 Diego de Benavides, 8th Count of Santisteban

Don Diego de Benavides de La Cueva y Bazán, 1st Marquis of Solera and 8th Count of Santisteban del Puerto (sometimes "Don Diego Benavides y de la Cueva, conde de Santisteban del Puerto") (1607, Santisteban del Puerto, Jaén, Spain – ca.March 19, 1666, Lima, Peru), was a Spanish military officer, diplomat, writer and colonial administrator.