Manuel de Acevedo y Zúñiga, 6th Count of Monterrey (c. 1582 – 1653), Enciso Alonso-Muñumer, Isabel
"Manuel de Acevedo y Zúñiga".
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. Retrieved 26 December 2024. was a politician and diplomat. He was

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from 1631 to 1636.

Family

Born in Salamanca, he was the son of

Gaspar de Zúñiga, 5th Count of Monterrey Gaspar de Zúñiga Acevedo y Fonseca, 5th Count of Monterrey (1560 – March 16, 1606) was a Spanish nobleman who was the ninth viceroy of New Spain. He governed from November 5, 1595, to October 26, 1603. From January 18, 1604, until his death ...

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and of Peru and Inés de Velasco, daughter of

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. He married Leonor María de Guzmán, daughter of

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, and one of his sisters, Inés de Acevedo y Zúñiga married Leonor's brother,

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, the Count-Duke of Olivares.

Appointments

Monterrey became a

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in 1621, presided the

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in 1622 and was appointed ambassador to Rome in 1628.

References

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