Alfonso della Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo (first name also spelled Alonso, often used was the title Bedmar) (1572-August 10, 1655¹) was a Spanish diplomat, bishop and cardinal. Son of Luis de la Cueva-Benavides, seqor of Bedmar, and Elvira Carrillo de Mendoza y Cárdenas. Born in Bedmar, Spain, died in Málaga and was buried in a cathedral there. August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events New Sweden (Delaware) attacked and captured by Dutch forces. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ... A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking just below the Pope and appointed by him as a member of the College of Cardinals, during a consistory. ... Málaga is a port city in Andalucia, southern Spain, on the Costa del Sol coast of the Mediterranean. ... A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy (such as the Roman Catholic Church or the Anglican churches), which serves as the central church of a bishopric. ...

Alfonso at a young age pursued a military career at his father's side, who was the captain general of the Canary Islands. Since 1590 he took his father's place in his absences and year later, in 1591, was named captain of the arcabuceros. After the death of his father in 1599 he became señor of his house and title, and a commander of a cavalry company. Capitals Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Santa Cruz de Tenerife Area  – Total  – % of Spain Ranked 13th  7 447 km²  1,5% Population  – Total (2003)  – % of Spain  – Density Ranked 8th  1 843 755  4,4%  247,58/km² Demonym  – English  – Spanish  Canary Islander  canario/a Statute of Autonomy August 16, 1982... Events March 14 - Battle of Ivry - Henry IV of France again defeats the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne. ... Events June - Capture of Zutphen by the Dutch under Maurice of Nassau. ... Captain is both a nautical term and a military rank. ... Events Swedish King Sigismund III Vasa is replaced by his brother Charles IX of Sweden. ...

In December 23, 1606² king of Spain Philip III made him the Spanish ambassador to the Republic of Venice. This was an important position due to the amount of information concerning European affairs which passed through the ands of the representative of Spain. When Bedmar took up this appointment, Venice had just concluded an alliance with France, Switzerland and the Netherlands, to counter the power of Spain. Bedmar was instructed³ to destroy this league and acted together with the duke of Osonne, viceroy of Naples, and the governor of the Milanese, planned a conspiracy and a naval invasion to bring the city closer to the Spanish sphere of influence. The scheme was to be carried out on Ascension Day in 1618 but was revealed by the French and Bedmar (protected by his position from arrest), left Venice. December 23 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Events January 27 - The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins ending in their execution on January 31 May 17 - Supporters of Vasili Shusky invade the Kremlin and kill pretender Dmitri December 26 - Shakespeares King Lear performed in court Storm buries a village of St Ismails near... The Spanish monarchy, referred to as the Crown of Spain (Corona de España) in the Spanish Constitution of 1978, is the office of the King or Queen of Spain. ... Philip III (April 14, 1578 - March 31, 1621) was the king of Spain and Portugal (as Philip II), from 1598 until his death. ... For other uses, see Ambassador (disambiguation). ... The Republic of Venice was a city-state in Venetia in Northeastern Italy, based around the city of Venice. ... The term duke is a title of nobility which refers to the sovereign male ruler of a Continental European duchy, to a nobleman of the highest grade of the British peerage, or to the highest rank of nobility in various other European countries, including Spain and France (in Italy, principe... A viceroy is somebody who governs a country or province as a substitute for the monarch. ... Location within Italy Naples (Italian Napoli, Neapolitan Napule, from Greek Νέα Πόλις - Néa Pólis - meaning New City) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of Campania Region. ... Milanese (milanes, milanées) is a Lombard language variety (often but ambiguously referred to as a dialect) spoken in the city of Milan and its surroundings. ... For other meanings see Ascension (disambiguation) The Ascension is one of the great feasts in the Christian liturgical calendar, and commemorates the bodily Ascension of Jesus into Heaven forty days after his resurrection from the dead. ...

After the fiasco of Venice Bedmar went to Flanders as president of the council. On April 16, 1610 received the Order of Alcántara from king Philip III. In 1614 he was made Marqués de Bedmar, which he would resign when promoted to the cardinalate. In 1618 Philip III charged him with the devolution of the territories conquered by the Spanish forces in Piedmont to the duke of Savoy . In 1622 he received the red hat of a cardinal⁴. Later Alfonso became the ambassador extraordinary and counselor of Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia and the Junta of War in Flanders. April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... Events January 7 - Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter. ... Events April 5 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. ... Events March 8 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery). ... Devolution or home rule is the granting of powers from central government to government at regional or local level. ... Piedmont is a region of northwestern Italy. ... The House of Savoy was a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Savoy (a small region between Piedmont, Italy, and France). ... In the Spanish and former Portuguese monarchies, Infante (masc. ... Isabella and her husband Albert Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (12 August 1566 - 1 December 1633) was Infanta of Spain, Archduchess of Austria and the joint sovereign of the Seventeen Provinces. ... // Definitions Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen, French: Flandre or Flandres) has two main designations: a historical region (the County of Flanders), and an administrative region of Belgium (the Flemish Region and the Flemish Community). ...

The authorship of an anonymous work, Squitinio della libertd Veneta, published at Mirandola in 1612, has been attributed to him.

Notes

1. sources vary, some indicating 2 August, Oviedo
2. sources vary, some indicate 1607
3. some sources indicate that new research proves there was no conspiracy and Bedmar was framed by Spain political opponents
4. Dictionnaire des cardinaux and some other sources indicate he became bishop of Oviedo but other sources call this an error

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Cardinalate and Episcopate

Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of September 5, 1622, de la Cueva did not participate in the conclave of 1623. He received the red hat, becoming a cardinal priest and receiving the title of S. Martino ai Monti on July 18, 1633. De la Cueva opted for the title of S. Balbina, July 9, 1635, and participated in the conclave of 1644. The Cardinal Deacons are the lowest-ranked of the three orders of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church. ... Antiquity Originally, the Latin word consistorium meant simply sitting together, just as the Greek syn(h)edrion (from which the biblical sanhedrin was a corruption). ... September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... Events January 1 - In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25. ... The term red hat when used within the Roman Catholic Church refers to the appointment of a Cardinal, a senior Prince of the Church who is a member of the electoral college that chooses the Pope. ... Cardinal Priests are the most numerous of the three orders of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church. ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... Events February 13 - Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. ... July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... Events February 10 - The Académie française in Paris is expanded to become a national academy for the artistic elite. ...

De la Cueva opted for the order of bishops and the suburbicarian see of Palestrina, on October 17, 1644. Consecrated on Sunday, October 23, 1644, in the church of the Carmelites Discalced, Rome, by Gil Cardinal Albornoz, archbishop of Taranto, assisted by Alfonso Gonzaga, titular archbishop of Colosse, and by Juan Pastor, O. de M., bishop of Crotone. Named bishop of Málaga, retaining the diocese of Palestrina, July 27, 1648, he did not take possession of the diocese until 1651 and did not participate in the conclave of 1655. Cardinal Bishops, or Cardinals of the Episcopal Order, are among the most important persons in the Roman Catholic Church. ... The seven suburbicarian dioceses are Roman Catholic dioceses located in the suburbs that surround Rome. ... Palestrina (ancient Praeneste) was and is a very ancient city of Latium (modern Lazio) 23 miles (37 km) east of Rome, and was reached by the Via Praenestina (see below). ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ... Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ... Map of Italy showing Taranto in the bottom right Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, southern Italy. ... When first appointed auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Honolulu in Hawaii, Joseph Anthony Ferrario became a titular bishop of the ancient Egyptian city of Cusae. ... Croton or Crotona (present-day Crotone), in the toe of the Italian peninsula, was an Achaean colony from c. ... Málaga is a port city in Andalucia, southern Spain, on the Costa del Sol coast of the Mediterranean. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... // Events Peace treaty signed at Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War. ... Events January 1 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland in Scone. ...

External links

• The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church