Marquess of Villaviciosa de Asturias ( es, Marqués de Villaviciosa de Asturias) is a hereditary title in the
Peerage of Spain, granted in 1892 by
Maria Christina of Austria
Maria Christina Henriette Desideria Felicitas Raineria of Austria ( es, María Cristina de Habsburgo-Lorena; 21 July 1858 – 6 February 1929) was the second queen consort of Alfonso XII of Spain. She was queen regent during the vacancy of the ...
on behalf of her underage son
Alfonso XIII
Alfonso XIII (17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), also known as El Africano or the African, was King of Spain from 17 May 1886 to 14 April 1931, when the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed. He was a monarch from birth as his father, Alfo ...
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Pedro José Pidal
Don Pedro José Pidal y Carniado, 1st Marquis of Pidal (25 November 1799 – 28 December 1865) was a Spanish lawyer, writer, politician ('' alcalde'', deputy and senator) and academician who served important political offices in the reign of I ...
, in recognition of his services and those of his father, Alejandro Pidal y Mon, President of the
Senate of Spain
The Senate ( es, Senado) is the upper house of the Cortes Generales, which along with the Congress of Deputies – the lower chamber – comprises the Parliament of the Kingdom of Spain. The Senate meets in the Palace of the Senate in Madrid.
Th ...
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Marquesses of Villaviciosa de Asturias (1892)
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Pedro Pidal y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1st Marquess of Villaviciosa de Asturias
*Santiago Pidal y Guilhou, 2nd Marquess of Villaviciosa de Asturias
Revista Hidalguía, No. 5 (Madrid, 1962), p. 423
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*Pedro Pidal y Nano, 3rd Marquess of Villaviciosa de Asturias
See also
*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 ...
References
Marquesses of Spain
Lists of Spanish nobility
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