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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valdés and the second or maternal family name is Llanos.
Fernando de Valdés y Llanos by Diego Velázquez

Fernando de Valdés y Llanos (28 July 1575 – 1639) was the Archbishop of Granada from 1633 to 1639.

Biography

Fernando de Valdés y Llanos was born in Cangas de Tineo on July 28, 1575. [1] He was a member of the family of the Count of Toreno. [2]

Valdés was appointed Bishop of Teruel on 9 July 1625, and consecrated as a bishop by Diego Guzmán de Haros, Archbishop of Seville, on November 16, 1625. [1] He was Bishop Elect of León in 1632, before being appointed Archbishop of Granada on 18 July 1633 after the death of Miguel Santos de San Pedro. [1] He also succeeded Santos de San Pedro as president of the Council of Castile. [2]

He died in 1639. [2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Profile on catholic-hierarch.org
  2. ^ a b c Profile from National Gallery
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