Francisco María de Paula Téllez-Girón y Benavides (Madrid, 11 March 1678 – Paris, 3 April 1716), 6th

Duke of Osuna Duke of Osuna is a Spanish noble title that was first awarded in 1562 by King Philip II of Spain to Pedro Girón de la Cueva, (Osuna, Seville, 29 July 1537 – 1590). Pedro was also Viceroy of Naples, (1582–1586), Ambassador in Portugal and ...

, 6th Marquess of Peñafiel, 10th Count of Ureña, was a Spanish noble, diplomat and a

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Biography

He was the first surviving son of

Gaspar Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke de Osuna Gaspar Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke de Osuna (25 May 1625 – Madrid, 2 June 1694), 5th Marquess of Peñafiel, 9th Count of Ureña and other lesser titles, was a Spanish general and a Grandee of Spain, title bestowed by king Philip II of Spain on 5 ...

, and his second wife, Ana Antonia de Benavides Carrillo y Toledo, Marquise of Caracena and Countess of Pinto. He inherited the titles of Chief Notary of the Kingdom of Castile (Notario mayor del reino) and Chief Waiter of the King (Camarero mayor del Rey) upon the death of his father in 1694. He also became the sixth Duke of Osuna. He served as Gentleman of the Chamber of King

Carlos II of Spain Charles II of Spain (''Spanish: Carlos II,'' 6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700), known as the Bewitched (''Spanish: El Hechizado''), was the last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire. Best remembered for his physical disabilities and the War of ...

. On 12 December 1700, he welcomed and made the corresponding obeisances to the new sovereign

Philip V of Spain Philip V ( es, Felipe; 19 December 1683 – 9 July 1746) was King of Spain from 1 November 1700 to 14 January 1724, and again from 6 September 1724 to his death in 1746. His total reign of 45 years is the longest in the history of the Spanish mon ...

at the Spanish-French border and accompanied the new King on his travel to Madrid. He became a trusted man of Philip V and followed him during his travels in Catalonia and Italy. At the end of 1711, the King elected him ''Ambassadeur extraordinaire'' and first Plenipotentiary for the

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. He traveled to Utrecht and accompanied by the

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and the Marquis of Monteleón, he signed the Treaty of Utrecht on 13 July 1713. Likewise, he also negotiated and signed the peace between Spain and Portugal on 16 February 1715. The Duke would now be assigned as Ambassador to the Court of Paris, but he died there on 13 April 1716, at just 38 years of age.
He had married María del Pilar y del Rosario Remigia, only daughter of

Íñigo Melchor de Velasco, 7th Duke of Frías Íñigo Melchor Fernández de Velasco, 7th Duke of Frías, Grandee, GE, Order of Santiago, KOS (16 April 1629 – 27 September 1696), was a Spanish nobleman and Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands.In full, es, Don (honorific), Don Í� ...

. As the marriage only produced 2 daughters, he was succeeded by his younger brother José Maria.

Sources

Real Academia de la Historia.
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