Manuel de Acevedo y Zúñiga

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Acevedo and the second or maternal family name is Zúñiga.

Manuel de Acevedo y Zúñiga, 6th Count of Monterrey (c. 1582 – 1653),^[1] was a politician and diplomat. He was Viceroy of Naples from 1631 to 1636.^[1]

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Anonymous engraving of Manuel de Acevedo y Zúñiga in Teatro eroico, e politico de'governi de'Vicere del Regno de Napoli, by Domenico Antonio Parrino, Naples, 1692 Biblioteca Nacional de España
Personal details
Born	1582 or 1583 Salamanca
Died	22 March 1653(1653-03-22) (aged 70–71) Madrid
Spouse	Leonor María de Guzmán
Parents	Gaspar de Zúñiga, 5th Count of Monterrey (father) Inés de Velasco (mother)

Portrait of Manuel de Acevedo y Zúñiga

Family

Born in Salamanca, he was the son of Gaspar de Zúñiga, 5th Count of Monterrey, Viceroy of Mexico and of Peru and Inés de Velasco, daughter of Iñigo Fernández de Velasco, 4th Duke of Frías.^[1]

He married Leonor María de Guzmán, daughter of Enrique de Guzman y Ribera, Viceroy of Naples, and one of his sisters, Inés de Acevedo y Zúñiga married Leonor's brother, Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, the Count-Duke of Olivares.^[1]

Appointments

Monterrey became a Grandee in 1621, presided the Council of Italy in 1622 and was appointed ambassador to Rome in 1628.^[1]