Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón, 11th Duke of Osuna

The Most Excellent The Duke of Osuna GE
Portrait by Federico de Madrazo, 1844
Personal details
Born	Pedro de Alcántara María Tomás Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin 10 September 1810 Madrid, Spain
Died	29 September 1844(1844-09-29) (aged 34) Madrid, Spain
Parents	Francisco de Borja Téllez-Girón, 10th Duke of Osuna (father) María Francisca Beaufort Spontin y Álvarez de Toledo (mother)

Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin, 11th Duke of Osuna, GE (10 September 1810 – 29 September 1844), was a Spanish peer, head of the House of Osuna. He was one of the most important peers of his time, and was thirteen times a duke, twelve a marquess, thirteen a count and once a viscount.^[1]

Family origins

Pedro was the son of Francisco Téllez-Girón, 10th Duke de Osuna and of María Francisca Beaufort Spontin y Álvarez de Toledo, 11th Marchioness of Almenara. The Téllez-Girón family had held title over the Dukedom of Osuna since 1562 with the rise of Pedro Téllez-Girón.

Biography

Pedro inherited the Dukedom of Osuna after the death of his father in 1820.

He died in 1844 without leaving behind any heirs. As a result, all of his titles, including the Dukedoms of the Infantado and of Osuna would pass on to his brother, Mariano Téllez-Girón.^[1]

Titles held

Dukedoms

• XI Duke of Osuna
• X Duke of Pastrana
• XIV Duke of Béjar
• XIII Duke of Arcos
• XIV Duke of Benavente
• XIV Duke of the Infantado

• XV Duke of Plasencia
• XV Duke of Gandía
• X Duke of Mandas y Villanueva
• XIV Duke of Medina de Rioseco
• XI Duke of Lerma
• Duke of Estremera
• Duke of Francavilla

Marquessates

• XIII Marquess of Peñafiel,
• XV Marquess of Santillana,
• XVI Marquess of Tavara,
• Marquess of Terranova,
• Marquess of Cea,
• Marquess of Gibraleón,
• Marquess of Lombay,
• Marquess of Zahara,
• Marquess of Cenete,
• Marquess of Angüeso,
• Marquess of Almenara,
• Marquess of Algecilla.

Countships

• XVI Count of Benavente,
• VII Count of Fontanar,
• XV Count of Ureña,
• Count of Mayorga,
• Count of Bañares,
• Count of Oliva,
• Count of Mayalde,
• Count of Belalcázar,
• Count of Real de Manzanares,
• Count of Saldaña,
• Count of the Cid,
• Count of Melgar de la Frontera,
• Count of Bailén,
• Count of Villada.

Spanish nobility
Preceded by Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo	Duke of the Infantado 1841–1844	Succeeded by Mariano Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin
Preceded by Francisco Téllez-Girón	Duke of Osuna 1820–1844	Succeeded by Mariano Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin

Notes

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