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 Italian descent and a

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Biography

Spinola was born in 1628, the son of Filippo Spinola, 2nd Marquis of Los Balbases and Geronima Doria. His grandfather was the Italian-Spanish general and banker Ambrogio Spinola. 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. He was Spanish

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to Vienna between 1670 and 1676 and then to Paris in 1677.

Family

In 1653, he married Anna Colonna (daughter of

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) in Rome. 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 (1665–1721) - Viceroy of Sicily who married Isabel Maria de la Cerda (1667–1708), daughter of Juan Francisco de la Cerda, Duke of Medinaceli. * Luisa Spinola - married Gregorio Januario de Bracamonte y Bracamonte. * Antonia Spínola (died 1744) - married Marino Francesco Caracciolo (1688–1727), 6th Prince of

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Spinola, Paolo 1628 births 1699 deaths Spanish generals 17th-century Spanish nobility Marquesses of the Balbases 17th-century Italian nobility Governors of the Duchy of Milan Spanish people of Italian descent Grandees of Spain