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'''Antonio de la Cerda, 7th Duke of Medinaceli''', [[Grandee of Spain]], (in full, {{langx|es|[[Don (honorific)|Don]] Antonio Juan de la Cerda y Toledo, séptimo duque de Medinaceli, sexto marqués de Cogolludo, segundo marqués de la Laguna de Camero Viejo, sexto conde del Puerto de Santa María, Grande de España, señor de las villas de Deza y Enciso, Virrey. Lugarteniente de SM y capitán general del Reino de Valencia (1641), capitán general de Mar Océano y de las Costas y Ejércitos de Andalucía, comendador de Moraleja, caballero de la Orden de Álcantara, gentilhombre de cámara de Felipe IV y Carlos II y de sus Consejo de Estado y Guerra}}), (25 October 1607 &ndash; 7 March 1671) was a Spanish nobleman.
He was the son of Don [[Juan de la Cerda, 6th Duke of Medinaceli]], by second wife Doña Antonia de Toledo y Dávila. On 28 November 1625, in [[Dos Hermanas]], [[province of Sevilla]], at the age of 17 he married the 13-year-old Ana Portocarrero, 5th Duchess of Alcalá, with whom he had four children. In 1641, he was appointed viceroy of [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]], position he held for one year. He died in [[Madrid]].
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*{{Cite web |url=http://grandesp.org.uk/historia/titulos/titintro.htm |title=Grandes de España |access-date=15 October 2008 |last=Hobbs |first=Nicolas |year=2007 |language=Spanish | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081025053238/http://www.grandesp.org.uk/historia/titulos/titintro.htm| archive-date= 25 October 2008 | url-status= live}}
*{{cite book |last=Instituto de Salazar y Castro |others=periodic publication |title=Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobiliarios Españoles |language=Spanish }}
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[[Category:Marquesses of Cogolludo]]
[[Category:Marquesses of la Laguna]]
[[Category:Counts of Puerto de Santa María]]
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[[Category:Knights of the Order of Alcántara]]
[[Category:Viceroys of Valencia]]
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