Beltrán de la Cueva, 1st Duke of Alburquerque
Beltrán de la Cueva | |
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| Duke of Alburquerque | |
| Born | c.1443 Úbeda, Andalusia, Crown of Castille, Iberian Peninsula |
| Died | November 1, 1492 (aged 48–49) Cuéllar, Spain |
Beltrán de la Cueva y Alfonso de Mercado, 1st Duke of Alburquerque (c. 1443 – 1 November 1492) was a Spanish nobleman who is said to have fathered Joanna, the daughter of Henry IV of Castile's wife Joan of Portugal. His alleged daughter, called "la Beltraneja", was deprived of the crown of Castile because of the uncertainty regarding her parentage.