Jaume Francesc Folc de Cardona i de GandiaPere Català i Roca. ''Els castells catalans'', Volum 4, R.Dalmau, 1993. (1405-1 December 1466) was a

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.
He was

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(1445-1459),

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(1459-1461) and

Urgell Urgell (), also known as ''Baix Urgell'' (''baix'' meaning "lower", by contrast with Alt Urgell "Upper Urgell"), is a ''comarca'' (county) in Ponent, Catalonia (Spain), forming only a borderland portion of the region historically known as Urgel ...

(1461-1466), then in the

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. He was chosen as a cardinal by

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on 18 December 1461. He was also the 22nd

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between 1443 and 1446.

Biography

He was a son of Joan Ramon I, Count of Cardona and Joana of Gandía. He was Canon and Archedian in Barcelona, perpetual administrator of the abbey of Santa Maria de Solsona and ecclesiastical deputy of the Deputation of the General of Catalonia. In 1445 he was appointed

. He endorsed the election of

Pope Nicholas V Pope Nicholas V (; ; 15 November 1397 – 24 March 1455), born Tommaso Parentucelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 March 1447 until his death in March 1455. Pope Eugene IV made him a Cardinal (Catholic Chu ...

. In 1459 he was transferred to the Diocese of Girona and in 1461 to Urgell. Pope Pius II created him cardinal in the consistory of 18 December 1461. Cardona never went to Rome to receive the cardinal cape and did not participate in the

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(election of Paul II).

References

1405 births 1466 deaths 15th-century princes of Andorra Bishops of Urgell 15th-century Spanish cardinals Presidents of the Government of Catalonia 15th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Principality of Catalonia {{Spain-RC-bishop-stub