Joaquín José de Melgarejo, 1st Duke of San Fernando de Quiroga: Difference between revisions
←Created page with 'File:Tegeo Díaz - Los duques de San Fernando de Quiroga.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Joaquín José de Melgarejo and his wife Maria Luisa de Borbón y Vallabriga by...' |
|||
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
He was also a senator, a Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece (1823) and the Order of Calatrava.<br> |
He was also a senator, a Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece (1823) and the Order of Calatrava.<br> |
||
In september 1819 he became Prime Minister of Spain until March 1820. |
In september 1819 he became Prime Minister of Spain until March 1820. |
||
Between 1828 and 1829, he was the owner of the [[Christ Crucified (Velázquez)|''Christ Crucified'' by Velázquez]], before he gave it to the King, who gave the painting to the [[Prado Museum]]. |
|||
He was going to be named ''Prócer del Reino'' in 1835, but died before he could take up the post.<br> |
He was going to be named ''Prócer del Reino'' in 1835, but died before he could take up the post.<br> |
||
Revision as of 08:04, 31 December 2017
Joaquín José de Melgarejo y Saurín (Cox, Alicante, 23 January 1780 - Madrid, 9 April 1835), 1st Duke of San Fernando de Quiroga, was a Spanish noble and politician.
Biography
He was the son of Joaquin de Quiroga Melgarejo y Rojas, 1st Marquis de Melgarejo and Joaquina Saurín y Ruiz-Dávalos. In 1817, he married, Maria Luisa de Borbón y Vallabriga, daughter of Luis of Spain, Count of Chinchón and his wife María Teresa de Vallabriga.
His wife was a grand-daughter of King Philip V of Spain, but not an Infanta, because her mother wasn't of royal blood. Her sister María Teresa de Borbón, 15th Countess of Chinchón had married and divorced Manuel Godoy, the de facto ruler of Spain between 1792 and 1808.
Joaquín José de Melgarejo fought against the French during the Peninsular War and reached the rank of Brigadier general.
In 1815, King Ferdinand VII made him Duke of San Fernando de Quiroga.
He was also a senator, a Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece (1823) and the Order of Calatrava.
In september 1819 he became Prime Minister of Spain until March 1820.
Between 1828 and 1829, he was the owner of the Christ Crucified by Velázquez, before he gave it to the King, who gave the painting to the Prado Museum.
He was going to be named Prócer del Reino in 1835, but died before he could take up the post.
Having no children, he was succeeded as Duke of San Fernando de Quiroga by a distant cousin, Francisco Javier de Losada y Melgarejo.
Sources
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
