Marquess of Iria Flavia ( es, Marquesado de Iria Flavia) is a hereditary title in the

Spanish nobility Spanish nobles are persons who possess the legal status of hereditary nobility according to the laws and traditions of the Spanish monarchy and historically also those who held personal nobility as bestowed by one of the three highest orders of ...

. This

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was bestowed by Juan Carlos I of Spain by Royal Decree 1137/1996, on 17 May 1996 on the author and

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, Camilo José Cela Trulock, in recognition of his contribution to literature and the

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. The title recalls the Celtiberian port of

Iria Flavia Iria Flavia or simply Iria in Galicia, northwestern Spain, is an Ancient settlement and former bishopric in the modern municipality of Padrón, which remains a Catholic titular see. History Located at the confluence of the Sar and Ulla rivers, ...

in Galicia, northwestern

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, where Cela was born and is now buried. The current holder of the title is his only child,

Camilo José Cela Conde Camilo José Arcadio Cela Conde, 2nd Marquess of Iria Flavia (born 17 January 1946), is a Spanish writer. He is the son of Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize winning writer Camilo José Cela and is currently a Professor (highest academic ran ...

Holders

* Camilo José Cela Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia (1996–2002). *

, 2nd Marquess of Iria Flavia (2003–). The heiress apparent and the only person in line of succession to the marquessate is the present holder's only child, his daughter, Camila Cela Marty (b. 1989).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iria Flavia, Marques De Marquessates in the Spanish nobility Noble titles created in 1996 Camilo José Cela