José Gabriel de Silva-Bazán, 10th Marquess of Santa Cruz
Real Academia Española | |
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| In office 24 August 1828 – 4 November 1839 | |
| Preceded by | José Miguel de Carvajal-Vargas |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Martínez de la Rosa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | José Gabriel de Silva-Bazán y Waldstein 18 March 1782 |
| Died | 4 November 1839 (aged 57) Madrid, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
José Gabriel de Silva-Bazán y Waldstein, 10th Marquess of Santa Cruz de Mudela (18 March 1782, in
Prado Museum between 1817 and 1820 and Mayordomo mayor
between 1822 and 1823.
Biography
He was a descendant of
Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz, as eldest son of José Joaquín de Silva-Bazán (1734–1802), 9th Marquess of Santa Cruz
and his second Austrian wife Mariana de Waldstein (1763–1807).
He was a senator, a Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece (1821), the Order of Calatrava and the Order of Carlos III. He was also Gentilhombre,
Real Academia Española.[1]
He was even Prime Minister of Spain for 6 days in January 1822.
In 1817, he became the first
director of the Prado Museum. Before the Peninsular War
, his father had already convinced King Charles IV not to burn the obscene paintings in the Royal collection, as was the wish of the previous king, Charles III, but to store them in a private gallery.
After the War, under impulse of Queen Maria Isabel of Braganza, the museum was created with José Gabriel de Silva-Bazán as its first director.
He was replaced as director by his brother-in-law
José Rafael de Silva Fernández de Híjar
to keep the museum's collection together.
Marriage and children
He married in 1801 with
María Josefa Pimentel, 12th Countess-Duchess of Benavente and painted by Francisco Goya
.They had 4 children.
- Joaquina (1802–1876), married Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo y Palafox, XVII Duque de Medina Sidonia(1803–1867)
- Inés (1806–1865), married Nicolás Osorio y Zayas, XVI Marqués de Alcañices and XV Duke of Alburquerque (1799–1866)
- Fernanda María (1808–1879), married Andrés Avelino de Arteaga Lazcano y Carvajal, VI Marqués de Valmediano (1807–1850),
- Francisco de Borja (1815–1889), 11th Marquess of Santa Cruz, with issue
Images by Francisco Goya
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Mariana Waldstein, his mother (1797–1800) -
The Duke of Osuna and his young family, his parents-in-law (1788) -
The Marchioness of Santa Cruz, his wife (1805)
References
- Real Academia Española(in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2023.