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Juan Vicentelo Leca y Toledo, 1st Count of Cantillana (fl. 1621–1636) was a Spanish nobleman. He received the countship from King Philip III.

In April 1636 he was sentenced to banishment for ten years to Oran, then under Spanish rule, for an "incident at palace", in the presence of the king, Philip IV and queen, Elisabeth. The incident originated in a row between the Count's son-in-law, the Marquis of Águila, whom Cantillana defended, and Juan de Herrera, like Cantillana, a knight of the Order of Santiago and groom to the Count-Duke of Olivares during a play.

As a result, Cantillana was arrested and imprisoned at Montánchez Castle. The sentence, together with the 10 years of banishment, where he was to personally serve together with four lanzas, at his own cost, each lanza being five soldiers fully armed and trained for combat, also included the prohibition from approaching less than 20 leagues of the Court for the rest of his life and he had to pay a fine of 2,000 ducados. He also lost his position as Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria. The Marquis of Águila was sentenced to death in absentia.

In October 1638, the Duke of Medina Sidonia, acting on behalf of Cantillana, approached Olivares with the disgraced nobleman's offer to pay for 100 soldiers in return for the royal pardon. Olivares accepted the offer and submitted it to the Junta de Coroneles, which raised the number of soldiers to 500, to be delivered at Cartagena. Cantillana, in turn, offered 400 men plus four captains, to be delivered by February 1639. The Junta, however, considered that the Count could raise 500 troops, though they accepted that these could be delivered at Cádiz, as well as allowing him to sell an estate. By November 1638, he had raised almost 400 troops, and the remainder had been delivered by January 1640.

References

1. ^ "Condado de Cantillana". PARES. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
2. ^ Jiménez Moreno, Agustín (2021). La administración real y la movilización de los recursos de la monarquía: la Junta de Coroneles (1635-1641)". Memoria y Civilización 24 (2021): 47-85 Retrieved 30 December 2024.
3. Mayoralgo y Lodo, José Miguel de. "Historia: Lanzas y Medias annatas". Diputación Permanente y Consejo de la Grandeza de España. Retrieved 30 December 2024.

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