Sancho de La Cerda, 1st Marquis of La Laguna (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sancho de la Cerda, 1st Marquis of la Laguna(c. 1550 - 14 November 1626) was a Spanish nobleman and diplomat.Sancho was the third son of Don Juan de la Cerda, 4th Duke of Medinaceli and of his wife Do a Joana Manuel de Portugal. He joined the royal household, and rose to became Spanish Ambassador to Flanders, member of the council of state and of the council of war under King Philip III and later head of the household of his wife, Queen Margaret of Austria. He was rewarded with the title of Marquis of la Laguna de Camero Viejo on 16 February 1599.