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

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Téllez-Girón and the second or maternal family name is Beaufort Spontin.

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

Portrait as 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

1. "El Duque de Osuna e Infantado". Los Mendoza. Retrieved 2013-12-29.