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Joaquín Roncali y Ceruti, 1st Marquis of Roncali,

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(8 September 1811 in

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in the last years of the reign of

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. Roncaly ceased in his post because of the Spanish Glorious Revolution, which deposed the Queen. Roncali was the eldest son of Agustín de Roncali y Martínez de Murcia, Knight of Santiago, and his wife María del Carmen Ceruti y Feit. His younger brother was the prominent politician

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. Among other honours, Roncali was appointed Knight Collar of the

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. On 14 May 1867, Roncali was granted the Marquisate of Roncali by the Queen, and on 6 August 1868, his title received the Grandeeship of Spain. He married in 1850 María Dolores de Gaviria y Gutiérrez, daughter of the Count and the Countess of Casa Gaviria, and had a single daughter ''Doña'' María Cristina de Roncali, 2nd Marquise of Roncali (1851–1928, pictured right).

References

*Villareal de Álava, Marquis of
The Roncallis in Spain
''Revista Hidlaguía'', Madrid, 1958, p. 1012.
Personal dossier of the Marquis of Roncali. Spanish Senate
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