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Paolo Spinola, 3rd Marquis of Los Balbases

Paolo Spinola, 3rd Marquis of Los Balbases

Spanish nobleman and diplomat

Paolo Spinola or Pablo Spínola Doria (24 February 1628 – 24 December 1699), 3rd Marquis of the Balbases and 3rd Duke of San Severino and Sesto, was a Spanish nobleman of Italian descent and a diplomat.

Portrait of Paolo Spinola by Cornelis Meyssens

Biography

Spinola was born in 1628, the son of Filippo Spinola, 2nd Marquis of Los Balbases and Geronima Doria. His grandfather was the Italian-Spanish general and banker Ambrogio Spinola.

Paolo was Governor of the Duchy of Milan during 1668 and 1670 after which he was replaced by Gaspar Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke de Osuna.

He was Spanish ambassador to Vienna between 1670 and 1676 and then to Paris in 1677.

Family

In 1653, he married Anna Colonna (daughter of Marcantonio V Colonna, Prince of Paliano) in Rome. Their children were:[1]

References

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    Gene-all: Spinola
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