Josep de Suelves i de Montagut
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Josep de Suelves i de Montagut 1850 Tortosa, Spain |
| Died | 1926 Madrid, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation | politician |
| Known for | politician |
| Political party | Carlism |
Josep de Suelves i de Montagut, 9th Marquis of Tamarit (1850–1926) was a Spanish Carlist politician.
Paternal ancestors of Josep de Suelves i de Montagut came from two distinguished aristocratic Catalan families. Representatives of the Montserrat line are recorded in the Middle Ages already;Francesc de Montserrat Vives made his name during the siege of Tarragona in the time of the Guerra dels Segadors in mid-17th century and was awarded the by Carlos II in 1681. In 1794 the title passed along the maternal line to Josep’s great-grandfather, Joan Nepomucé de Suelves i Montserrat, an anti-liberal Tarragona deputy to Cádiz Cortes. His son, 7th marqués de Tamarit, sided with the legitimist cause during the First Carlist War and was exiled afterwards. His grandson, 8th marqués, Antoni de Suelves i d’Ustariz (Josep’s paternal uncle), followed the family tradition forming part of Royal Council of the pretender Carlos VII and since late 1860s participated in preparations to another insurgency. Antoni’s younger brother, Joan de Suelves i d’Ustariz, married Buenaventura Montagut Félez, native of Tortosa and daughter of Josep Montagut Salvador, Conde Torre de l'Espanyol. The couple had three children.
Josep, the oldest of the siblings, spent most of his childhood in family estates across Catalonia, to complete secondary education in colleges in Reus and Tortosa. In late 1860s he studied Derecho y Filosofia in of Madrid. In 1885 he married María Goyeneche Puente (1862-1941), daughter of a Peruvian diplomat and Peruvian/Spanish conservative politician , 3rd , by virtue of his family ties related to Navarre and Gipuzkoa. When in 1886 despite his two marriages the 8th marqués de Tamarit died without issue, Josep inherited the marquesado. He acquired also part of his uncle’s wealth, consisting mostly of numerous landholdings around Tarragonese locations of , and , though also in some more distant municipalities.
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