Fernando Ruiz de Castro Andrade y Portugal

Fernando Ruiz de Castro Andrade y Portugal (14 December 1548 - 20 September 1601) was a Galician (Spanish) nobleman who was Viceroy of Naples from 1599 to 1601.

[1] He married in 1574 Catalina de Zúñiga y Sandoval, sister of the Duke of Lerma, Valido and "shadow king" of Spain between 1601 and 1618.

He also ordered the construction of Royal Palace of Naples, designed by Domenico Fontana.

His second son Francisco Ruiz de Castro succeeded him as viceroy of Naples.

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