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unusual facts about Gaspar Méndez de Haro, 7th Marquis of Carpio



Gaspar Méndez de Haro, 7th Marquis of Carpio


His mother was Catalina Fernández de Córdoba y Aragón, the youngest daughter of Enrique Fernández de Córdoba Cardona y Aragón, a Grandee of Spain, 5th Duke of Segorbe, 6th Duke of Cardona, 4th Marquis of Comares, 6th Marquis of Pallarés, 36th Count of Ampurias, 11th Count of Prades and many other lesser titles, and Catalina Fernández de Córdoba y Figueroa.

As a punishment, he was sent to Portugal to fight the insurgents, where he was made prisoner after the defeat at Montes Claros.

She was the daughter of Juan Gaspar Enríquez de Cabrera, 6th Duke of Medina de Río Seco, 10th Admiral of Castile, 10th Count of Melgar, 10th Count of Rueda, Count of Modica and a Grandee of Spain, (* Madrid, Spain, 1625 - Madrid, Spain, 15 September 1691).


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