Francisco de Moncada y Cardona, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Mequinenza, Aragon, Spain
About Francisco de Moncada y Cardona
- Francisco de Moncada y Cardona (Mequinenza, 9 October 1532 – Valencia, 12 November 1594) was a Spanish noble from the 16th century. He was the son of Juan de Moncada y de Tolça, 1st Count of Aitona and Ana de Cardona, daughter of Fernando Ramon Folch, 2nd Duke of Cardona In 1574 he became IX Count of Osona and Grandee of Spain.
- In October 1581, his County of Aitona was promoted to the Marquisate of Aitona by King Philip II of Spain.
- He became Viceroy of Catalonia between 1580–81 and Viceroy of Valencia from 1581 until his death. He married Lucrecia Gralla, señora de Subirat y de Esponella, and had 17 children, including Gastón, his successor. Juan de Moncada, Archbishop of Tarragona.
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