The title Marquess of Baides ( es, link=no, Marqués de Baides) is a 17th-century Spanish hereditary title bestowed upon

Francisco López de Zúñiga Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

on 20 September 1621 by

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. The López de Zúñiga (or Zúñiga) family were Lords of Baides, in the

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, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. There Diego López de Zúñiga, established in 1428 a primogeniture ( es, link=no, Mayorazgo) over the estate and the surrounding lands. One of his descendants, Francisco López de Zúñiga y de la Cerda, Lord of Baides, was granted the elevation of his title to Marquess in the nobility of Castille by King

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, on 20 September 1621.

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Francisco López de Zúñiga y Meneses, the second Marquess, was

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between 1639 and 1646. He was accused of allowing corruption to flourish, to let his position go unattended and of using it to enrich himself. He died fighting against the English on his return to Spain.

Marquesses of Baides

, 1st Marquess of Baides (1621–1636) *

, 2nd Marquess of Baides *

, 3rd Marquess of Baides * Francisco de Zúñiga, 5th Marquis of Baides * María Luisa de Zúñiga Dávila Salazar y Córdoba, 6th Marchioness of Baides (?–1728)

Sources

Genealogical chart of family

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