Francisco de Moura Corte Real, 3rd Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo

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Francisco de Moura
3rd Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo 1st Duke of Nochera 2nd Count of Lumiares
Ambassador of Spain to the Holy Roman Empire
In office 1648–1656
Monarch	Philip IV
Valido	Luis de Haro
Preceded by	Diego de Aragón Tagliavia
Succeeded by	Gaspar de Teves y Tello de Guzmán
Viceroy of Sardinia
In office 1657 – 1 June 1662
Monarch	Philip IV
Preceded by	Francisco Fernández de Castro Andrade (as interim)
Succeeded by	Pedro Vico, Archbishop of Cagliari
Viceroy of Catalonia
In office 1663 – January 1664
Monarch	Philip IV
Preceded by	Francisco de Orozco, 2nd Marquis of Mortara
Succeeded by	Vicente de Gonzaga y Doria
Vice Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands
In office 23 March – September 1664
Monarch	Philip IV
Secretary of Flanders Affairs	Ramiro Núñez de Guzmán
Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands	Luis de Benavides Carrillo, Marquis of Caracena
Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands
In office September 1664 – 1668
Monarchs	Philip IV Charles II
Regent	Mariana of Austria
Valido	Juan Everardo Nithard
Preceded by	Luis de Benavides Carrillo
Succeeded by	Íñigo Melchor de Velasco, 7th Duke of Frías
Caballerizo mayor of the King and Queen regent of Spain
In office 1669 – 26 November 1675
Monarch	Charles II
Regent	Mariana of Austria
Preceded by	Pedro Portocarrero y Aragón
Succeeded by	Juan Gaspar Enríquez de Cabrera y Sandoval
President of the Supreme Council of Flanders
In office 16 August 1670 – 26 November 1675
Monarch	Charles II
Regent	Mariana of Austria
Valido	Juan Everardo Nithard Fernando de Valenzuela
Preceded by	Luis de Benavides Carrillo
Succeeded by	Íñigo Melchor de Velasco
Born	13 December 1621 Madrid, Spanish Empire
Died	26 November 1675 (aged 54) Madrid, Spanish Empire
Spouse	Anna Maria Moncada y Aragón
Issue	Leonor de Moura, Marchioness of Castelo Rodrigo
Names Francisco de Moura Corterreal y Melo
Father	Manuel de Moura, 2nd Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo
Mother	Leonor de Melo
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Military service
Allegiance	Spanish Empire
Branch/service	Spanish Army Army of Flanders
Years of service	1657–1668
Rank	Captain general
Battles/wars	War of Devolution

Francisco de Moura Corte Real, 3rd Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo (13 December 1621 – 26 November 1675) was a Portuguese nobleman who served as Viceroy of Spanish Sardinia and Governor of the Spanish Netherlands.

Life

Francisco de Moura was the son of the Portuguese nobleman, Manuel de Moura, 2nd Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo, who had been governor of the Habsburg Netherlands between 1644 and 1647, and of Leonor de Melo. A member of the Corte-Real family, he was a gentleman of the chamber of King Philip III, later member of his council of state and his ambassador to Vienna between 1649 and 1656.

He was named Duke of Nochera on 10 August 1656, and served as viceroy of Sardinia between 1657 and 1661, and governor of the Habsburg Netherlands between 1664 and 1668. Under his administration, the Spanish Netherlands suffered a French invasion during the War of Devolution. By this time, Spain was so weak that it could put up very little resistance to the French assault. The French even spoke of "une promenade militaire." Moura was later appointed as caballerizo mayor to the king and died in Madrid in December 1675.

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