Doña Ana de Cardona y Aragón, countess de Medellín (1587–1653), was a Spanish courtier. She was the Camarera mayor de Palacio to the queen of Spain, in 1649–1653.López-cordón Cortezo, M. V. (2003). Entre damas anda el juego: las camareras mayores de Palacio en la edad moderna. Cuadernos de Historia Moderna, 123-152. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CHMO/article/view/CHMO0303220123A
Life and career
She was born to Luis Ramón de Aragón Folch de Cardona y Córdoba (or Luis de Córdoba y Aragón), and Ana Enríquez de Cabrera y Mendoza. She married in 1607 to Pedro Portocarrero y Córdoba, 5th count of Medellín.
She served as camarera to the infanta María Teresa of Spain between 1644 and 1649. She was appointed to the post of Camarera mayor de Palacio to the queen of Spain in 1649.Fernández de Béthencourt, F. (1897). Historia genealógica y heráldica de la monarquía española: casa real y grandes de España. Spanien: Estab. Tip. de Enrique Teodoro. She served until her death in 1653.
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