Luis Antonio Fernández de Córdoba y Spínola (Madrid, 20 September 1704 - Madrid, 14 January 1768), XI

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, XI

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, XII

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and X Count of Santa Gadea, was a Spanish aristocrat who served the Royal Spanish House.

Life

He was the eldest son of

Nicolás Fernández de Córdoba, 10th Duke of Medinaceli Nicolás Fernández de Córdoba y de la Cerda, 10th Duke of Medinaceli, GE (24 June 1682 – 19 March 1739) was a Spanish aristocrat. He was the 10th Duke of Medinaceli, an Ambassador of the King of Spain, Majordomo and Stable master of the que ...

and Jerónima María Spínola y de la Cerda. In addition to his many titles, he was Lieutenant General of the Royal Armies and Captain of the Royal Guard Company of the King.
In 1747, he was sent by King

Ferdinand VI of Spain , house = Bourbon-Anjou , father = Philip V of Spain , mother = Maria Luisa of Savoy , birth_date = 23 September 1713 , birth_place = Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Madrid, Spain , death_date = , death_place = Villavici ...

to Naples as Extraordinary ambassador, to act as godfather on behalf of the King, of the newborn Infante Felipe Pascual,son of the King of Naples and Sicily. For this, he received the collar of the

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.
The King appointed him in 1749

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, a position he would hold under the new King

Charles III of Spain it, Carlo Sebastiano di Borbone e Farnese , house = Bourbon-Anjou , father = Philip V of Spain , mother = Elisabeth Farnese , birth_date = 20 January 1716 , birth_place = Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Spain , death_d ...

, until the end of his life.
In 1766 he tried, without success, to mediate in the Esquilache Riots.

Marriage and children

He married on 19 November 1722 with María Teresa de Moncada and Benavides (1707-1756) who would become, after the death of her father in 1727, the VII Duchess of Camiña, VII Marquise of Aytona, V Marquise of la Puebla de Castro and XI Countess of Medellín.They had 1 son and 3 daughters. * Pedro de Alcántara Fernández de Córdoba y Montcada (1730-1789), his successor *María del Rosario (1732 - 1773), married Francisco Ponce de León y Spínola, X

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. *Ana María de la O (1738 - 1782), married Antonio de Benavides y de la Cueva, II Duke of Santisteban del Puerto. *María Dolores (1746 - 1770) In 1763 he remarried with María Francisca Pignatelli de Aragón y Gonzaga (1747-1769), daughter of Joaquín Pignatelli, Count of Fuentes. They had no children.

Sources

Real Academia de la Historia.Fundacion Medinaceli
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