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Beltrán de la Cueva, 3rd Duke of Alburquerque

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Name
  
Beltran la

Role
  
Political leader

Died
  
February 11, 1560


Parents
  
Francisco Fernandez de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque

Children
  
Francisco Fernandez de la Cueva, 4th Duke of Alburquerque

Grandparents
  
Beltran de la Cueva, 1st Duke of Alburquerque

Great-grandparents
  
Diego Fernandez de la Cueva, 1st Viscount of Huelma

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Beltrán de la Cueva y Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alburquerque, (in full, Spanish: Don Beltrán de la Cueva y Álvarez de Toledo, tercer duque de Alburquerque, tercer conde de Ledesma, tercer conde de Huelma, señor de los estados de Cuéllar, la Codesera, Mombeltrán y Pedro Bernardo), (c. 1478 - 11 February 1560) was a Spanish nobleman and military leader.

He was born in Cuéllar, the son of Don Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque and of Francisca de Toledo, daughter of García Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba. Beltrán de la Cueva was appointed captain general of the Spanish Army, and commander-in-chief of the English Army in France (under queen Mary I of England). He was named a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1534, a Viceroy of Aragon in 1535, and a Viceroy of Navarre in 1552, position he held until his death in 1560.

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