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Bernardino de Cárdenas y Portugal (Torrijos, January 20, 1553 - Palermo, December 17, 1601), 3rd Duke of Maqueda, 2nd Marquis of Elche, was a Spanish noble and statesman.^{[citation needed]}

He was the son of Bernardino de Cárdenas y Pacheco, 2nd Duke of Maqueda, 1st Marquis of Elche, and of Isabel de Velasco, daughter of Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías, Constable of Castille.^{[citation needed]}

He was viceroy of Catalonia and of Sicily.^{[citation needed]}

He married Luisa Manrique de Lara, 5th Duchess of Nájera and had 4 sons and 2 daughters.
He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son Jorge de Cárdenas y Manrique de Lara.V

Government offices
Preceded by Pedro Luis Galcerán de Borja	Viceroy of Catalonia 1593–1597	Succeeded by Lorenzo IV Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba
Preceded by Giovanni Ventimiglia	Viceroy of Sicily 1598–1601	Succeeded by Jorge de Cárdenas y Manrique de Lara

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• Ducado de Maqueda.


• This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding Spanish Wikipedia article as of 10 November 2012.