Enrique de Cardona y Enríquez
Enrique de Cardona y Enríquez was a Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop.Biography
Enrique de Cardona y Enríquez was born in the County of Urgell in 1485, the son of Juan Folch de Cardona y Urgel, Duke of Cardona, and Aldonza Domínguez. He began his career as a cleric in Urgell.
In 1505, Ferdinand II of Aragon wanted to promote him to the see of Barcelona; he therefore forced archdeacon Luís Desplá, who had been elected by the cathedral chapter of Barcelona Cathedral, to retire. The cathedral chapter elected Cardona on April 18, 1505; he received dispensation for not having reached the canonical age of 27. On January 23, 1512, he was promoted to the metropolitan see of Monreale, though he continued to live in Barcelona.
In 1522, he accompanied Pope Adrian VI from Spain to Rome. He was made Prefect of the Castel Sant'Angelo on September 24, 1522. He was a commissary and judge in the case of Cardinal Francesco Soderini, who was arrested on April 28, 1523. He served as president of Sicily in 1526.
Pope Clement VII made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of November 21, 1527. He received the red hat and the titular church of San Marcello al Corso on November 24, 1527.
He died in Rome on February 7, 1530. He is buried in Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli.
