Marquess of San Isidro ( es, Marqués de San Isidro) was a hereditary title in the
Peerage of Spain, granted in 1730 by
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to Pablo Rui-Gómez, Viscount of Benafarces, knight of the
Order of Santiago and perpetual ''
regidor
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'' of
León. The title was granted in recognition of his contribution to the restoration of the
Basilica of San Isidoro in
Leon, Spain.
The
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palace of the Marquesses of San Isidro was, before a heavy fire in 1942, located at an emblematic spot where the Spanish troops first rebelled against
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in
León. There is also an avenue in the same city, named after the third Marquess of San Isidro, Santos Rui-Gómez, who perished in battle fighting for Spain's independence from the
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in 1813.
As of 2010, the title is extinct, as more than 40 years have elapsed since the death of the last holder (1885).
Viscounts of Benafarces (1729)
* Pablo Rui-Gómez Lasso de la Vega y Balmaseda, 1st Viscount of Benafarces (d. 1742)
Marquesses of San Isidro (1730)
* Pablo Rui-Gómez Lasso de la Vega y Balmaseda, 1st Marquess of San Isidro (d. 1742)
* Juan Francisco Rui-Gómez y Bustamante, 2nd Marquess of San Isidro (1726-1787), only son of the 1st Marquess
* Santos Rui-Gómez y de Prado, 3rd Marquess of San Isidro (1750-1813), eldest son of the 2nd Marquess
* Francisco de Paula Rui-Gómez y de Prado, 4th Marquess of San Isidro (d. 1826), second son of the 2nd Marquess
*
Francisco Manuel Rui-Gómez y Dañobeitia, 5th Marquess of San Isidro (1806-1885), only son of the 4th Marquess
See also
*
Basílica de San Isidoro, León
*
Spanish nobility
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References
External links
Genealogical information on the Marquesses of San Isidro
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Marquessates in the Spanish nobility
Noble titles created in 1730
Spanish noble titles