Duke of Alburquerque is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1464 by Henry IV to Beltrán de la Cueva, his "royal favourite" and grand master of the Order of Santiago. It makes reference to the town of Alburquerque in Badajoz, Spain.
Cuéllar is a municipality in the Province of Segovia, within the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain.
Francisco Fernández may refer to:
Beltrán is a Spanish male given name and surname. In non-Spanish speaking countries, the accent is usually omitted as Beltran. It derives from the Germanic words berht ("bright") and hramn ("raven"). It shares this same Germanic origin with Bertrand (French) and Bertram (German).
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva y Enriquez de Cabrera, 8th Duke of Alburquerque, 6th Marquess of Cuéllar, 8th Count of Ledesma, GE, KOS was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain from August 15, 1653 to September 15, 1660. He was also viceroy of Sicily from 1668 to 1670.
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva may refer to:
Beltrán de la Cueva y Alfonso de Mercado, 1st Duke of Alburquerque was a Spanish nobleman who is said to have fathered Joan, the daughter of Henry IV of Castile's wife Joan of Portugal. His alleged daughter, called "la Beltraneja", was deprived of the crown of Castile because of the uncertainty regarding her parentage.
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque was a Spanish nobleman.
Cuéllar Castle or The Castle of the Dukes of Alburquerque is the most emblematic monument in the town of Cuéllar, located in the province of Segovia, autonomous community of Castile and León, in Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural on 3 June 1931.
García Álvarez de Toledo y Carrillo de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba de Tormes was a Spanish nobleman, military leader and politician, whose family had presided over the lands of Alba since the year 1369.
Beltrán de la Cueva y Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alburquerque,, was a Spanish nobleman and military leader.
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva y Girón, 4th Duke of Alburquerque was a Spanish nobleman.
Gabriel de la Cueva y Girón, 5th Duke of Alburquerque, 2nd Marquess of Cuéllar, 5th Count of Ledesma, 5th Count of Huelma was a Spanish nobleman and military leader who served as Viceroy of Navarre from 1560 to 1564 and Governor of Milan from 1564 to his death in 1571.
Juan Téllez-Girón, the saint, 4th Count of Ureña was a Spanish nobleman.
Francisco V Fernández de la Cueva y Fernández de la Cueva, was the 10th Duke of Alburquerque, a Grandee of Spain, a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece from 1707, and Viceroy of New Spain from 27 November 1702 to 14 January 1711. His tenure as Viceroy of New Spain is commemorated in the namesake of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Francisco Cuervo y Valdés (1651–1714) was a Spanish politician who governed Nuevo León (1687-1688), Nueva Extremadura (1698–1703), New Philippines (1698–1702), and Santa Fe de Nuevo México (1704–1707).
Vasco de la Zarza was a Spanish Renaissance sculptor. He flourished between 1499 and 1524, and worked mainly for the Cathedral of Avila and convents of the same city, but also performed works in Ampudia, Cuéllar, Olmedo and Toledo.
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva y de la Cueva, 7th Duke of Alburquerque was a Spanish nobleman, military and politician.
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