Juan Francisco Pacheco y Téllez-Girón, 4th Consort Duke of Uceda

Who is Juan Francisco Pacheco y Téllez-Girón, 4th Consort Duke of Uceda?

Juan Francisco Pacheco y Téllez-Girón, 4th Consort Duke of Uceda, was a Spanish noble, viceroy of Sicily and Spanish Ambassador in Rome.

He was the son of Alonso Melchor Téllez-Girón, from whom he inherited the title of 3rd Count of La Puebla de Montalban, and Juana de Velasco, daughter of Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 6th Duke of Frías.

He was Captain General of Galicia, Spanish Viceroy of Sicily under king Charles II of Spain, Ambassador at Rome, Italy, under kings Charles II of Spain and Philip V of Spain, member of the Spanish State Council under king Philip V of Spain. He was also 1st Marquis of Menas Albas, Marquis of Belmonte, Chevalier of the French Order of the Holy Spirit and Grandee of Spain.

During his time as the Spanish Viceroy of Sicily he experienced the 1693 Sicily earthquake.

During the War of Spanish Succession he first supported Philip V of Spain, but went over to the Austrians in 1710, and lived the last years of his life in Vienna.

He became there Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Austrian Branch, and member of the Austrian Empire State Council of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor.