Alonso Antonio de San Martín (12 December 1642 – 5 July 1705) was a Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cuenca (1681–1705) and Bishop of Oviedo (1675–1681). ''(in Latin)'' He was an illegitimate son of King Felipe IV of Spain.

Biography

Alonso Antonio de San Martín was born in

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on 12 December 1642. He was the illegitimate son of King Felipe IV of Spain and of a young woman who served in the Buen Retiro Palace, named Tomasa María de Aldana, a native of Illescas, Toledo. However, in the newborn's baptismal certificate, which took place in the parish of San Sebastián, are assigned as biological parents: Juan de Valdés and María Díaz.Real Academia de la Historia
/ref> On 1 October 1675, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Clement X on 16 December 1675 as Bishop of Oviedo. In April 1676, he was consecrated bishop by Francisco de Rois y Mendoza, Archbishop of Granada, with Clemente Alvarez López, Bishop of Guadix, and Melchior de Escuda Aybar,

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of ''Utica'', serving as co-consecrators. On 21 October 1681, he was appointed during the papacy of

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as Bishop of Cuenca. He served as Bishop of Cuenca until his death on 5 July 1705.

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