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Ángela Foch de Aragón

1666 – 1737

Spanish courtier

Chief Lady of the Bedchamber
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About Ángela Foch de Aragón

Lived 1666 – 1737 (aged 70–71). Ángela Foch de Aragón was a Spanish chief Lady of the Bedchamber.

Ángela Foch de Aragón, Dowager Countess of Altamira, Grandee of Spain (1666-1737), was a Spanish courtier. She was the Camarera mayor de Palacio to the queen of Spain, Elisabeth Farnese in 1714–1737.

She was born to Luis de Aragón y Fernández de Córdoba, VII. duke of Cardona, and María de Benavides, duchess of Cardona. She married to Luis de Moscoso Osorio Mesía de Guzmán Mendoza y Rojas, VIII. count of Altamira (1657–1698).

She was appointed Camarera mayor de Palacio in succession to Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins. She was described: "She was small and ugly, and at sixty might be taken for seventy-five. Yet, notwithstanding her bad figure, she had a dignified and imposing presence. She ruled the ladies of the household with a courteous absolutism, which none ever dared to question."

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Born
1666
Birth century
Died
1737
Occupation
Chief Lady of the Bedchamber
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Also known as
Ángela Foch de Aragón, condesa viuda de Altamira, María Ángela de Aragón y Benavides

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Spanish courtier

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Ángela Foch de Aragón was born in 1666.

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Ángela Foch de Aragón died in 1737.

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Ángela Foch de Aragón was a chief Lady of the Bedchamber.

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Ángela Foch de Aragón was Spanish.

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· Wikipedia: Ángela Foch de Aragón

· Wikidata: Q140475307

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