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Luis Guillermo de Moncada y de Aragon y de la Cerda y de la Cueva (Collesano, 1 January 1614 - Madrid, 4 March 1672) was a Spanish nobleman and Roman Catholic cardinal. He was a Knight of the Military

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in 1630,

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1635 -1639,Biblioteca storica e letteraria di Sicilia
Volumes 3-4 (1869), Diary of Don Vincenzo Auria Palermitano, starting 1631, pages 9-10. Captain General and

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(1644),

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in 1652 and a Knight of the

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in 1651.

Biography

Born at

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on 1 January 1614, as a son of

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, he was a

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brother of Antonio de Moncada, 4th Duke of Bivona, 5th Prince of

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, 7th Duke of Montalto and a

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, who by his own rights had renounced to his "Ducal vanities" in 1631, leaving to Luis, aged 17, his titles and honours. First he married Maria Enriquez Afan de Ribera y de Moura (IV duchesse of Alcalà de los Gazules), daughter of

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, who died without children in 1638. He remarried Catalina de Moncada y de Moncada y de Castro y Alagon, (21 August 1611 - deceased 1660), the daughter of

Francisco de Moncada, 3rd Marquis of Aitona 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 ...

(1586-1635), with whom he had one son, Fernando de Aragón y Moncada (1644 - 1713). When his second wife, Catalina, died towards the end of 1660, he became a priest around 1662, aged 48, being promoted to the honor of

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without title of the Holy Roman Church on 7 March 1667, under the protection of

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. He was the highest representative of the

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until his death. He died 4 May 1672 in Madrid, and was buried in the tomb of the duke of Alcalá de los Gazules, his first father in law, in the Capuchin convent of San Antonio,

. His remains were transferred in 1674, according to his will, to the church of

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in Naples.

External links

Fundacionmedinaceli.org

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:De Moncada, Luis Guillermo 1614 births 1672 deaths Nobility from Palermo Dukes of Spain 17th-century Italian nobility Viceroys of Sardinia 17th-century Spanish cardinals Cardinals created by Pope Alexander VII Knights of the Golden Fleece Clergy from Palermo