Marquess of Urquijo ( es, Marqués de Urquijo) is a
noble title
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in the
peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of
Grandee of Spain
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, bestoweded on Estanislao de Urquijo y Landaluce by King
Amadeo I
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on 13 May 1871.
On 1 August 1980, the 5th Marchioness of Urquijo, María Lourdes de Urquijo and her husband, Manuel de la Sierra, were famously murdered in their
Madrid
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home by their son in law, Rafael Escobedo.
The crime, which became one of the most followed on Spanish media, is considered one of the most prominent criminal acts of post-
Francoist Spain
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.
Marquesses of Urquijo (1871)
*Estanislao de Urquijo y Landaluce, 1st Marquess of Urquijo (1817-1889)
*Juan Manuel de Urquijo y Urrutia, 2nd Marquess of Urquijo (1843-1914), eldest son of the Fulgencio Urquijo y Landaluce, brother of the 1st Marquess
*Estanislao de Urquijo y Ussía, 3rd Marquess of Urquijo (1872-1948), eldest son of the 2nd Marquess
*Juan Manuel de Urquijo y Landecho, 4th Marquess of Urquijo (1899-1968), eldest son of the 3rd Marquess
*María de Lourdes de Urquijo y Morenés, 5th Marchioness of Urquijo (1935-1980), eldest daughter of the 4th Marquess
*Juan Manuel de la Sierra y Urquijo, 6th Marquess of Urquijo (b. 1958-2022), eldest son of the 5th Marchioness
Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) - 26 October 1981
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See also
*List of current Grandees of Spain
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*Assassination of the Marquesses of Urquijo
The Spanish nobles María Lourdes de Urquijo, 5th Marchioness of Urquijo and Grandee of Spain, and her husband Manuel de la Sierra, were murdered in their Madrid home on 1 August 1980. Their son-in-law Rafael Escobedo was convicted of the crim ...
*Marquess of Bolarque
Marquess of Bolarque ( es, Marqués de Bolarque) is a noble title in the peerage of Spain, bestoweded on Estanislao de Urquijo, 3rd Marquess of Urquijo, by King Alfonso XIII on 24 May 1913.
The title refers to the area of Salto de Bolarque, in ...
References
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