About Manuel de Acevedo y Zúñiga
Lived 1586 – 1653 (aged 66–67). Manuel de Acevedo y Zúñiga was a Spanish diplomat, ambassador and viceroy.
Manuel de Acevedo y Zúñiga, 6th Count of Monterrey, 2nd Count of Fuentes de Valdepero (c. 1582 – 1653), was a politician and diplomat. He was Viceroy of Naples from 1631 to 1636.
Family Born in Salamanca, he was the son of Gaspar de Zúñiga, 5th Count of Monterrey, Viceroy of Mexico and of Peru and Inés de Velasco, daughter of Iñigo Fernández de Velasco, 4th Duke of Frías.
He married Leonor María de Guzmán, daughter of Enrique de Guzman y Ribera, Viceroy of Naples, and one of his sisters, Inés de Acevedo y Zúñiga married Leonor's brother, Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, the Count-Duke of Olivares.
Appointments Monterrey became a Grandee in 1621, presided the Council of Italy in 1622 and was appointed ambassador to Rome in 1628.
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Viceroy of Naples
When was Manuel de Acevedo y Zúñiga born?
Manuel de Acevedo y Zúñiga was born in 1586 in Villalpando.
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Manuel de Acevedo y Zúñiga died on 12 November 1653 in Madrid.
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Manuel de Acevedo y Zúñiga was a diplomat, ambassador and viceroy.
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Manuel de Acevedo y Zúñiga was Spanish.
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