Don José Bernardo de Tagle-Bracho y Pérez de la Riva, 1st Marquis of Torre Tagle (1644 – August 4, 1740) was a Peruvian aristocrat who had high status in Spain and Peru in the 17th century. José Tagle y Bracho was born in Valle de Alfoz de Lloredo, Ruiloba, Cantabria, Spain and is a member of the Tagle family; one of Spain's best and well known aristocratic families. He was baptised on April 9, 1644, at the Iglesia Parroquial del Valle de Alfoz de Lloredo in Santander, Spain. José Bernardo was the son of Don Domingo de Tagle y Bracho and Doña Maria Pérez de la Riva; both Spanish

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s. He then married Doña Rosa Juliana Sánchez de Tagle; who was also a member of an important Cantabrian aristocratic family originated from Santillana del Mar, which apparently belonged to the Marquis of Altamira and shared a common ancestor with the Marquis of Torre Tagle. José Bernardo later rose to the position of Treasurer of the Spanish Royal Armada and on the 26th of November 1730, he was granted the title 1st Marquis of Torre Tagle by the grace of King

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. He then lived in Peru where he issued the building of his own residential palace, the

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. He was also the blood uncle of Don Juan Antonio de Tagle y Bracho; Count of Casa Tagle de Trasierra. The Marquis died on August 4, 1740, at the age of 96.

References

* Tagle. Enigma de un nombre, Historia de un pueblo. Author: José Luis Sáiz Fernández * Nobleza Colonial de Chile. Author: J. Mujica * Diccionario Heráldico y Genealógico de Apellidos Españoles. Author: Alberto y Arturo García Garrafa * Nobiliario de los reinos y Señorios de España. Author: Francisco Piferrer * La Sociedad Chilena del siglo XVIII, Mayorazgos y Títulos de Castilla. Author: Domingo Amunátegui Solar

External links

* http://gw1.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=fracarbo&lang=en;p=jose+bernardo;n=de+tagle+bracho+y+perez+de+la+riva * https://web.archive.org/web/20090220114504/http://per-can.com/CarpD/deTagle/deTagle.htm#Biografia {{DEFAULTSORT:Bracho, Jose Bernardo De Tagle Y, 1st Marquis Of Torre Tagle People of colonial Peru Marquesses of Spain 1644 births 1740 deaths 17th-century Peruvian people 18th-century Peruvian people Viceroyalty of Peru people