Francisco de Moura Corte Real, 3rd Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo (13 December 1621 – 26 November 1675) was a Portuguese nobleman who served as
Viceroy of Spanish Sardinia and
Governor of the Spanish Netherlands
The governor () or governor-general () of the Habsburg Netherlands was a representative appointed by the Holy Roman emperor (1504-1556), the king of Spain (1556-1598, 1621-1706), and the archduke of Austria (1716-1794), to administer the Burgundi ...
.
Life
Francisco de Moura was the son of the Portuguese nobleman,
Manuel de Moura, 2nd Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo, who had been
Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands between 1644 and 1647, and of Leonor de Melo. A member of the
Corte-Real family, he was a Gentleman of the Chamber of King
Philip III of Portugal
Philip IV (, ; 8 April 160517 September 1665), also called the Planet King (Spanish: ''Rey Planeta''), was King of Spain from 1621 to his death and (as Philip III) King of Portugal from 1621 to 1640. Philip is remembered for his patronage of the ...
, later member of his council of state and his ambassador to Vienna between 1649 and 1656.
He was named
Duke of Nochera on 10 August 1656, and served as
Viceroy of Sardinia
This is a list of viceroys of Sardinia.
Aragonese Viceroys
From 1418 to 1516 Sardinia was ruled by viceroys from the Crown of Aragon, which merged into the Monarchy of Spain in 1516.
* Lluís de Pontons (1418-1419)
* Joan de Corbera (1419-1420) ...
between 1657 and 1661, and
Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands between 1664 and 1668. Under his administration, the Spanish Netherlands suffered a French invasion during the
War of Devolution
The War of Devolution took place from May 1667 to May 1668. In the course of the war, Kingdom of France, France occupied large parts of the Spanish Netherlands and County of Burgundy, Franche-Comté, both then provinces of the Holy Roman Empire ...
. By this time, Spain was so weak that it could put up very little resistance to the French assault. The French even spoke of "une promenade militaire." Moura was later appointed as
Caballerizo mayor
The Caballerizo mayor (Great Equerry) was the Officer of the Royal Household and Heritage of the Crown of Spain. This role included oversight of the trips, the mews, and the hunt of the King of Spain.
Regime during the 16th to 18th centuries
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to the King and died in
Madrid
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in December 1675.
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1621 births
1675 deaths
Viceroys of Sardinia
Governors of the Habsburg Netherlands
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Knights of the Military Order of Christ
Portuguese diplomats
17th-century Portuguese nobility
Court of Charles II of Spain
People of the War of Devolution