Sancho Folch de Cardona y Ruíz de Liori, ?th Lord and 1st Marquess of Guadalest, was the heir and son of Alfonso Folch de Cardona y Fajardo, ?th Lord of Guadalest, and wife Isabel Ruíz de Liori, Lady of Gorga. He was a member of the House of the Viscounts of Cardona and was elevated to 1st Marquess of his Feudal Lordship.[1]
He married María Colón de Toledo (c. 1510 –), daughter of Diego Colón and wife María de Toledo y Rojas, and had:
- Cristóbal Colón de Cardona, 2nd Marquess of Guadalest (– 1583), unmarried and without issue
- María Colón de Cardona, 3rd Marchioness of Guadalest (c. 1540 – 1591), married to Francisco de Mendoza, without surviving issue.