Paolo Spinola or Pablo Spínola Doria (24 February 1628 – 24 December 1699), 3rd Marquis of the Balbases and 3rd Duke of San Severino and Sesto, was a Spanish nobleman of Italian descent and a diplomat.
Biography edit
Spinola was born in 1628, the son of Filippo Spinola, 2nd Marquis of Los Balbases and Geronima Doria. His grandfather was the Italian-Spanish general and banker Ambrogio Spinola.
Paolo was Governor of the Duchy of Milan during 1668 and 1670 after which he was replaced by Gaspar Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke de Osuna.
He was Spanish ambassador to Vienna between 1670 and 1676 and then to Paris in 1677.
Family edit
In 1653, he married Anna Colonna (daughter of Marcantonio V Colonna, Prince of Paliano) in Rome. Their children were:[1]
- Isabella Spinola (died 1700) - married Francesco Maria Spinola, 3rd Duke of San Pietro in Galatina.
- Teresa Antonia Spinola (born 23 October 1659) - married Martín Domingo de Guzmán, 4th Marquis of Montealegre.
- Felipe Antonio Spinola, 4th Marquis of the Balbases (1665–1721) - Viceroy of Sicily who married Isabel Maria de la Cerda (1667–1708), daughter of Juan Francisco de la Cerda, Duke of Medinaceli.
- Luisa Spinola - married Gregorio Januario de Bracamonte y Bracamonte.
- Antonia Spínola (died 1744) - married Marino Francesco Caracciolo (1688–1727), 6th Prince of Avellino.