Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, 8th Marquis of Villena

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Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, 8th Marquis of Villena, was a prominent Spanish nobleman and statesman of the late 17th and early 18th centuries who played a key role in promoting Spanish language and culture.

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instanceOf Spanish nobleman
bibliophile
founder of learned society
human
statesman
aim to elevate the prestige of the Spanish language
to standardize Spanish grammar and orthography
aristocraticHouse Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, 8th Marquis of Villena self-linksurface differs
surface form: House of Fernández Pacheco
associatedWith Spanish monarchy
Spanish royal court
surface form: court of Philip V of Spain
countryOfCitizenship Spain
culturalContribution institutionalization of Spanish linguistic studies
support for the compilation of authoritative Spanish dictionaries
era Spanish Baroque
fieldOfWork Spanish literature
cultural patronage
language policy
founded Royal Spanish Academy
influenced codification of modern Spanish
language Spanish
memberOf Spanish high nobility
movement early 18th-century Spanish linguistic standardization
name Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco
nobleTitle Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, 8th Marquis of Villena self-linksurface differs
surface form: 8th Marquis of Villena

Duke of Escalona
Marquis of Moya
notableFor founding the Royal Spanish Academy
promotion of Spanish culture
promotion of the Spanish language
notableRole key promoter of Spanish language and letters at the royal court
occupation courtier
politician
royal official
patronOf Spanish scholars
Spanish writers
positionHeld founding director of the Royal Spanish Academy
president of the Royal Spanish Academy
regionOfActivity Crown of Castile
Madrid
religion Roman Catholicism
socialStatus Grandee of Spain
timePeriod early 18th century
late 17th century

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Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, 8th Marquis of Villena aristocraticHouse Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, 8th Marquis of Villena self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: House of Fernández Pacheco
RAE founder Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, 8th Marquis of Villena
this entity surface form: Marquis of Villena
Royal Spanish Academy founder Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, 8th Marquis of Villena
Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, 8th Marquis of Villena nobleTitle Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, 8th Marquis of Villena self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 8th Marquis of Villena