Antonio de Benavides y Fernández de Navarrete (20 June 1807, in

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– 23 January 1884, in

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, Spain) was a Spanish

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and historian who served as

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between 1864 and 1865, in the reign of Queen

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. Benavides was the eldest son of Manuel de Benavides y Rodríguez-Zambrano, Major of the

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for the noble state in 1808, and his wife Francisca de Paula Fernández de Navarrete y Motilla. Among other honors, he was Knight of Santiago and Knight Grand Cross of the

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*Cadenas y Vicent, Vicente de
Knights of the Order of Santiago in the 19th Century
Madrid, Hidalguía, 1992.
Antonio de Benavides. Geneall.netPersonal dossier of D. Antonio de Benavide y Fernández de Navarrete. Spanish Senate
, - Foreign ministers of Spain Knights of Santiago Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic 1807 births 1884 deaths Moderate Party (Spain) politicians {{Spain-bio-stub