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{{Short description|Spanish noble and politician}}
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| pre-nominals       = [[The Most Excellent]]
| name               = The Duke of Medinaceli
| title              = 9th Duke of Medinaceli
| post-nominals      = [[Grandee of Spain|GE]]
| image              = Voet-duque de medinacelli-prado.jpg
| caption            = Don Luis by [[Jacob Ferdinand Voet]]
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| parents            = Don [[Juan Francisco de la Cerda]]  and <br>Doña Catalina de Aragón Folc de Cardona y Córdoba
| birth_date         = {{birth date|df=yes|1660|08|2}}
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| death_date         = {{death date and age|df=yes|1711|1|26|1660|08|2}}
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'''Luis Francisco de la Cerda y Aragón, 9th Duke of Medinaceli''' (2 August 1660, in [[El Puerto de Santa María]] – 26 January 1711, in [[Pamplona]]), 9th [[Duke of Medinaceli]], was a Spanish noble and politician.
== Biography ==
Eldest son of [[Favourite|Valido]] Don [[Juan Francisco de la Cerda]] and Doña Catalina de Aragón Folc de Cardona y Córdoba, he inherited the titles of his father:  [[Duke of Medinaceli]], Duke of [[Alcalá de los Gazules]], Marquis of Cogolludo, Marquis of Tarifa and Marquis of Alcalá de la Alameda, and from his mother [[Duke of Segorbe]], [[Duke of Cardona]], [[Duke of Lerma]], [[Count of Empúries]], Marquis of Denia, Marquis of Comares, Marquis of Pallars, and twice [[Grandee of Spain]], making him one of the most important Spanish aristocrats of his time.
During the reign of King [[Charles II of Spain]] he served in Italy, being ambassador to the [[Holy See]] of [[Pope Innocent XII]], and [[Viceroy of Naples|Viceroy and Captain General of Naples]]. From 1699 he was a member of the [[Spanish Council of State]].
When Charles II died, he was appointed prime minister at the beginning of the [[War of Spanish Succession]] by the new [[King Philip V of Spain]]. More and more opposed to the strong French influence at the Spanish Court, he leaked in 1710 a secret French plan to the English about efforts to conclude a separate peace with the [[Dutch Republic]]. For this, he was incarcerated in the [[Alcázar of Segovia]] and later transferred to the castle of [[Pamplona]], where he died the next year.
He married María de las Nieves Girón y Sandoval, daughter of [[Gaspar Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke de Osuna]], who survived him.  There being no surviving children from the marriage, his titles went to his nephew [[Nicolás Fernández de Córdoba]], son of his sister Feliche María de la Cerda y Aragón.
==Art Collection==
His collection included paintings now in the collection of the Prado.:<ref>[http://www.museodelprado.es/en/research/estudios/el-vino-de-la-fiesta-de-san-martin-pieter-bruegel-el-viejo/procedencia-de-la-obra-gonzaga-medinaceli/], Prado website (www.museodelprado.es)</ref>
* ''[[The Wine of Saint Martin's Day]]'' by [[Pieter Breughel the Elder|Breugel]]
* [[Las Hilanderas (Velázquez)|''Las Hilanderas'']] by [[Diego Velázquez|Velázquez]]
== References ==
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* [http://www.fundacionmedinaceli.org/casaducal/fichaindividuo.aspx?id=169 Fundación Medinaceli].
* [http://www.grandesp.org.uk/historia/gzas/medcel.htm Grandes de España].
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