Marquis of San Isidro

Crown of Marquis of San Isidro.

Marquis of San Isidro (Spanish: Marqués de San Isidro) is an important hereditary title in the Spanish nobility.[1] on 14 January 1730, the title Viscount of Benafarces inherited by Pablo de Ruigomez y Balmaseda in 1729, was elevated to the title Marquis of San Isidro by the king Philip V, in recognition of his contribution to the restoration of the Basilica of San Isidoro in Leon, Spain.[2] The title recalls the name of the very same ancient Roman temple.

The baroque palace of the Marquesses of San Isidro was, before a heavy fire in 1942, located at an emblematic spot where the Spanish troops first rebelled against Napoleon in León. Furthermore, there is also an avenue in the same city, named after the third Marquis of San Isidro, Santos Ruigomez y Artázcoz, who perished in battle fighting for Spain's independence from the French in 1813.

The House of Ruigomez, of Basque-Cantabrian origin also had in its possession the titles of Viscount of Benafarces and Lord of Benafarces y Lobones.

The Basílica of San Isidoro, which the title is named after.

As of 2014, the title is vacant, as there are no current holders of it.[3]

Viscounts of Benafarces (1729)

  1. Pablo de Ruigomez y Balmaseda, 1st Viscount of Benafarces (1729-1730)

Marquesses of San Isidro (1730)

  1. Pablo de Ruigomez y Balmaseda, 1st Marquis of San Isidro (1730–1742)
  2. Juan de Ruigomez y Bustamante, 2nd Marquis of San Isidro (1742-1768)
  3. Santos Ruigomez y Artázcoz, 3rd Marquis of San Isidro (1768-1813)
  4. Francisco de Paula Ruigomez y Artázcoz, 4th Marquis of San Isidro (1813-1826)
  5. Francisco Manuel Ruigomez y Dañobeitia, 5th Marquis of San Isidro (1847-1885)
  6. Alfredo Ruigomez, 6th Marquis of San Isidro (1885-?)
  7. Fernando Ruigomez y Bolívar, 7th Marquis of San Isidro (?-?)

References

  1. ↑ http://cosinasdeleon.com/calle-marqueses-de-san-isidro/
  2. ↑ http://digibug.ugr.es/bitstream/10481/22659/1/ANDÚJAR%20CASTILLO,%20Francisco%20y%20%20FELICES%20DE%20LA%20FUENTE,%20Mª%20del%20MAR.%20Nobleza%20y%20venalidad.%20El%20mercado%20eclsiástico%20de%20venta%20de%20t%C3%ADtulos%20nobiliarios%20en%20el%20siglo%20XVIII.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.heraldaria.com/titulos_nobiliarios.php?menus=&id=3664
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