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unusual facts about Luis Sánchez de Tagle, 1st Marquis of Altamira


Rosa Juliana Sánchez de Tagle, Marquesa of Torre Tagle

The Marquesa shared an unidentified relationship with her Imperial Highness Ana Maria, Empress of Mexico, as both descended from the line of the Marquis of Altamira and members of the Tagle Family.


Luis Sánchez de Tagle, 1st Marquis of Altamira

He wielded the greatest influence in the realm as well as outside it as branch members of his family also held great influence in other Spanish colonies such as Peru, Guatemala, Chile leading all the way to the Philippines (the Tagle family AND the Perez de Tagle family whose descendants include Don Fausto Preysler Perez de Tagle of Banco Español-Filipino and his daughter Isabel Preysler), where Manila was one of the greatest commercial hubs of the Spanish Empire.

Archbishop Juan Ortega y Montañés, who was also the former viceroy of New Spain and a good friend of the Don Luis, complained bitterly to King Philip V of Spain about the actions of the Duke of Alburquerque and the audencia.


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