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María de Toledo
2nd Duquesa de Huéscar

(1554–1612)


Biographical

2nd Duquesa de Huéscar

María was baptised by a papal legate of Pope Paul III and was educated in Barcelona in the monastery of Santa Catalina. She founded the Convent of Nuestra Señora de la Laura in Valladolid in 1601.

Place of birth: Naples
Place of marriage: Alba de Tormes

Daughter of García Álvarez de Toledo and Vittoria Colonna, she married Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo in 1578, and had issue.