Lorenzo IV Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba
Spanish diplomat and military personnel
About Lorenzo IV Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba
Lived 1559 – 1607 (aged 47–48). Lorenzo IV Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba was a Spanish diplomat and military personnel.
Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa y Dormer, 2nd Duke of Feria (Mechelen, 28 September 1559 - Naples, 27 January 1607) was a Spanish peer.
He was the son of Gómez Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, 1st Duke of Feria and Jane Dormer, an English lady-in-waiting to Mary I. He succeeded his father at the age of 12.
He served as Spanish ambassador in Rome (1591–1592), France (1593–1595), Viceroy of Catalonia (1596–1602) and Viceroy of Sicily (1603–1607), where he strengethened the defences of the island against failed ottoman attacked, and led bombing and raiding campaigns against Alger, Tunis, Misrata and Tripoli.
He married twice: in 1577, to Isabel de Cárdenas, daughter of the Marquess of Elche, and in 1586, to Isabel de Mendoza, daughter of Íñigo López de Mendoza y Mendoza, 5th Duke of the Infantado. His second wife gave him his only surviving son and successor to the Dukedom of Feria, Gómez Suárez de Figueroa.
Life He was born in Mechelen, and died in Naples.
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Spanish diplomat and military personnel (1559-1607)
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Lorenzo IV Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba was born in 1559 in Mechelen.
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Lorenzo IV Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba died in 1607 in Naples.
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Lorenzo IV Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba was a diplomat and military personnel.
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Lorenzo IV Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba was Spanish.
Sources & further reading
· Wikipedia: Lorenzo IV Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba
· DBpedia: Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa, 2nd Duke of Feria
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