Juan de Zavala

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Juan de Zavala y de la Puente, 1st Marquess of Sierra Bullones (27 December 1804, in Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru[1] – 29 December 1879,[2] in Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish nobleman and politician. After fighting in the First Carlist War, the Marquess served as Prime Minister of Spain.

He was the son of Pedro José de Zavala y Bravo de Rivero, 7th Marquess of San Lorenzo, and Grimanesa de la Puente y Bravo de Lagunas, marchioness de la Puente.[3]

Marriage and issue

He married on 1839 María del Pilar de Guzmán, 24th Duchess of Nájera,[4] and had five children:

  • Juan de Zavala, 25th Duke of Nájera, husband of Caroliba Santamarca, 2nd Countess of Santamarca.
  • Luis de Zavala, 26th Duke of Nájera, married to Guillermina Heredia y Barrón.
  • María del Pilar de Zavala, 20th Marchioness of Aguilar de Campoo, married to Ventura García-Sancho, 1st Count of Consuegra.
  • Juana de Zavala, 7th Countess of Villaseñor, married to Camilo Hurtado de Amézaga, 6th Marquess of the Riscal.
  • María Grimanesa de Zavala, 7th Marchioness of San Lorenzo del Valleumbroso, married to Juan Larios y Enríquez.

References

  1. 1."Juan Zavala de la Puente". dbe.rah.es. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  2. 2.Anales de la nobleza de España: anuario (in Spanish). Imprenta de Jose Garcia. 1880. p. 188. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  3. 3.Alfaro, Manuel Ibo (1860). La Corona de laurel: coleccion de biografias de los generales que han tomado parte en la gloriosa campaña de África (in Spanish). Establ. Literario y Tip. de Manuel Ibo Alfaro. p. 407. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  4. 4.Aula Palma (in Spanish). Instituto Ricardo Palma. 2009. p. 109. Retrieved 11 August 2024.