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

The Duke of Osuna
Honorific-Suffix:GE
Birth Date:10 September 1810
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Death Place:Madrid, Spain
Birthname:Pedro de Alcántara María Tomás Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin
Nationality:Spanish
Father:Francisco de Borja Téllez-Girón, 10th Duke of Osuna
Mother:María Francisca Beaufort Spontin y Álvarez de Toledo
Honorific Prefix:The Most Excellent

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

Marquessates

Countships

Notes and References

  1. Web site: El Duque de Osuna e Infantado. Los Mendoza. 2013-12-29.