Francisco IV de Benavides y Dávila, (1 November 1640,

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– 1716),

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, 1678–1687,

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, 1687–1696, 9th Count of

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since March 1666, was the second son of

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(1607–1666).

Biography

His mother was Antonia Dávila y Corella, first wife out of three, totalling some 9 males/females, being 10th Countess of

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and the daughter of : Spanish aristocrat Jerónimo Ruiz de Corella, between other things, General of the Artillery radicated in the Duchy of Milan,

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while her mother, a "Manrique", came from a family holding several marquisates and counties in Spain. The title of Count of

was awarded by king

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on 21 September 1473 to Diego Sánchez de Benavides while the

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, was awarded to this Francisco IV de Benavides y Dánila, 9th Count by king Charles II of Spain on 8 July 1696. Moreover, on 20 August 1738 the 10th Count, Francisco IV son, Manuel de Benavides y Aragon, (1683–1748), the 14th child out of 18 males/females, would be promoted to 1st Duke of

, by king

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while being a Spanish Army Brigadier to reward his help in several battles and wars in Europe, including

and actions to "recuperate" the kingdoms of

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and

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for Imperial Spain administration. He married Francisca Josefa de Aragón y Sandoval, (

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, province of Córdoba,

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, 23 August 1647 – 29 January 1697, aged 50) ''having some 18 males/females'' in their marriage. His wife, Francisca Josefa, was a daughter of Luis Ramón de Aragón- Folc de Cardona y Córdoba, 6th Duke of Segorbe, (1608–1670) and Mariana de Sandoval-Rojas y Enriquez de Cabrera, (1614–1651, aged 37), 3rd Duchess of Lerma, closely related to the then virtual Prime Minister of Spain under king

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, the promoter of the 12-year truce between Spain and the Protestant provinces of the Low Countries, united in the

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, within the frame of the Eighty Years' War or Dutch-Spanish War.

Some references

*http://www.fundacionmedinaceli.org/casaducal/fichaindividuo.aspx?id=302 *http://www.fundacionmedinaceli.org/casaducal/fichaindividuo.aspx?id=303 *http://www.grandesp.org.uk/historia/gzas/santisteban.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Benavides Y Davila, Francisco Iv de 1640 births 1716 deaths Nobility from Madrid Viceroys of Naples Viceroys of Sicily Counts of Spain 17th-century Spanish people 18th-century Spanish people Grandees of Spain