Alfonso de la Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo, marqués de Bedmar was a Spanish diplomat, bishop and Roman Catholic cardinal. He was born in Bedmar, in what is now the province of Jaén. Alfonso was the son of Luis de la Cueva-Benavides, 2nd señor of Bedmar, and Elvira Carrillo de Mendoza y Cárdenas.

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Occupation: diplomat, Catholic priest, bishop
Position held: cardinal, protonotary apostolic, Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Citizenship: Spain
Born: 1572

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Alfonso de la Cueva, 1st Marquis of Bedmar

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About Alfonso de la Cueva, 1st Marquis of Bedmar

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Occupation: diplomat, Catholic priest, bishop
Position held: cardinal, protonotary apostolic, Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Citizenship: Spain
Born: 1572

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Manuel Ojeda y Siles via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

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