Marquess of Villaviciosa de Asturias explained

Marquessate of Villaviciosa de Asturias
Creation Date:	16 December 1892
First Holder:	Pedro Pidal y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1st Marquess of Villaviciosa de Asturias
Present Holder:	Pedro Pidal y Nano, 3rd Marquess of Villaviciosa de Asturias^[1]

Marquess of Villaviciosa de Asturias (Spanish; Castilian: Marqués de Villaviciosa de Asturias) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, granted in 1892 by Maria Christina of Austria on behalf of her underage son Alfonso XIII to Pedro José Pidal, in recognition of his services and those of his father, Alejandro Pidal y Mon, President of the Senate of Spain.^{[2] [3]}

Marquesses of Villaviciosa de Asturias (1892)

• Pedro Pidal y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1st Marquess of Villaviciosa de Asturias
• Santiago Pidal y Guilhou, 2nd Marquess of Villaviciosa de Asturias^[4]
• Pedro Pidal y Nano, 3rd Marquess of Villaviciosa de Asturias

See also

• Spanish nobility

Notes and References

1. https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1964/10/23/pdfs/A13865-13865.pdf Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) - 23 October 1964
2. https://www.edicioneshidalguia.es/?product=elenco-de-grandezas-y-titulos-nobiliarios-espanoles-2018 Real Asociación de Hidalgos de España, Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles, Ediciones Hidalguía, Vol. 50 (Madrid, 2018), p. 1026
3. http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/9399/pedro-pidal-y-bernaldo-de-quiros Diccionario de la Real Academia de la Historia: Pedro Pidal y Bernaldo de Quirós
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=53hbKoupB2YC&dq=marques+de+villaviciosa+de+asturias+titulo&pg=PA423 Revista Hidalguía, No. 5 (Madrid, 1962), p. 423