Paolo Spinola or Pablo Spínola Doria (24 February 1628 – 24 December 1699), 3rd

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of the Balbases and 3rd Duke of San Severino and Sesto, was a Spanish nobleman of

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descent and a

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Biography

Spinola was born in 1628, the son of

Filippo Spinola, 2nd Marquis of Los Balbases Filippo Spinola, 2nd Marquis of Los Balbases (1594 in Genoa, Italy – 8 August 1659 in Madrid, Spain) was a Grandee of Spain, House of Sanseverino, duke of San Severino, a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, General of the Spanish Army and ...

and Geronima Doria. His grandfather was the Italian-Spanish general and banker

Ambrogio Spinola Ambrogio Spinola Doria, 1st Marquess of Los Balbases and 1st Duke of Sesto (1569-25 September 1630) was an Italian ''condottiero'' and nobleman of the Republic of Genoa, who served as a Spanish general and won a number of important battles. He i ...

. Paolo was Governor of the Duchy of Milan during 1668 and 1670 after which he was replaced by

Gaspar Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke de Osuna Gaspar Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke de Osuna (25 May 1625 – Madrid, 2 June 1694), 5th Marquess of Peñafiel, 9th Count of Ureña and other lesser titles, was a Spanish general and a Grandee of Spain, title bestowed by king Philip II of Spain on 5 ...

. He was

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between 1670 and 1676 and then to

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in 1677.

Family

In 1653, he married Anna Colonna (daughter of

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) in

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. Their children were:Gene-all:
Spinola * Isabella Spinola (died 1700) - married Francesco Maria Spinola, 3rd Duke of

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. * Teresa Antonia Spinola (born 23 October 1659) - married Martín Domingo de Guzmán, 4th

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. *

Felipe Antonio Spinola, 4th Marquis of the Balbases Carlo Filippo Antonio Spinola y Colonna, 4th Marquis of the Balbases (Madrid, Spain, 11 November 1665 – 30 July 1721), was Viceroy of Sicily from 1707 to 1713, during the Spanish Succession War. He was the eldest son of Paolo Spinola, 3rd Marquis ...

(1665–1721) -

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who married Isabel Maria de la Cerda (1667–1708), daughter of

Juan Francisco de la Cerda, Duke of Medinaceli Juan Francisco de la Cerda Enríquez de Ribera (Medinaceli, 4 November 1637 – Madrid, 20 February 1691), 8th Duke of Medinaceli, 7th Marquis de Cogolludo, 4th Marquis of Alcalá de la Alameda, 6th Duke of Alcalá de los Gazules, 9th Count ...

. * Luisa Spinola - married Gregorio Januario de Bracamonte y Bracamonte. * Antonia Spínola (died 1744) - married

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(1688–1727), 6th Prince of

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References

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