Gómez Suárez de Figueroa, 3rd Duke of Feria
Noble person
1587 – 1634
Who was Gómez Suárez de Figueroa, 3rd Duke of Feria?
Gomez Suarez de Figueroa y Córdoba was a Spanish nobleman, diplomat and army commander from the 17th century.
He was the son of Lorenzo IV Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, third Duke of Feria and second Marquis of Villalba. His mother was his father's third wife.
Don Gomez was known as the Gran Duque de Feria for his military skills. He can be considered as one of the last able military commanders of the Spanish Empire. He was also Viceroy of Valencia, Viceroy of Catalonia, Governor of Milan, State councillor and special embassador to Rome and France. He died in 1634 in Munich from typhoid .
He first married Francisca Cardona y Córdoba and later Ana Fernández de Córdoba y Figueroa, who gave him a son, Gaspar Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, who became fourth Duke of Feria and third Marquis of Villalba, after the death of his father and grandfather. The boy died in the same year at the age of five. The title wents to the boy's maternal grandfather, the Marquis of Priego.
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- Born
- Sep 1, 1587
Guadalajara - Nationality
- Spain
- Died
- Jan 14, 1634
Munich
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on July 23, 2013
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