ALBUFERA DE VALENCIA, lagoon, 7m. south of Valencia in Spain, about I2m. long, 14m. broad and I2ft. deep (max.), with a narrow outlet to sea under control. It is crown property and rich in fish and wild fowl, and rice is grown around it. Napoleon made Marshal Suchet duke of Albufera (1812) after the conquest of Valencia. After the battle of Vittoria (1813) he lost the domain but kept the title. Later, the Spanish nation gave the revenues of Albufera to the duke of Wellington.