Pedro Téllez-Girón, 9th Duke of Osuna | |
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The Duke of Osuna, by Francisco de Goya
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Spouse(s) | María Josefa Pimentel, 12th Countess-Duchess of Benavente |
Issue
Josefa, Marchioness of Camarasa (1783-1817)
Joaquina,Marchioness of Sta. Cruz(1784-1851) Francisco, 10th Duke de Osuna (1785–1830) Pedro, Prince of Anglona (1786-1851) Manuela, Duchess of Abrantes (1794-1838) |
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Full name
Pedro Téllez-Girón, 9th Duke of Osuna
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Noble family | House of Osuna |
Father | Pedro Zoilo Téllez Girón y de Guzmán, 8th Duke of Osuna |
Mother | María Vicenta Tellez - Girón |
Born |
Madrid, Spain |
August 8, 1755
Died | January 7, 1807 Spain |
(aged 51)
Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón, 9th Duke of Osuna, Grandee of Spain, (in full, Spanish: Don Pedro de Alcántara María Cayetano Ciriaco Rafael Domingo Vicente Téllez-Girón y Pacheco, noveno duque de Osuna, décimo marqués de Peñafiel, conde de Fontanar, décimo tercér conde de Ureña, señor de la villa de Morón de la Frontera, Archidona, El Arahal, Olvera, Ortejicar, Cazalla de la Sierra, Tiedra, Gumiel de Izán y Briones, Grande de España de 1ra clase, Camarero mayor del Rey, Notario mayor de los Reinos de Castilla, teniente general de los Reales Ejércitos, coronel del Regimiento de Reales Guardias Españoles y su Director general, miembro del Supremo Consejo de la Guerra, embajador extraordinario en Viena, 24 de la Real academia (10.7.1787), gentilhombre de cámara con ejercicio de Carlos III y de Carlos IV, caballero del Toisón de Oro (4.4.1794), Gran Cruz de la Orden de Carlos III), (8 August 1755 - 7 January 1807), was a Spanish nobleman. He led Spanish troops during the French Revolutionary Wars.
Since April 1787, when his father, the 8th Duke, Pedro Zoilo Téllez Girón y de Guzmán, (27 June 1728 - 1 April 1787), died was a co-founder of a society for the promotion of national cultural consciousness, known as Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País, (Madrid branch). His mother was really named María Vicenta Tellez-Girón (born 28 July 1735 - died ????), but even so he is known as a Pacheco, perhaps because of the extensive family comnnections between Téllez - Girón's and Pacheco's since the 15th century.
In 1772, he married María Josefa Pimentel, 12th Countess-Duchess of Benavente. She was 15th Countess of Benavente, Grandee of Spain, 13th Duchess of Béjar, Duchess of Arcos, Duchess of Gandía and Duchess of Monteagudo, Princess of Esquilache and Marquise of Lombay, whose possessions and noble titles were absorbed thereto by the Osuna family.