Pedro Manuel Colón de Portugal y de la Cueva, 7th Duke of Veragua, (25 December 1651 – 9 September 1710) was a Spanish noble.
He was a Knight of the
Order of the Golden Fleece since 1675,
Viceroy of Valencia
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*1520 : Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Count of Melito
*1523 : Germaine of Foix and Johann of Brandenburg-Ansbach
*1526 : Germaine of Foix and Ferdinand of Aragon, Duque ...
, 1679–1680,
Viceroy of Sicily This is a list of viceroys of Sicily:
Aragonese direct rule 1409–1516
* John of Aragon, Duke of Peñafiel, later king John II of Aragon, 1458–1479, acted 1409–1416.
* Domingo Ram y Lanaja, Bishop of Lleida 1416–1419
* Antonio de Cardona ...
, 1696–1701, and
Viceroy of Sardinia
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Aragonese Viceroys
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1. Lluís de Pontons (1418-1419)
2. Joan de Corbera (1419-14 ...
, 1706–1708.
He was born in
Madrid
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, the eldest son of
Pedro Nuño Colón de Portugal, 6th Duke of Veragua
Pedro Nuño Colón de Portugal y Castro, 6th Duke of Veragua, 6th Marquess of Jamaica, 6th Count of Gelves (Madrid, Spain, 13 December 1628 – December 8, 1673, Mexico City) was viceroy of New Spain from December 3, 1673 to December 8, 1673. ...
and his first wife, Isabel Fernández de la Cueva y Enríquez de Cabrera, daughter of
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 7th Duke of Alburquerque.
Pedro Manuel married Teresa Marina de Ayala, 4th Marchioness de la Mota, in Madrid on 30 August 1674.
Their eldest son was Pedro Manuel Nuño Colón de Portugal y Ayala. After his death in 1733, his sister Catalina Ventura, deceased 1739, became 9th Duchess of Veragua; but because she had married on 31 December 1716 Madrid
James Francis FitzJames Stuart y Burgh, their children inherited Spanish and a few British titles.
Further reading
Pedro Manuel Colon de Portugal y de la Cueva, 7. conde de Gelves Geneall.net (in Spanish)
the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami (in Spanish, archived link)
Fundación Focus (in Spanish, archived link)
(in Spanish)
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1651 births
1710 deaths
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See also
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Pedro Manuel
Pedro Manuel (died 1 January 1550) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1546–1550), Bishop of Zamora (1534–1546), and Bishop of León (1523–1534).
Viceroys of Valencia
Viceroys of Sicily
Viceroys of Sardinia
Knights of the Golden Fleece