page_title: Fernando de Valenzuela, 1st Marquis of Villasierra
hierarchical_section_title: Fernando de Valenzuela, 1st Marquis of Villasierra
caption_attribution_description: English: Retrato del político español de origen Napolitano Fernando de Valenzuela (1636-1692), que llegó a ser marqués de Villasierra y caballero de la Orden de Santiago, aunque la identificación del retrato con dicho individuo no está plenamente corroborada pero es aceptada por los historiadores con algunas reservas. Figura de medio cuerpo y tres cuartos a la izquierda de hombre joven rasurado con larga melena y golilla a la moda de Carlos II, vestido de negro con mangas orladas de encaje y sentado en sillón frailero llevando la mano izquierda al pecho. Fondo aceitunado. OBSERVACIONES: En el bastidor, letrero a pluma sobre la madera que dice: Fernando de Valenzuela. Ministro de Carlos II. 1675. Original de Carreño. Cat. Nº 871: Carreño.- Retrato de Valenzuela (El Duende de Palacio).
context_page_description: Fernando de Valenzuela, 1st Marquis of Villasierra, Grandee of Spain, who served as a trusted advisor and valido to Mariana of Austria, Queen Regent of Spain.
  Valenzuela came from the lower ranks of Spanish nobility or hidalgos and his appointment was resented by the grandees, the upper nobility who dominated government appointments. In 1677, he was removed from office and imprisoned in the Philippines; released in 1688, he settled in Mexico City, where he died in 1692.
context_section_description: Fernando de Valenzuela, 1st Marquis of Villasierra, Grandee of Spain, (in full, Spanish: Don Fernando de Valenzuela y Enciso, Núñez y Dávila, primer marqués de Villasierra, Grande de España, Virrey de Granada), (8 January 1636, Naples – 7 February 1692), who served as a trusted advisor and valido to Mariana of Austria, Queen Regent of Spain.
  Valenzuela came from the lower ranks of Spanish nobility or hidalgos and his appointment was resented by the grandees, the upper nobility who dominated government appointments. In 1677, he was removed from office and imprisoned in the Philippines; released in 1688, he settled in Mexico City, where he died in 1692.
caption: Fernando de Valenzuela, 1st Marquis of Villasierra, ca 1660
exif: {}