Fadrique de Toledo Osorio, 1st Marquess of Valdueza, was a Spanish Navy officer and nobleman. He was a Knight of the Order of Santiago and became Captain General of the Spanish Navy at the age of 37.
Detail of the work on canvas The Recovery of the Island of Saint Kitts (1634), Museo del Prado, Madrid, by painter Félix Castello (1595–1651), showing the portrait of Fadrique de Toledo
The recuperation of 1 May 1625 of the Brazilian Portuguese town of Salvador de Bahia by Spanish and Portuguese troops commanded by Captain General of the Fleet Fadrique II de Toledo Osorio y Mendoza, a painting by Fray Juan Bautista Maíno for King Philip IV of Spain, Philip III of Portugal. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. Don Fadrique II is the big "en bonpoint" nobleman presenting it to King Philip IV and Prime Minister Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares
Fadrique de Toledo Osorio and Ponce de León, II Marquess of Valdueza, VII Marqués de Villafranca del Bierzo, IV Duke of Fernandina, IV Prince of Montalbán, III Count of Peña Ramiro and Grandee of Spai
Fadrique de Toledo, 1st Marquess of Valdueza
…Doña Victoria de Toledo, married her cousin Don Francisco Ponce de León, 5th Duke of Arcos. Don Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo y Ponce de León, 2nd Marquess of Valdueza, 7th Marquess de Villafranca and Grandee of Spain. Don Fadrique also had two illegitimate children…
Fadrique de Toledo Osorio (1694 engraving)