Gaspar Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke de Osuna
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Gaspar Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke de Osuna (25 May 1625 – Madrid, 2 June 1694), 5th Marquess of Peñafiel, 9th Count of Ureña and other lesser titles, was a Spanish
general and a Grandee of Spain, title bestowed by king Philip II of Spain
on 5 February 1562 when Pedro Téllez-Girón y de la Cueva, 5th Count of Ureña, a.k.a. Pedro Girón de la Cueva, Viceroy of Naples, was given the title of 1st Duke of Osuna. Osuna
, a very old town at the province of Seville, was already an indigenous Iberian
civilization town occupied by the Romans
well over 2,000 years ago.
The Dukes of Osuna, in general, have excelled as Viceroys and/or Governors in European territories linked or broadly allied with Imperial Spain for several centuries.
He lost the Battle of Castelo Rodrigo in 1664, as part of the Portuguese Restoration War
. He was Viceroy of Catalonia, 1667–1669, Governor of the Duchy of Milan, Italy
, (1670–1674), when he was replaced by Claude Lamoral, Prince of Ligne
.
, Viceroy of Sicily, Viceroy of Naples, and the son of Juan Téllez-Girón, 4rd Duke of Osuna, Viceroy of Sicily.
, Italy
on 7 October 1671, who hold her own inherited title of 4th Duchess of Uceda
and was therefore, also a Grandee of Spain on her own rights, daughter of Francisco de Sandoval Rojas, 2nd Duke of Lerma and 2nd Duke of Uceda
, Duke of Cea. Her mother was a member of the powerful and old Colonna family
. The children who survived, (5 out of 7), were all females who married within the pinnacle of the highest Spanish Nobility of the time.
He married again in 1672, aged 47, 19 years old Ana Antonia Francisca, (Milán
, 14 April 1653 - Madrid
, 4 December 1707, aged 50), 4th Marchioness of Caracena, a daughter of Luis de Benavides Carrillo, Marquis of Caracena
, 6th marquis of Frómista, Governor of the Duchy of Milan, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands. Her mother was Catalina Ponce de León, third daughter of Rodrigo Ponce de León, 4th Duke of Arcos
and of María Francica Córdoba de Aragón, a daughter of the 5th Dukes of Segorbe.
Ana Antonia Francisca, would be the inheritor of the nobility titles of her parents, presumably by the non existence of/or earlier death of her legitimate male brothers. She held also the title of Marshal of Castile by herself.
From this second wife (4 children:2 males + 2 females), came the two next successors to the Duchy,
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
general and a Grandee of Spain, title bestowed by king Philip II of Spain
Philip II of Spain
Philip II was King of Spain, Portugal, Naples, Sicily, and, while married to Mary I, King of England and Ireland. He was lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories such as duke or count....
on 5 February 1562 when Pedro Téllez-Girón y de la Cueva, 5th Count of Ureña, a.k.a. Pedro Girón de la Cueva, Viceroy of Naples, was given the title of 1st Duke of Osuna. Osuna
Osuna
Osuna is a town and municipality in the province of Seville, southern Spain, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. , it has a population of c...
, a very old town at the province of Seville, was already an indigenous Iberian
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula , sometimes called Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar...
civilization town occupied by the Romans
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
well over 2,000 years ago.
The Dukes of Osuna, in general, have excelled as Viceroys and/or Governors in European territories linked or broadly allied with Imperial Spain for several centuries.
He lost the Battle of Castelo Rodrigo in 1664, as part of the Portuguese Restoration War
Portuguese Restoration War
Portuguese Restoration War was the name given by nineteenth-century 'romantic' historians to the war between Portugal and Spain that began with the Portuguese revolution of 1640 and ended with the Treaty of Lisbon . The revolution of 1640 ended the sixty-year period of dual monarchy in Portugal...
. He was Viceroy of Catalonia, 1667–1669, Governor of the Duchy of Milan, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, (1670–1674), when he was replaced by Claude Lamoral, Prince of Ligne
Claude Lamoral, Prince of Ligne
Claude Lamoral, 3rd Prince of Ligne, Prince of Epinoy, Marquis of Roubaix and Count of Fauquemberg , was a Belgian nobleman, military and diplomate in the service of Philip IV of Spain and Charles II of Spain ....
.
Family ancestors background
He was the grandson of Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of OsunaPedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna
Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna was a Spanish nobleman and politician. He was the 2nd Marquis of Peñafiel, 7th Count of Ureña, Spanish Viceroy of Sicily , Viceroy of Naples , a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece since 1608, Grandee of Spain, member of the Spanish Supreme...
, Viceroy of Sicily, Viceroy of Naples, and the son of Juan Téllez-Girón, 4rd Duke of Osuna, Viceroy of Sicily.
Don Gaspar marriages
In his firs marriage in 1645 he married a cousin, named as her mother Felice, Feliche de Sandoval Rojas y Enriquez de Cabrera, deceased in MilanMilan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
on 7 October 1671, who hold her own inherited title of 4th Duchess of Uceda
Uceda
Uceda is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 1,575 inhabitants....
and was therefore, also a Grandee of Spain on her own rights, daughter of Francisco de Sandoval Rojas, 2nd Duke of Lerma and 2nd Duke of Uceda
Duke of Uceda
Duke of Uceda, was a Spanish noble title, created on May 16 1610, by King Philip III of Spain, in favour of Cristóbal Gómez de Sandoval Rojas y de la Cerda....
, Duke of Cea. Her mother was a member of the powerful and old Colonna family
Colonna family
The Colonna family is an Italian noble family; it was powerful in medieval and Renaissance Rome, supplying one Pope and many other Church and political leaders...
. The children who survived, (5 out of 7), were all females who married within the pinnacle of the highest Spanish Nobility of the time.
He married again in 1672, aged 47, 19 years old Ana Antonia Francisca, (Milán
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, 14 April 1653 - Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, 4 December 1707, aged 50), 4th Marchioness of Caracena, a daughter of Luis de Benavides Carrillo, Marquis of Caracena
Luis de Benavides Carrillo, Marquis of Caracena
Luis Francisco de Benavides Carrillo de Toledo, Marquis of Caracena, Marquis of Fromista was a Spanish general and political figure...
, 6th marquis of Frómista, Governor of the Duchy of Milan, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands. Her mother was Catalina Ponce de León, third daughter of Rodrigo Ponce de León, 4th Duke of Arcos
Duke of Arcos
The dukedom of Arcos was created by Queen Isabella I of Castile, on 20 January of 1493, for Rodrigo Ponce de León, then count of Arcos. The dukedom is among the first 25 titles which reached the rank of Grandee of Spain 1st Class, in 1520...
and of María Francica Córdoba de Aragón, a daughter of the 5th Dukes of Segorbe.
Ana Antonia Francisca, would be the inheritor of the nobility titles of her parents, presumably by the non existence of/or earlier death of her legitimate male brothers. She held also the title of Marshal of Castile by herself.
From this second wife (4 children:2 males + 2 females), came the two next successors to the Duchy,
- Francisco Téllez-Girón, 6th Duke of Osuna, a.k.a. Francisco María de Paula Téllez-Girón y Benavides, (* MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, 11 August 1678 - Ambassador and Plenipotentiary minister for the Treaty of Utrecht, (1713) - ParísParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, 13 April 1716). Married in 1695 he got two daughters only who did not inherited the title passing it to the surviving brother:
- José María Téllez-Girón, 7th Duke of Osuna, a.k.a. José María Téllez-Girón y Benavides, (* MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, 25 May 1685 - Duke successor to his brother 1716 - + Madrid 8 March 1733). He married in 1721, Andalusian wealthy girl Francisca Bibiana, 6th daughter of the very rich and powerful 12th Duke of Medina Sidonia, 17th Count of Niebla, 11th Marquess of Cazaza, a Grandee of Spain, a Knight of the Order of the Golden FleeceOrder of the Golden FleeceThe Order of the Golden Fleece is an order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip III, Duke of Burgundy in 1430, to celebrate his marriage to the Portuguese princess Infanta Isabella of Portugal, daughter of King John I of Portugal. It evolved as one of the most prestigious orders in Europe...
. Her mother, Luisa María Bernarda, was the third daughter of the financier and nobleman 5th Duke of Pastrana, of the "De Silva Mendoza" family. With Issue.