Pedro III Fajardo de Zúñiga y Requesens (1602 –

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, 3 November 1647) was a

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soldier and noble. He was

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(1631–1635),

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(1638–1640),

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(1640–1642), Spanish Ambassador to

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, and

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(1644–1647).

Biography

He was 5th Marquis of Los Vélez from 1631, and

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. He was born in

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, son of Luis II Fajardo, 4th Marquis of Los Vélez, (1576–1631), the preceding

(1628–1631) and a great-grandson of

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. He joined the Spanish army and rose up through the ranks to become general. He was

(1631–1636),

(1638–1640). In 1641, when the Catalan Revolt broke out, he led a Spanish force into

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which aimed to capture

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and crush the revolt. Defeated at the Battle of Montjuïc in 1641, and forced to withdraw along the coast to

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, which proved a devastating defeat to Spanish morale, he was dismissed and replaced as

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(1642–1644). Afterwards he was appointed

, 1644–1647.

Marriage and children

He married Ana, a daughter of Fernando Afán de Ribera y Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Alcalá de los Gazules,

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, deceased 1636. There was no issue from this marriage. He remarried with Mariana Engracia Álvarez de Toledo, from the family of the 6th Counts of Oropesa.
He was from his second marriage, the father of

Fernando Joaquín Fajardo de Requeséns y Zúñiga Fernando Joaquín Fajardo de Requeséns y Zúñiga (Zaragoza, 1635 – Madrid, 2 November 1693), VI Marquess of Los Vélez, V Marquis of Molina, II Marquis of Martorell, etc.., Grandee of Spain was a Spanish noble and politician. Biography H ...

, who went on to become

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(1673–1675) and

(1675–1683). He died in

References

Real Academia de la Historia

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