Beltrán de la Cueva y Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alburquerque, (in full, ), ( 1478 – 11 February 1560) was a Spanish nobleman and military leader.

Biography

He was born in

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, the son of Don

Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque (in full, ) (25 August 1467 – 4 June 1526) was a Spanish nobleman. He was the son of Don Beltrán de la Cueva, Beltrán de la Cueva, 1st Duke of Alburquerque, by first wife Doña Mencí ...

and of Francisca de Toledo, daughter of

García Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba García Álvarez de Toledo y Carrillo de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba de Tormes ( – 20 June 1488) was a Spanish nobleman, military leader and politician, whose family had presided over the lands of Alba de Tormes since the year 1369. Biography ...

. Beltrán de la Cueva was appointed captain general of the Spanish Army, and commander-in-chief of the English Army in France (under queen

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). He was named a

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of the

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in 1531, a Viceroy of Aragon in 1535, and a Viceroy of Navarre in 1552, position he held until his death in 1560.

Marriage and children

He married Isabel Girón y de la Vega, daughter of Juan Téllez-Girón, II Count of Ureña, and had : * Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 4th Duke of Alburquerque. * Juan de la Cueva y Girón. * Francisca de la Cueva y Girón, married Claudio Fernández Vigil de Quiñones, IV Count of Luna, no issue. *

Gabriel de la Cueva, 5th Duke of Alburquerque Gabriel de la Cueva y Girón, 5th Duke of Alburquerque, 2nd Marquess of Cuéllar, 5th Count of Ledesma, 5th Count of Huelma ( 1515 – 1571) was a Spanish nobleman and military leader who served as Viceroy of Navarre from 1560 to 1564 and Gover ...

. * Leonor de la Cueva y Girón, married Pedro Fernando Ruiz de Castro Andrade y Portugal, parents of Fernando Ruiz de Castro Andrade y Portugal, VI

Count of Lemos Count of Lemos () is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of Grandee, granted in 1456 by Henry IV to Pedro Álvarez Osorio, as a result of his marriage to Beatriz Enríquez de Castilla, a cousin of the king. Th ...

Sources

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