Rafael Carlos Merry del Val (Seville, 4 November 1831 - San Sebastian, 29 August 1917) was a Spanish nobleman and diplomat.
He had missions at the courts of the Kings of Belgium and Great Britain. He married Dona Sofía Josefa de Zulueta y Wilcox and from this marriage some famous children were born.
Children
* 1864:
Alfonso Merry del Val, Marquess of Merry del Val; ambassador
* 1865:
Rafael Merry del Val
Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta, (10 October 1865 – 26 February 1930) was a Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal.
Before becoming a cardinal, he served as the secretary of the papal conclave of 1903 that elected Pope Pius X, who is said to have ac ...
y de Zulueta; cardinal
* 1867:
Pedro Merry del Val y Zulueta
* -?-:
Domingo Merry del Val y Zulueta.
['']The New York Times
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RAFAEL MERRY DEL VAL DIES; Once Eminent Spanish Diplomatist Was Father of the Cardinalpdf
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Honours
* 1878: Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold.[Handelsblad (Het) 28-08-1878]
References
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Spanish diplomats
19th-century Spanish nobility
1831 births
1917 deaths