María del Carmen Dato y Barrenechea, 3rd Duchess of Dato (Madrid

Madrid

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, 6 December 1885 – 1954), was a Spanish

Spain

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 noblewoman.

Background

She was the second of three daughters of Eduardo Dato e Iradier

Eduardo Dato e Iradier

Eduardo Dato e Iradier was a Spanish political leader. He served three times as Spanish Prime Minister: from 27 October 1913 to 9 December 1915, from 11 June 1917 to 3 November 1917, and from 28 April 1920 till his death...

 (A Coruña

A Coruña

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, 12 August 1856 – assassinated in 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...

, 8 March 1921), three times Spanish Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Spain

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 (or President of the Minister's Council) and wife María del Carmen de Barrenechea y Montegui, 1st Duchess of Dato (- 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...

, 1926).

Life

She inherited the title after her sister Isabel Dato y Barrenechea, 2nd Duchess of Dato

Isabel Dato y Barrenechea, 2nd Duchess of Dato

-Background:She was the first of three daughters of Eduardo Dato e Iradier , three times Spanish Prime Minister and wife María de Barrenechea y Montegui, 1st Duchess of Dato .-Life:She inherited the title after her mother's death. She died unmarried and without issue...

's death.

Marriage and children

She married Eugenio Espinosa de los Monteros

Espinosa de los Monteros

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 y Bermejillo, and had two sons:

• Eduardo Espinosa de los Monteros y Dato (4th Duke of Dato), married María Dolores Español y Vélez Ladrón de Guevara (Countess of Guevara), and had four sons and two daughters:

Eduardo, Jose Luis, Carlos, Maria Teresa, Javier and Paloma

• Eugenio Espinosa de los Monteros y Dato, married María de la Piedad Rosillo y Martos-O'Neill, and had a daughter:
  • María de la Piedad Espinosa de los Monteros y Rosillo (b. 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...
    
    , 17 June 1953), married at San Lorenzo de El Escorial, 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...
    
    , 22 April 1986 Andreas Salvator, Archduke of Austria, and had issue

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