Don Fernando Calderón de la Barca y Collantes, 1st Marquis of Reinosa (21 February 1811, in

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, Spain – 9 January 1890, in

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, Spain) was a Spanish

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and politician who served as

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between 1875 and 1877. Second son of Manuel Santiago Calderón de la Barca y Rodríguez-Fontecha,

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for

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, and his wife Saturnina Collantes y Fonegra. His eldest brother Saturnino Calderón de la Barca y Collantes, also a prominent politician who held important offices. , -

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