Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco y Zúñiga, Duke of Escalona and Marquess of Villena, was a Spanish aristocrat, politician, and academic who founded the Royal Spanish Academy.
The Duke of Escalona in an 18th century painting
Don Diego Roque López Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla, 7th Duke of Escalona, 7th Marquess of Villena and 7th Count of Xiquena was a Spanish nobleman who was viceroy of New Spain from August 28, 1640, to J
Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, 8th Duke of Escalona
…Academy. Duke Juan Manuel Fernández, Duke of Escalona, Marquess of Villena, 12th Count of San Esteban de Gormaz, 8th Count of Xiquena was the son of Diego López Pacheco, 7th Duke of Escalona (1599–1653) and his second wife Juana María Francisca de Zuñiga (died 1652). He served as Mayordomo mayor to the king, viceroy, and captain-general of…
Diego Lopez Pacheco, Cabrera y Bobadilla