Judas Tadeo Femández de Miranda
5th Marqués de Valdecarzana
(1739–1810)

Biographical

5th Marqués de Valdecarzana 1757–1810†
15th Marqués de Cañete, Grandee of Spain 1786–1810†
8th Conde de la Amayuelas, Grandee of Spain
9th Marqués de Taracena
7th Marchese di Bonanaro 1757–1810†
14th Conde de Rucandio 1757–1810†
10th Conde de Villamor 1757–1810†
8th Conde de Escalante 1757–1810†
15th Conde de Tahalú 1757–1810†
5th Conte di Torralba1757–1810†
9th Vizconde de Centenera
Señor de la casa de Miranda 1757–1810†
Grand Sash of the Royal Order of Spain 1809 [Spain]
Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece 1789
Caballero maestrante of the Real Maestranza of Valencia 1777 [Spain]
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III 1771 [Spain]
Sumiller de Corps 1783–92 res.
Minister of the Council of Finance 1783
Gentleman of the Chamber 1759

Place of birth: Madrid
Place of baptism: Church of San Martín, Madrid
Place of first marriage: Audiencia de Arzola, Madrid
Place of second marriage: San Martín, Valencia
Place of death: Salamanca

A close friend of King Charles III, Judas became an important figure at the Spanish court and served the ageing monarch during his final years. During the War of Independence, he initially supported Joseph Napoleon, but after March 1810 he appears to have changed sides and joined the Spanish forces opposing him.

Son of Sancho de Miranda and Ana de Villacis, he was married firstly in 1757 to Isabel Felipa Reggio, and secondly in 1808 to Luisa Escrivá de Romaní (her first marriage; †1848), with no issue from either marriage