Marquess of Santa Cruz (1569)

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Marquessate of Santa Cruz
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Creation date 11 October 1569
Monarch Philip II
Peerage Peerage of Spain
First holder Álvaro de Bazán y Guzmán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz
Present holder Álvaro Fernández-Villaverde y Silva, 15th Marquess of Santa Cruz[1]

Marquess of Santa Cruz (Spanish: Marqués de Santa Cruz) sometimes known as Marquess of Santa Cruz de Mudela, is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1569 by Philip II to Álvaro de Bazán, an important admiral who defeated the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Lepanto.[2] It takes its name from the town of Santa Cruz de Mudela, in Southern Spain.

Marquesses of Santa Cruz (1569)

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