Juan López Pacheco, Duke of Escalona
Juan Pablo López Pacheco Duke of Escalona | |
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Born | Juan Pablo Francisco López Pacheco y Moscoso Acuña Manrique Silva Girón y Portocarrero 22 March 1716 Madrid, Spain |
Died | 27 April 1751 Madrid, Spain | (aged 35)
Seat Q of the Real Academia Española | |
In office 26 June 1738 – 27 April 1751 | |
Preceded by | Mercurio López Pacheco |
Succeeded by | Martín de Ulloa |
Director of the Real Academia Española | |
In office 19 July 1746 – 27 April 1751 | |
Preceded by | Andrés Fernández Pacheco |
Succeeded by | José de Carvajal y Lancáster |
Juan Pablo Francisco López Pacheco y Moscoso Acuña Manrique Silva Girón y Portocarrero, Grandee of Spain, Duke of Escalona and Lord of Garganta la Olla (Madrid, 22 March 1716 – Madrid 27 April 1751). Member of the Royal Spanish Academy since 10 June 1738, aged 22, becoming the 4th Director of the Royal Spanish Academy in 1746. was promoted to Grandee of Spain, 18 September 1750. Lieutenant General of the Spanish Royal Army, member of the Order of Santiago with several titles of Marquis and Count.
He married on 10 November 1748, aged 36, with Maria Lopez Pacheco de Toledo y Portugal, (Madrid, 22 August 1729 - Madrid, 28 November 1768), 11th Countess of Oropesa, 10th Countess of Alcaudete and many other titles.
He was the son of a second marriage of Mercurio Antonio López Pacheco y Benavides.