Cipriano Muñoz, 2nd Count of la Viñaza

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Real Academia Española
In office
16 June 1895 – 24 November 1933
Preceded byZeferino González y Díaz Tuñón[a]
Succeeded byRamiro de Maeztu

Cipriano Muñoz y Manzano, 2nd Count of la Viñaza, (

Spanish Congress and published notable works on linguistics, philology, and art history
.

Biography

He was the son of

Zaragoza University and earned a Doctoral degree in Philosophy from the University of Madrid
.

Muñoz was Congressional deputy for

]

He was enrolled a member of the

Saint Alexander Nevsky, and received honors also from Portugal, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Peru, Serbia, Bulgaria, and other countries.[citation needed
]

He died in Biarritz, France, aged 71.[2]

Here is an excerpt from "Movimiento nobiliario para 1934":[3]

"El 24-noviembre-1933 falleció en Biarritz don Cipriano Muñoz Manzano, Conde de la Viñaza, Grande de España, Embajador de S. M.,

Gentilhombre de Cámara de S. M.
con ejercicio y servidumbre, Senador del Reino por derecho propio, individuo de número de las Academias Española y de la Historia, Collar de Carlos III, Grandes Cruces de Leopoldo de Bélgica, San Alejandro Nevsky (Rusia), San Mauricio y San Lázaro (Italia), Isabel la Católica, Mérito Militar, Beneficencia, etc. Viuda, hijos e hijos políticos" (Page 8)

Publications

Muñoz wrote a number of books, some of which remain influential in the history of the Spanish language today.[4]

Francisco de Goya

Art historians have credited him as the first Spaniard to produce a catalogue of the works of Aragonese painter

Francisco de Goya
.

Notes

  1. ^ González was elected for the position in 1893 but never took the seat

References

  • Gran Enciclopedia de España, (1999), 22 vols. 11,052 pages,
  • Juan Agustín Ceán Bermúdez – A biography of 18th-century Spanish painting historian Juan Agustín Ceán Bermúdez from Spanish Wikipedia. (In Spanish)
Preceded by
Ambassador of Spain in Belgium
1895–1898
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Ambassador of Spain in Portugal
1904–1905
Succeeded by
Preceded by Ambassador of Spain in Rusia
1904–1905
Succeeded by
Preceded by Ambassador of Spain to the Holy See
1913–1916
Succeeded by
Preceded by Ambassador of Spain in Italy
1924–1931
Succeeded by
Gabriel Alomar i Villalonga