Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque

Who was Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque?

Francisco V Fernández de la Cueva y Fernández de la Cueva, was the 10th Duke of Alburquerque, Grandee of Spain, a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece since 1707, and viceroy of New Spain, Viceroy of Mexico, from 27 November 1702 to 14 January 1711.

He was the nephew of Francisco IV Fernández de la Cueva y Enríquez de Cabrera – Colonna, 8th Duque de Alburquerque and many other lesser titles, also a Viceroy of New Spain, and Viceroy of Sicily, and the son of the 9th Duke of Albuquerque, and many other lesser titles, the cadet brother of the 8th Duke, and inheritor of the titles, Melchor Fernández de la Cueva y Enríquez de Ribera-Colonna,.

His father, Melchor, the 9th Duke, had married in 1665 his niece Ana Rosolea Fernández de la Cueva y Díaz de Aux, the 3rd marquise of Cadreita, Navarre, daughter of the 8th Duke of Albuquerque Francisco IV Fernández de la Cueva and Juana Francisca Díez de Aux y Armendáriz, herself daughter of Lope Díez de Armendáriz, Viceroy of Mexico.