Fernando de Valenzuela, 1st Marquis of Villasierra, Grandee of Spain, served as a trusted advisor and valido to Mariana of Austria, Queen Regent of Spain.
Fernando de Valenzuela, 1st Marquis of Villasierra, ca 1660
The entry to Ronda, where the Valenzuela family settled in 1485
Mariana of Austria, Queen Regent; by Velázquez, 1660
John of Austria the Younger; in 1677, he ousted Mariana and arrested Valenzuela
Gaspar de la Cerda Silva Sandoval y Mendoza, 8th Count of Galve, Lord of Salcedón and Tortola was viceroy of New Spain from November 20, 1688, to February 26, 1696.
