Juan de la Cerda, 5th Duke of Medinaceli
Juan de la Cerda, 5th Duke of Medinaceli (1544 – 29 May 1594), Grandee of Spain, (in full, Spanish: Don Juan Luis de la Cerda y Manuel de Portugal, quinto duque de Medinaceli, cuarto marqués de Cogolludo, cuarto conde del Puerto de Santa María, Grande de España, señor de las villas de Deza y Enciso, embajador extraordinario en Portugal, caballero de la Orden del Toisón de Oro, Order of the Golden Fleece, since 1585), was a Spanish nobleman and Ambassador in Portugal.
He was the son of Don Juan de la Cerda, 4th Duke of Medinaceli and of Joana Manuel, daughter of . In 1565 he married Donna Isabella d’Aragona, daughter of Don with whom he had two children. In 1580, he married for a second time, with , a widow since 1571 of Don Gabriel de la Cueva, 5th Duke of Alburquerque, deceased as a Governor of the Duchy of Milan, Italy, with whom he had two more children.
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- Hobbs, Nicolas (2007). "Grandes de España" (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2008.
- Instituto de Salazar y Castro. Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobiliarios Españoles (in Spanish). periodic publication.
- 1544 births
- 1594 deaths
- Dukes of Medinaceli
- Marquesses of Cogolludo
- Counts of Puerto de Santa María
- Grandees of Spain
- House of Medinaceli
- Knights of the Golden Fleece
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