Marquess of Urquijo

Marquess of Urquijo (Spanish: Marqués de Urquijo) is a noble title in the peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of Grandee of Spain, bestoweded on Estanislao de Urquijo y Landaluce by King Amadeo I on 13 May 1871.[1][2]

For other uses, see Assassination of the Marquesses of Urquijo.
Marquessate of Urquijo
Creation date13 May 1871
Created byAmadeo I
PeeragePeerage of Spain
First holderEstanislao de Urquijo y Landaluce, 1st Marquess of Urquijo
Present holderVacant

On 1 August 1980, the 5th Marchioness of Urquijo, María Lourdes de Urquijo and her husband, Manuel de la Sierra, were famously murdered in their Madrid home by their son in law, Rafael Escobedo. The crime, which became one of the most followed on Spanish media, is considered one of the most prominent criminal acts of post-Francoist Spain.[3]

Marquesses of Urquijo (1871)
  • Estanislao de Urquijo y Landaluce, 1st Marquess of Urquijo (1817-1889)
  • Juan Manuel de Urquijo y Urrutia, 2nd Marquess of Urquijo (1843-1914), eldest son of the Fulgencio Urquijo y Landaluce, brother of the 1st Marquess
  • Estanislao de Urquijo y Ussía, 3rd Marquess of Urquijo (1872-1948), eldest son of the 2nd Marquess
  • Juan Manuel de Urquijo y Landecho, 4th Marquess of Urquijo (1899-1968), eldest son of the 3rd Marquess
  • María de Lourdes de Urquijo y Morenés, 5th Marchioness of Urquijo (1935-1980), eldest daughter of the 4th Marquess
  • Juan Manuel de la Sierra y Urquijo, 6th Marquess of Urquijo (1958-2022), eldest son of the 5th Marchioness[4]
  • Victoria Urquijo Caruncho, 7th Marchioness of Urquijo (20??-), daughter of the 6th Marquess of Urquijo.

See also

References
  1. Real Asociación de Hidalgos de España, Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles, Ediciones Hidalguía, Vol. 50 (Madrid, 2018)
  2. Search of title "Urquijo, marqués de"
  3. "¿Quién mató a los marqueses de Urquijo?" [Who killed the marquesses of Urquijo?]. Vanity Fair (in Spanish). 30 July 2015.
  4. Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) - 26 October 1981
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