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Dona Luisa Perez de Tagle y Sanchez de Tagle, 4th Marquesa of Altamira (1715–1736) was a Spanish-Mexican aristocrat and a member of the House of Tagle, one of Spain's most influential noble families during the 16th to the 19th century.
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Early life
Dona Luisa was the only daughter of Don Pedro Perez de Tagle, brother of the Marquis of Sierra Nevada and Dona Manuela Sanchez de Tagle, who is by her own right the 3rd Marquesa of Altamira. She was born on May 15, 1715 in Vera Cruz, Mexico, and had was baptized on May 23, 1715.
Family
Dona Luisa succeeded he mother and became the 4th Marquesa of Altamira. She married Don Juan Rodriguez de Albuerne on 1730. Her husband received from her the hacienda of Cuisillos as dowry and he himself became the Marquis Consort of Altamira. In 1737, the King of Spain, Ferdinand VI requested her husband information about the number of patients at the Betlemitas Hospital which lead to the creation of the Panteon de Belen years later. Together, the couple had three children:
She was the third cousin of Ana Manuela Muniz y Sanchez de Tagle, wife of the powerful nobleman Isidro Huarte y Arrivillaga, parents of Empress Ana Maria of Mexico.
Dona Luisa was succeeded by her son, Don Manuel Rodriguez de Albuerne y Perez de Tagle as the 5th Marquis of Altamira.