Gaspar Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke de Osuna (25 May 1625 – Madrid, 2 June 1694), 5th Marquess of Peñafiel, 9th

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and other lesser titles, was a Spanish general and a

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, title bestowed by king

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on 5 February 1562 when Pedro Téllez-Girón y de la Cueva, 5th

, a.k.a. Pedro Girón de la Cueva,

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, was given the title of 1st

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 ...

. He lost the

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in 1664, as part of the Portuguese Restoration War. He was

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, 1667–1669, Governor of the Duchy of Milan,

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, (1670–1674), when he was replaced by Claude Lamoral, Prince of Ligne.

Family ancestors background

He was the grandson of

Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna (17 February 1574 – 20 September 1624) was a Spanish nobleman and politician. He was the 2nd Marquis of Peñafiel, 7th Count of Ureña, Spanish Viceroy of Sicily (1611–1616), Viceroy of Naples (1616– ...

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, and the son of

Juan Tellez-Girón y Enriquez de Ribera, 4th Duke of Osuna Juan Tellez-Girón y Enriquez de Ribera, 4th Duke of Osuna (15 November 1597 – 12 October 1656) was Viceroy of Sicily from 1655 to 1656. He was the only male descendant of Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna who was born in December 1 ...

Don Gaspar marriages

In his first marriage in 1645 he married a cousin, named as her mother Felice, Feliche de Sandoval Rojas y Enriquez de Cabrera, deceased in

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on 7 October 1671, who hold her own inherited title of 4th Duchess of

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and was therefore, also a

on her own rights, daughter of Francisco de Sandoval Rojas, 2nd

Duke of Lerma Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, 1st Duke of Lerma, 5th Marquess of Denia, 1st Count of Ampudia (1552/1553 – 17 May 1625), was a favourite of Philip III of Spain, the first of the ''validos'' ('most worthy') through whom the later H ...

and 2nd Duke of Uceda, Duke of Cea. Her mother was a member of the powerful and old

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. The children who survived, (5 out of 7), were all females who married within the pinnacle of the highest Spanish Nobility of the time. He married again in 1672, aged 47, 19 years old Ana Antonia Francisca, (

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, 14 April 1653 –

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, 4 December 1707, aged 50), 4th Marchioness of Caracena, a daughter of

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, 6th

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, Governor of the Duchy of Milan,

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. Her mother was Catalina Ponce de León, third daughter of

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, 4th

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and of María Francica Córdoba de Aragón, a daughter of the 5th Dukes of Segorbe. Ana Antonia Francisca, would be the inheritor of the nobility titles of her parents, presumably by the non existence of/or earlier death of her legitimate male brothers. She held also the title of Marshal of Castile by herself. From this second wife (4 children:2 males + 2 females), came the two next successors to the Duchy, *

Francisco Téllez-Girón, 6th Duke of Osuna Francisco María de Paula Téllez-Girón y Benavides (Madrid, 11 March 1678 – Paris, 3 April 1716), 6th Duke of Osuna, 6th Marquess of Peñafiel, 10th Count of Ureña, was a Spanish noble, diplomat and a Grandee of Spain. Biography He was the fi ...

, a.k.a. Francisco María de Paula Téllez-Girón y Benavides, (*

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, 11 August 1678 – Ambassador and Plenipotentiary minister for the Treaty of Utrecht, (1713) – París,

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, 13 April 1716). Married in 1695 he got two daughters only who did not inherited the title passing it to the surviving brother: *

José María Téllez-Girón, 7th Duke of Osuna José María Téllez-Girón y Benavides (Madrid, 25 May 1685 – 18 May 1733), 7th Duke of Osuna, 7th Marquess of Peñafiel, 11th Count of Ureña, was a Spanish military, diplomat and a Grandee of Spain. Biography He was the second surviving son ...

, a.k.a.

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y Benavides, (*

, 25 May 1685 – Duke successor to his brother 1716 – + Madrid 8 March 1733). He married in 1721, Andalusian wealthy girl Francisca Bibiana, 6th daughter of the very rich and powerful 12th

Duke of Medina Sidonia Duke of Medina Sidonia ( es, Duque de Medina Sidonia) is a peerage grandee title of Spain in Medina-Sidonia, holding the oldest extant dukedom in the kingdom, first awarded by King John II of Castile in 1380.Count of Niebla Duke of Medina Sidonia ( es, Duque de Medina Sidonia) is a peerage grandee title of Spain in Medina-Sidonia, holding the oldest extant dukedom in the kingdom, first awarded by King John II of Castile in 1380.Marquess of Cazaza, a

, a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Her mother, Luisa María Bernarda, was the third daughter of the financier and nobleman 5th Duke of Pastrana, of the "De Silva Mendoza" family. With Issue.

References

*LINDE, Luis M. Don Pedro Girón, Duque de Osuna, la hegemonía española en Europa a comienzos del siglo XVII, Ed. Encuentro, Madrid, 2005. . A study, mainly on finances and economy in European trade at the beginnings of the 17th century, through discussing the figure of Pedro Téllez-Girón y Velasco, 3rd Duke of Osuna, (1574–1624) .

Sources

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tellez-Giron, Gaspar 05 1625 births 1694 deaths Military personnel from Madrid Gaspar Gaspar 109 105 104 Spanish generals Viceroys of Catalonia Grandees of Spain