Fernando de Valenzuela, 1st Marquis of Villasierra, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Fernando de Valenzuela, 1st Marquis of Villasierra

Spanish noble

Date of Birth: 05-Jan-1636

Place of Birth: Naples, Campania, Italy

Date of Death: 07-Jan-1692

Profession: politician

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Fernando de Valenzuela, 1st Marquis of Villasierra

  • Fernando de Valenzuela, 1st Marquis of Villasierra, Grandee of Spain, (in full, Spanish: Don Fernando de Valenzuela y Enciso, Núñez y Dávila, primer marqués de Villasierra, Grande de España, Virrey de Granada), (8 January 1636, Naples – 7 February 1692), who served as a trusted advisor and valido to Mariana of Austria, Queen Regent of Spain.
  • Valenzuela came from the lower ranks of Spanish nobility or hidalgos and his appointment was resented by the grandees, the upper nobility who dominated government appointments.
  • In 1677, he was removed from office and imprisoned in the Philippines; released in 1688, he settled in Mexico City, where he died in 1692.

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