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Rodrigo Ponce de León, 4th Duke of Arcos

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Rodrigo Ponce de León, 4th Duke of Arcos
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Rodrigo Ponce de León, 4th Duke of Arcos, (2 January 1602 – 1658) was a Grandee of Spain and a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. He served as Viceroy of Valencia and of Naples.

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Rodrigo Ponce de León, 4th Duke of Arcos

Biography

He was the son of Luis Ponce de León y Zúñiga (1573-1605), 5th Marquis of Zahara, son of the 3rd Duke of Arcos and of Victoria de Álvarez de Toledo y Colonna. His younger brother was Luis de Guzmán Ponce de Leon, Governor of the Duchy of Milan.
He married Ana Francisca de Aragón y Córdoba, daughter of Enrique de Aragón, Duke of Segorbe, with whom he had three sons.[1]

As Viceroy of Naples, the Duke of Arcos suppressed a revolt by inhabitants of the city of Naples led by Masaniello but was soon faced with another revolt against Spanish rule, which resulted in the proclamation of the short-lived Neapolitan Republic.[2]

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