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Don Fernando de Valenzuela, 1st Marquis of Villasierra | |
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 Fernando de Valenzuela, 1st Marquis of Villasierra, ca 1660 | |
| Chief Minister | |
| In office November 1676 – January 1677 | |
| Monarch | Charles II, King of Spain |
| Preceded by | Juan Everardo Nithard |
| Succeeded by | John of Austria the Younger |
| Captain-General of Granada | |
| In office May 1676 – October 1676 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 January 1636 Naples |
| Died | 7 February 1692 (aged 56) Mexico City |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Spouse | Maria Ambrosia de Ucedo y Prado |
| Children | Francisco de Valenzuela y Ucedo (1670-?) |
| Parent(s) | Francisco de Valenzuela Leonora de Encisa |
| Awards | Order of Santiago 1671 |
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), 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.