Juan Francisco Pacheco y Téllez-Girón, 4th Consort

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, 8 June 1649 –

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, 25 August 1718), was a Spanish noble,

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and Spanish Ambassador in

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Biography

He was the son of Alonso Melchor Téllez-Girón, from whom he inherited the title of 3rd Count of

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, and Juana de Velasco, daughter of

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. He was Captain General of Galicia (1682–1686), Spanish

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(1689–1696) (Started:1689/04/09 Ended:1696/05/21) under king

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, Ambassador at

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, under kings

and

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, member of the Spanish State Council under king

. He was also 1st Marquis of Menas Albas, Marquis of Belmonte, Chevalier of the French

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and

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. During his time as the Spanish

he experienced the

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and launched several naval attacks on

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and

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, which resulted in a decrease of the number of Ottoman raids on Sicily. During the

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he first supported Philip V of Spain, but went over to the Austrians in 1710, and lived the last years of his life in Vienna. He became there Knight of the

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, Austrian Branch, and member of the Austrian Empire State Council of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor. He married on 16 July 1677 with Isabel María de Sandoval y Girón, a

, 4th proprietary Duchess of Uceda, (born

, 15 August 1653 – married 16 July 1677 - +Genoa,

, 23 July 1711). Through this marriage Juan became jure uxoris, 4th Consort

On the title Duke of Uceda

His wife, Duchess Isabel María de Sandoval y Girón, followed a naming tradition used by women of the High Spanish Nobility and ecclesiastical officials from noble families since the mid-14th century. This tradition involved using the Mother, maternal surname when the mother held a Imperial, royal and noble ranks, noble title. Her mother, Feliche de Sandoval Ursino (or Orsini family, Orsini) (Madrid, Madrid, Spain, June 3, 1625 – Milan, Milan, Italy, October 7, 1671), was the 3rd Duchess of Uceda and a Grandee of Spain. After marrying in 1645, her husband, Gaspar Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke of Osuna, Gaspar Téllez-Girón y Sandoval (Madrid, May 25, 1625 – June 2, 1694), became the 3rd Duke Consort of Uceda. However, he was primarily known by his paternal title as the 5th Duke of Osuna. In short, the 3rd and 4th Dukes of Uceda were women—Feliche de Sandoval and Isabel María de Sandoval—who inherited and held the title in their own right. Their fathers and husbands, however, bore different noble titles from their respective families: Álvarez de Toledo (8th Count of Oropesa) Pacheco Téllez-Girón (3rd Count of La Puebla de Montalbán) Téllez-Girón y Sandoval (5th Duke of Osuna). It is through this elaborate but by no means at the time uncommon, "family names engineering" that it was possible to pass on the family name "Sandoval" from Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma, (PM of Spain under earlier king Philip III of Spain to their son: Manuel de Sandoval Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke of Uceda, (

11 April 1676 –

, 12 November 1732).

References

;Notes *Margarita MARTIN VELASCO
"La documentación histórica y la publicística del siglo XVIII. El IV Duque de Uceda y sy correspondencia con Félix de la Cruz Aedo"
. (2005). Rev. "Documentación de las Ciencias de la Información", (2006), vol 29, Pages 141-164. *Miguel Angel OCHOA BRUN . "Embajadas reales: La presencia diplomática española en Italia durante la Guerra de Sucesión", 15 Diciembre 2002, discurso leido en su recepcion como miembro de la Academia Española de la Historia. *Gregorio DE ANDRES . "Catalogo de los manuscritos de la Biblioteca del Duque de Uceda", Rev. Archivos, Bibliotecas y Museos, (1975), vol 78, pages 5–40. *K. KAMEN. "La Guerra de Sucesion en España, 1700 - 1715". Barcelona, Ed. Grijalbo, (1974). {{DEFAULTSORT:Pacheco Y Tellez-Giron, Juan Francisco 1649 births 1718 deaths Ambassadors of Spain Dukes of Uceda Captain Generals of Galicia Viceroys of Sicily War of the Spanish Succession