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Marquessate of Urquijo
Creation date13 May 1871
Created byAmadeo I
PeeragePeerage of Spain
First holderEstanislao de Urquijo y Landaluce
Present holderJuan Manuel de la Sierra y Urquijo[1]

Marquess of Urquijo is a noble title in the peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of Grandee of Spain, bestoweded on Estanislao de Urquijo y Landaluce by King Amadeo I on 13 May 1871.[2]

On 1 August 1980, the 5th Marchioness of Urquijo, María Lourdes de Urquijo and her husband, Manuel de la Sierra, were famously murdered in their Madrid home by their son in law, Rafael Escobedo. The crime, which became one of the most followed on Spanish media, is considered one of the most prominent criminal acts of post-Francoist Spain.[3]

Marquesses of Urquijo

  1. Estanislao de Urquijo y Landaluce, 1st Marquess of Urquijo
  2. Juan Manuel de Urquijo y Urrutia, 2nd Marquess of Urquijo
  3. Estanislao de Urquijo y Ussía, 3rd Marquess of Urquijo
  4. Juan Manuel de Urquijo y Landecho, 4th Marquess of Urquijo
  5. María de Lourdes de Urquijo y Morenés, 5th Marchioness of Urquijo
  6. Juan Manuel de la Sierra y Urquijo, 6th Marquess of Urquijo

See also

References

  1. ^ [1] BOE
  2. ^ [2] Search of title "URQUIJO, marqués de"
  3. ^ "¿Quién mató a los marqueses de Urquijo?" [Who killed the marquesses of Urquijo?]. Vanity Fair (in Spanish). 30 July 2015.
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