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Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa, 2nd Duke of Feria

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(Redirected from Lorenzo IV Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba) Spanish diplomat and nobleman (1559–1607) In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Suárez de Figueroa and the second or maternal family name is Dormer.
The Duke of Feria in 1602 by Daniel Dumonstier

Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa y Dormer, 2nd Duke of Feria (1559–1607) was a Spanish peer.

He was the son of Gómez Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, 1st Duke of Feria and Jane Dormer, an English lady-in-waiting to Mary I. He succeeded his father at the age of 12.

He served as Spanish ambassador in Rome (1591–1592), France (1593–1595), Viceroy of Catalonia (1596–1602) and Viceroy of Sicily (1603–1607), where he strengethened the defences of the island against failed ottoman attacked, and led bombing and raiding campaigns against Alger, Tunis, Misrata and Tripoli.

He married twice: in 1577, to Isabel de Cárdenas, daughter of the Marquess of Elche, and in 1586, to Isabel de Mendoza, daughter of Íñigo López de Mendoza y Mendoza, 5th Duke of the Infantado. His second wife gave him his only surviving son and successor to the Dukedom of Feria, Gómez Suárez de Figueroa.

Life

He was born in Mechelen, and died in Naples.

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Government offices
Preceded byBernardino de Cárdenas y Portugal Viceroy of Catalonia
1596–1602 		Succeeded byJoan Terès i Borrull
Preceded byJorge de Cárdenas y Manrique Viceroy of Sicily
1602–1606 		Succeeded byGiovanni III Ventimiglia
Spanish nobility
Preceded byGómez Suárez de Figueroa Duke of Feria
1571–1607 		Succeeded byGómez Suárez de Figueroa
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