Vicente Joaquín Osorio de Moscoso y Guzmán, 11th Count of Altamira, GE (10 January 1756 – 26 August 1816), was a

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Biography

Vicente Joaquín was born in Madrid the 10 January 1756, son of Ventura Osorio de Moscoso y Fernández de Córdoba, who was the 10th Count of Altamira. His mother was María de la Concepción de Guzmán y de la Cerda, daughter of the Marquesses of Montealegre and Aguilar de Campoo. Familiarly linked to the court of the Kingdom of Spain, his family had held important positions; being his grandfather, his great-grandfather and his great-great-grandfather Sumiller de Corps of different kings. He married on 3 April 1774, with María Ignacia Álvarez de Toledo y Gonzaga, daughter of Antonio Álvarez de Toledo y Osorio, 10th Marquess of Villafranca del Bierzo and two years later, his father died, thus inheriting his immense fortune. His mother also died in the same year as his father.

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appointed him, shortly after, governor of the Banco de San Carlos, the main bank in the country at the time. He also finished the works on his

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in Madrid, begun by his father and designed by

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. Widowed in 1798, Charles IV chose him in 1801 as his main

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. On 11 December 1806 he married for a second time, with María Magdalena Fernández de Córdoba y Ponce de León. After the Motín de Aranjuez, the new king

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confirmed him in his post, although for a short time, since months later, he fled to Bayonne. During the

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he belonged to the

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and became its president (1808-1809). He died in Madrid the 26 August 1816.

Titles held

Dukedoms

* 15th Duke of Maqueda ( GE) * 11th Duke of Baena ( GE) * 13th

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( GE) * 12th Duke of Soma ( GE) * 9th

Duke of Sanlúcar la Mayor Duke of Sanlúcar la Mayor ( es, Duque de Sanlúcar la Mayor) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1625 by Philip IV to Gaspar de Guzmán, 3rd Count of Olivares and royal ''favour ...

( GE) * 7th Duke of Medina de las Torres ( GE) * 6th Duke of Atrisco ( GE) * 12th

Duke of Terranova Duke of Terranova ( es, Duque de Terranova) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1502 by Ferdinand II to "El Gran Capitán" (Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba), a general who negotiat ...

( GE) - held unofficially due to extinction * 12th

Duke of Santángelo Duke of Santángelo ( es, Duque de Santángelo) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1497 by the Catholic Monarchs to "El Gran Capitán" (Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba), a general ...

( GE) - held unofficially due to extinction * 12th

Duke of Andría Duke of Andría ( es, Duque de Andría) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1507 by Ferdinand II to "El Gran Capitán" (Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba), a general who negotiated ...

( GE) - held unofficially due to extinction

Marquessates

*16th Marquess of Astorga ( GE) *7th Marquess of Castromonte ( GE) *7th Marquess of Leganés ( GE) *10th Marquess of Velada ( GE) *10th Marquess of Almazán *11th Marquess of Poza *7th Marquess of Mairena *6th Marquess of Morata de la Vega *7th Marquess of Monasterio *13th Marquess of Ayamonte *8th Marquess of Villamanrique *8th Marquess of Villa de San Román *15th Marquess of Elche *10th Marquess of Montemayor *9th Marquess of Águila

Countships

*11th Count of Altamira ( GE) *12th

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( GE) *17th Count of Palamós *13th Count of Trivento *13th Countof Avellino *12th Count of Oliveto *15th Count of Monteagudo de Mendoza *10th Count of Losada *8th Count of Arzacóllar *12th Count of Trastámara *15th Count of Santa María de Ortigueira *10th Count of Lodosa *9th Count of Saltés *18th Count of Nieva *4th Count of Garcíez *3rd Count of Valhermoso *? Count of Cantillana

Viscountcies

*12th Viscount of Iznájar

Baronies

*22nd Baron of Bellpuig *13th Baron of Calonge *14th Baron Liñola

References

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