Rodrigo Ponce de León, 4th Duke of Arcos

Rodrigo Ponce de León, 4th Duke of Arcos, (2 January 1602 – 1658) was a Grandee of Spain and a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. He served as Viceroy of Valencia and of Naples.

As Viceroy of Naples, the Duke of Arcos suppressed a revolt inhabitants of the city of Naples led by Masaniello but was soon faced with another revolt against Spanish rule, which resulted in the proclamation of the short-lived Neapolitan Republic.[1]

References

Geoffrey Parker: Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Castastrophe in the Seventeenth Century. Yale University Press. 2014. ISBN 9780300208634. pp. 427–434

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[1] Geoffrey Parker: Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Castastrophe in the Seventeenth Century. Yale University Press. 2014. ISBN 9780300208634. pp. 427–434

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