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

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.

## 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.

## 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
* 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 byPedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo | Duke of the Infantado 1841–1844 | Succeeded byMariano Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin |
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| Preceded byFrancisco Téllez-Girón | Duke of Osuna 1820–1844 | Succeeded byMariano Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin |
