Mercurio Antonio López Pacheco y Portugal Acuña Manrique Silva Girón y Portocarrero, twice

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, 9th Duke of Escalona, 9th Marquis of Villena, 15th Count of Castañeda, 11th Count of San Esteban de Gormaz and 9th Count of Xiquena (Escalona, 9 May 1679 – Madrid, 7 June, 1738), was a

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aristocrat and academician. He was the son of the 1st Director of the

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(founded 1713) Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco 8th Duke of Escalona, and himself was its 2nd lifetime Director from 1725 to 1738. He was promoted to be a Knight of the

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in 1724 and was Mayordomo mayor to the King and chief of his Royal Household from 1725 to 1738.

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