Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa, 2nd Duke of Feria
The Duke of Feria in 1602 by Daniel Dumonstier
Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa y Dormer, 2nd Duke of Feria (1559–1607) was a Spanish peer.
He was the son of Gómez Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, 1st Duke of Feria and Jane Dormer, an English lady-in-waiting to Mary I. He succeeded his father at the age of 12.
He served as Spanish ambassador in Rome (1591–1592), France (1593–1595), Viceroy of Catalonia (1596–1602) and Viceroy of Sicily (1603–1607).
He married twice, in 1577 to Isabel de Cárdenas, daughter of the Marquess of Elche, and in 1586, to Isabel de Mendoza, daughter of Íñigo López de Mendoza y Mendoza, 5th Duke of the Infantado. His second wife gave him his only surviving son and successor to the Dukedom of Feria, Gómez Suárez de Figueroa.
Life[]
He was born in Mechelen, and died in Naples.
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Categories:
- 1559 births
- 1617 deaths
- Dukes of Feria
- Margraves of Villalba
- Viceroys of Catalonia
- Viceroys of Sicily