.pdf?sequence=1 Luis Antonio Portocarrero: el conde
desafecto (1710-1723)
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17th-century Spanish nobility
Viceroys of Catalonia
Grandees of Spain
1649 births
1723 deaths
18th-century Spanish nobility