Cristóbal de Moscoso y Montemayor
Spanish noble and military (–1749) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Moscoso and the second or maternal family name is Montemayor.
Cristóbal de Moscoso y Montemayor (died 27 January 1749 in Madrid), also known as the Count de las Torres, was a Spanish noble and military officer.
He was the first Count of Las Torres de Alcorrín (1683). King Philip V of Spain made him Viceroy of Valencia in 1706, where he fought without success against the Allies.
In 1723, he became Viceroy of Navarre.[1][2]
In 1727, he led the Spanish troops in the unsuccessful Thirteenth Siege of Gibraltar. Despite the failure, he was made Marquis de Cullera, and in 1728, Duke d’Algete and a Grandee of Spain.