Joaquina Téllez-Girón, Marchioness of Santa Cruz explained

Doña Joaquina Téllez-Girón y Pimentel, 2nd Countess of Osilo, iure uxoris Marchioness of Santa Cruz (Spanish: Doña Joaquina Téllez-Girón, marquesa de Santa Cruz; 21 September 1784 – 17 November 1851) was a daughter of Pedro Téllez-Girón, 9th Duke of Osuna and María Josefa Pimentel, 12th Countess-Duchess of Benavente.

In 1801, she married José Gabriel de Silva-Bazán y Waldstein, the future Marquess of Santa Cruz.^[1]

She is best known as the subject of an 1805 portrait by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, a family friend.^[2]

Sources

• Antonio Marichalar, Riesgo y ventura del duque de Osuna Escrito

Notes and References

1. Book: Morales y Marín. José Luis. Goya. Francisco. Goya: a catalog of his paintings. 1997. Real Academia de Nobles y Bellas Artes de San Luis. 287. 9788492267705. 24 April 2017.
2. Web site: Retrato de la marquesa de Santa Cruz, 1805o. Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao. 24 April 2017. es. 26 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200626150534/https://www.museobilbao.com/in/exposiciones/retrato-de-la-marquesa-de-santa-cruz-123. dead.