Pedro Verdugo, 2nd Count of Torrepalma explained

Honorific-Prefix:

The Most Excellent

Pedro Verdugo de Albornoz

Honorific-Suffix:

2nd Count of Torrepalma

Birth Name:

Pedro Verdugo de Albornoz Ursúa

Birth Date:

22 November 1657

Birth Place:

Carmona, Spain

Death Place:

Granada, Spain

Module:

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Office:	Seat X of the Real Academia Española
Term Start:	6 June 1715
Term End:	3 October 1720
Predecessor:	Seat established
Successor:	Fernando de Bustillos y Azcona

Pedro Verdugo de Albornoz Ursúa, 2nd Count of Torrepalma (22 November 1657–3 October 1720) was a Spanish noble and academician.

Life and career

He was a knight of the Order of Alcantara since 1668, and on the death of his father Alonso Verdugo y Albornoz (1623–1680) he became the second count of Torrepalma. Between 1715 and 1720 he was a member of the Real Academia Española de la Lengua, the organization charged with setting standards for the Spanish language, which had been founded only three years prior in 1712 by King Philip V of Spain.^[1]

He was born in Carmona, in the province of Sevilla, and baptised in Seville on November 22, 1657. He was the father of Alonso Verdugo de Castilla (1706–1767), the third count of Torrepalma, who was also a member of the royal academy from 1740 to 1767.

Notes and References

Web site: Pedro Verdugo de Albornoz Ursúa - letra X. Real Academia Española. es. 27 May 2023.