Bernardino de Cárdenas, 3rd Duke of Maqueda

Bernardino de Cárdenas y Portugal (Torrijos, 20 January 1553 – Palermo, 17 December 1601), 3rd Duke of Maqueda, 2nd Marquis of Elche, was a Spanish noble and statesman. ^{[citation needed]}

He was the son of Bernardino de Cárdenas y Pacheco, 2nd Duke of Maqueda, 1st Marquis of Elche, and of Isabel de Velasco, daughter of Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías, Constable of Castile. ^{[citation needed]}

He was viceroy of Catalonia and of Sicily.^{[citation needed]}

He married Luisa Manrique de Lara, 5th Duchess of Nájera and had 4 sons and 2 daughters.
He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son Jorge de Cárdenas y Manrique de Lara.V

Government offices
Preceded by Pedro Luis Galcerán de Borja	Viceroy of Catalonia 1593–1597	Succeeded by Lorenzo IV Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba
Preceded by Giovanni Ventimiglia	Viceroy of Sicily 1598–1601	Succeeded by Jorge de Cárdenas y Manrique de Lara
Spanish nobility
Preceded by Bernardino de Cárdenas y Pacheco	Duke of Maqueda 1560–1601	Succeeded by Jorge de Cárdenas y Manrique de Lara

External links

Ducado de Maqueda.