Moscoso lineage

The lineage of Moscoso comes from one of the four most ancient families.
ancient people of Galicia, with genealogists agreeing that their origin is
Good. His parent was a foreign knight who had command.
superior in the armies of the barbarians when they invaded Spain.
This is confirmed by Ataulfo de Moscoso, who lived around the years
of 618 and whose name demonstrates the nationality to which he belonged.
The son of this knight was Fructuoso de Moscoso, father of two.
brothers who in 785, united with the Figueroas, provided notable
services to the King against the Moors. This Fructuoso de Moscoso was
brother of Potencio de Moscoso, Bishop of Lugo, who attended the
Fifteenth and sixteenth councils of Toledo, as Gil affirms.
González Dávila, Fray Felipe de la Gándara, Doctor Juan Pallarés and
Gayoso and Fray Juan José Bugariños. Ambrosio de Morales mentions
Rodrigo de Moscoso among the knights who defended the city of
Leon against the Saracen invasion in 720. This Rodrigo de Moscoso
is considered by all genealogists as an ancestor of
Pedro Vidal de Moscoso, Lord of Altamira, in whom it begins the
continued succession of the Moscosos in the following genealogy

THE MOSCOSO OF COMPOSTELA

Counts of Altamira and Monteagudo.- Marquises of Almazán, etc.

I. Said Pedro Vidal de Moscoso, Lord of Altamira, contracted

marriage to Doña Teresa Sánchez de Ulloa, from a very noble lineage in
the province of Orense, which later belonged to the Counts of
Monterrey. These spouses are buried in the main chapel of the
Convent of Santo Domingo, in the city of Santiago de Compostela.
They left the following children:
1st Lope de Moscoso and Ulloa, who follows, and
2nd Santiago Sánchez de Moscoso and Ulloa.
II. Lope Pérez de Moscoso married doña Mayor de Novoa (daughter of
Gonzalo Sánchez de Novoa, Lord of Maceda, in Galicia, and of lady
Mayor Ruiz Cabeza de Vaca), and they were parents of
1st Fernando Sánchez de Moscoso y Novoa, who follows.
2nd Alonso de Moscoso y Novoa, Bishop of Santiago of
Santiago de Compostela
3rd Rodrigo de Moscoso y Novoa, Bishop of Salamanca and then
Archbishop of Santiago.
4th María de Moscoso y Novoa, married to
5th Constanza de Moscoso y Novoa, wife of Fernando Pérez de
Andrade, Lord of Puentedeume, and both parents of
 a) Nuño Freire de Andrade y Moscoso, progenitor of the Counts of
Andrade.
III. Fernando Sánchez de Moscoso inherited his father's house and
he obtained the dignity of Chief of Police of Santiago, equivalent to
judge or Governor General of the country. He celebrated his union with Mrs.
Mayor Fernández Becerra, Mrs. de Valdevenga, and it was her son
IV. Martín Sánchez de Moscoso y Becerra, who joined in
marriage with doña Urraca de Campo, and they had
V. Ruy Sánchez de Moscoso y Campo, born in 1420 and called
"el Bravo", who was lord of the Houses of Altamira, Ulloa and Monterrey
and one of the noblest knights of his time. He had as his wife
Lady Inés de Limia (daughter of Alvaro Ruiz de Limia and lady Inés of)
Sotomayor). He died in the battle of Nájera and left the following children:
1st Rodrigo de Moscoso y Limia, who follows.
2nd Berenguela de Moscoso and Limia, wife of Alonso de Mendoza and
Messiah, and
3. María de Moscoso y Limia, married to Fernán Pérez de la
Oboo Square.
VI. Rodrigo de Moscoso y Limia, Lord of the houses of Moscoso,
Altamira, Ulloa and Monterrey married Doña Juana de Castro (daughter of
Alonso de Castro, Lord of Castroverde, and Doña María de
Guzmán). They had
1st Bernal Yáñez de Moscoso y Castro, who follows.
2nd Álvaro Pérez de Moscoso y Castro, who will continue.
3rd Inés de Moscoso y Castro, who will also continue, and
4th Urraca de Moscoso y Castro, who will also succeed.
VII. Bernal Yáñez de Moscoso y Castro inherited the houses of
Moscoso, Altamira, Ulloa and Monterrey, and married doña Mariana de
Luna. Died without leaving an heir, so her...
brother
VIII. Alvaro Pérez de Moscoso y Castro, Lord of the aforementioned
houses and husband of Mrs. María de Ulloa, Lady of Cambados.
He also left no children, passing the mentioned houses to his sister.
IX. Inés de Moscoso y Castro, who was Lady of the Houses of
Moscoso, Altamira, Ulloa and Monterrey, and celebrated their union with Vasco.
Sánchez de Ulloa, knight of great authority of the House of Ulloa.
They were parents of
X. Lope Sánchez de Moscoso y Ulloa, who lived during the reigns of
Don Juan II and Don Enrique IV. The commentators consider this
gentleman first Count of Altamira, but there is great variety of
Opinions on the creation of this title: Some say that it was
granted to Mrs. Inés de Moscoso y Castro and her husband, Vasco
Sánchez de Ulloa; others, and this is a widely held opinion, that the King
Don Juan II granted him to the knight we are discussing; others, who
It was King Henry IV who founded this title, and there are no shortage of authors.
what they suppose the Catholic Monarchs were.
Modern treatise writers assert that the title of Count of Altamira
was created on March 13, 1455, except for Vilar and Pascual, who says it
King Ferdinand I the Catholic created it on May 4, 1475.
Lope Sánchez de Moscoso y Ulloa was married to doña Aldonza.
from Mendoza, sister of Lope de Mendoza, Archbishop of
Compostela. She had no children, so her aunt, sister, came to succeed her.
of her mother.
XI. Urraca de Moscoso y Castro, who married twice: the first,
with Lope Pérez de Mendoza, Lord of the Castle of Mesía, died without
succession in 1467, and the second, with Pedro Alvarez Osorio, Count of
Trastámara (son of Pedro Alvarez Osorio, first Count of)
Trastámara, Duke of Aguiar, Lord of Villalobos and Chief Ensign of
King, and of Doña Isabel de Rojas), They were parents of
1st Rodrigo de Moscoso y Osorio (1), who follows, and
2nd Alvaro Osorio de Moscoso, religious of the Order of Saint
Sunday, Bishop of Astorga and Teacher of the Infante Don Fernando who
he later became King of Hungary and Bohemia.
XII. Rodrigo de Moscoso y Osorio was the third Count of Altamira and
took part in the war of Orán under the orders of Cardinal Cisneros.
He married Doña Teresa de Andrade y de Haro (daughter of Diego of...
Andrade and Mrs. María de Haro, Lords of Puentedeume.
They had to
1st Lope de Moscoso Osorio and Andrade, who follows, and
2nd Urraca de Moscoso Osorio and Andrade, wife of Pedro Alvarez
of Sotomayor, Lord of the House of Sotomayor. With numerous
succession.
XIII. Lope de Moscoso Osorio y Andrade was the fourth Count of
Altamira, Viceroy of the province of Seche, in the kingdom of Naples, and
Captain at War in Gaeta. He married Doña Ana of
Toledo and Osorio (daughter of Pedro de Toledo, Marquis of Villafranca and
Viceroy of Naples, and of Mrs. María Osorio Pimentel). They were his
children:
1st Rodrigo de Moscoso Osorio and Toledo, who follows.
2nd María de Moscoso Osorio y Toledo, wife of Luis Sarmiento,
Count of Ribadavia, and
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(1) This gentleman and his descendants are surnamed by various authors, including López de
Haro and Luis de Salazar y Castro, Moscoso and Osorio. On the other hand, they are surnamed Osorio of
Moscoso by other genealogists, being this last form the one that endures in the modern ones.
generations of this family.
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 3rd Violante de Moscoso Osorio y Toledo, married to Luis de
Toledo, son of the Marquis of Villafranca.
XIV. Rodrigo de Moscoso Osorio y Toledo was the fifth Count of
Altamira and Knight of the Order of Santiago, in which he entered in
1564. He celebrated his union with Doña Isabel de Castro y Andrade (daughter of
Fernando Ruiz de Castro, Count of Lemos, and Doña Teresa of
Andrade). From that union were born
1st Lope de Moscoso Osorio y Castro, who follows.
2. Maria de Moscoso y Castro, wife of Nuño Alvarez Pereira,
Count of Tentugal. With succession, and
3rd Teresa de Moscoso Osorio y Castro, also called doña
Teresa de Castro, wife of Diego de Vargas Carvajal, Lord of the
villas of the Port and Valhondo, in Extremadura. With children.
XV. Lope de Moscoso Osario y Castro, originally from Compostela, was
sixth Count of Altamira, Knight of the Order of Santiago since the
September 11, 1600 and Commander of the Saints in Spain and
from Cajamarca and Cajamarquilla in the Indies. He served the Kings
Philip II and Don Philip III, being, during the reign of the latter
Monarch, Chief Groom and Steward of Queen Margarita
from Austria. He married Doña Leonor de Sandoval y Borja,
native of Valladolid (daughter of Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, Marquis
of Denla, and of Doña Isabel de Borja, the sixth daughter in turn of Francisco
of Borja, fourth Duke of Gandía). From this union there were children:
1st Gaspar de Moscoso Osorio y Sandoval, who follows.
2nd Baltasar de Moscoso y Sandoval, Archdeacon of Guadalajara,
Canon and Chief Chaplain of the New Kings of Toledo, Collegiate
in the Mayor of Oviedo in Salamanca, Rector of that University,
Bishop of Jaén and Cardinal of the Roman Church.
3rd Melchor de Moscoso y Sandoval, Rector of the University of
Salamanca, Archdeacon of Alarcón, Canon of Cuenca and Chaplain of
the New Kings of Toledo.
4th Rodrigo de Moscoso y Sandoval, Dean of Santiago
Compostela and Prior of Soriano de Castro, in the Church of Córdoba.
5th Antonio de Moscoso y Sandoval, who, according to Lope de Haro,
he was first a priest and canon of Toledo and later, by pardon of
His Holiness regained his secular status and became Marquess of Villanueva.
from the Fresno and Knight of the Order of Calatrava. He was born in Santiago
of Compostela and married Doña María de Sandoval and
Sepúlveda, originally from Torrijos, Toledo (daughter of Antonio de Sandoval
Pacheco, a native of Cuenca, and Mrs. Gabriela de Sepúlveda,
a native of Torrijos). Widower of this lady, he remarried.
with Mrs. María Velasco de la Guerra, native of Madrid (daughter of Julián
Velasco and of Mrs. Juliana de la Guerra, both from Madrid.
From the first link were born
 a) Fernando de Moscoso y Sandoval, a native of Seville and Knight
of the Order of Santiago, entered on July 24, 1645, and
b) Sebastián de Moscoso y Sandoval, a native of Seville and also
Knight of Santiago since December 13, 1655
He was the son of the second marriage.
c) Melchor de Moscoso y Velasco, native of Madrid and of the same
Order of Santiago dated March 30, 1662.
6th Isabel de Moscoso y Sandoval, wife of Antonio Pimentel,
Marquis of Tavara. With succession.
7th María de Moscoso Sandoval, wife of Francisco de Portugal and
Mello, his first cousin, Marquis of Ferreira, Count of Tentugal and
Knight of the Order of Santiago. With children.
8th Catalina de Moscoso y Sandoval, nun in Santa Cruz, of
Valladolid.
9th Ana de Moscoso y Sandoval, nun at the Royal Barefoot Sisters
from Madrid, and
10. Francisca de Moscoso y Sandoval, nun in the convent of
Santa Cruz, from Valladolid, from the Comendadoras of Santiago.
XVI. Gaspar de Moscoso Osorio y Sandoval, native of Santiago of
Compostela, was the seventh Count of Altamira, Gentleman of the Chamber.
of His Majesty and Knight of the Order of Santiago, in which
entered on September 22, 1600. Married doña
Antonia de Mendoza y Porto Carrero, third Marquise of Almazán and
seventh Countess of Monteagudo, whom we have mentioned in the information
of the surname Mendoza, fourth branch of the Lords of Mendivil,
Counts of Monteagudo and Marquises of Almazán, paragraph XII and last
from this branch, page 65 of volume LIV of this 'Dictionary of
Surnames», LVI of the «Encyclopedia». There we suspended this
genealogy to continue it in this information, as mentioned
titles came to join the House of Moscoso. Gaspar de
Moscoso Osorio and Sandoval and his wife, Mrs. Antonia de Mendoza and
Portocarrero had the following children:
1st Ana de Moscoso y Mendoza, also called Ana de Mendoza.
2nd Lope de Moscoso Osorio y Mendoza, also called Lope
Hurtado de Mendoza, who continues.
3rd Leonor de Moscoso y Mendoza, nun in the convent of
Bernardas del Sacramento, from Madrid.
4th Margarita de Moscoso y Mendoza, also called Margarita de
Mendoza.
5th María de Moscoso y Mendoza, who died as a child, and
6th Francisco, of Moscoso and Mendoza, also called
Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza, native and Archdeacon of Madrid,
Sommelier of Her Majesty's Curtain and Knight of the Order of
Santiago, where he entered on March 23, 1678.
 XVII. Lope de Moscoso Osorio y Mendoza, also known as Lope
Hurtado de Mendoza y Moscoso was the eighth Count of Monteagudo,
fourth Marquis of Almazán, Gentleman of the Chamber of His
Majesty and Commander of Hinojosa in the Order of Santiago. The
King Philip III granted him the Grandeur of Spain in 1614.
first class. He married Mrs. Juana de Córdoba and
Rojas, fifth Marchioness of Poza (daughter of Luis Fernández de Córdova)
Cardona and Requesens, fourth Marquis of Poza, Viscount of Iznájar,
Baron of Belpuche, Commander of Bedmar and Albanchez, in the
Order of Santiago, and of Doña Mariana de Rojas, fourth Marchioness of
Lady and Mrs. of Monzón, Cavia, Valdespino, Serón, etc.). Said lady
Juana was a widow at the time of Francisco de Córdova y Cardona, her
uncle, brother of his father. He died during his father's lifetime, leaving from this.
second link to
1st Antonia de Moscoso y Córdova, who married twice: the first,
with Fernando Luis, fourth Count of Palma, and the second, with
Enrique, fifth Marquis of Tavara.
2nd Leonor de Moscoso and Córdova, who had the enjoyment of the
Commendation of the Castle, in the Order of Alcántara, and also celebrated
two marriages: the first, with Gaspar de Haro and Avellaneda,
firstborn of the Counts of Castillo, who was left imprisoned in the
battle of Villaviciosa and died from the wounds he received, and the second,
with Francisco Fernández de Córdova, Count of Cabra. Widow of
both and without children, died in Madrid after 1690,
3rd Gaspar de Moscoso y Córdova, who follows.
XVIII. This Gaspar de Moscoso y Córdova was the eighth Count of
Altamira, in succession to his grandfather, ninth Count of Monteagudo,
fifth Marquis of Almazán, sixth Marquis of Poza, Gentleman of
Chamber of Her Majesty and Commander of Beas in the Order of
Santiago. He died in Madrid on May 23, 1664, at the age of thirty-three.
years old, from the wounds received in a duel the night before
that he had with Domingo de Guzmán and Carrafa, from the House of the
Princes of Stillano. He was married to Doña Inés de Guzmán.
Spínola, Lady of Queen Isabel, of whom he left the following
children:
1st María Leonor de Moscoso y Guzmán, for her marriage
Countess of Palma.
2nd Teresa de Moscoso y Guzmán, Countess of Santa Cruz and of
Porto Alegre, and
3rd Luis de Moscoso y Guzmán, who continues.
XIX. This Luis de Moscoso y Guzmán was the ninth Count of
Altamira, tenth Count of Monteagudo, sixth Marquis of Almazán,
seventh Marquis of Poza, Grandee of Spain, Ambassador in Rome and
Viceroy of Valencia and Sardinia. He married twice: the first time, with lady
Mariana de Benavides Carrillo y Toledo (sister of doña Ana
Antonia, Duchess of Osuna and Marchioness of Frómista, and of lady
Angela, Duchess of Frías), and the second, with Lady Angela of Aragon
(daughter of Luis de Aragón, sixth Duke of Segorbe and Cardona,
Marquis of Comares and Pallaro, and of Doña María Teresa de
Benavides, his second wife and Chief Lady of the Queen). He passed away.
the knight in question in 1698.
From the first link was born
1st Antonio Gaspar de Moscoso y Benavides, who continues. From
second was son
2nd José de Moscoso y Aragón, Duke consort of Nájera, Count
of Valencia, of Triviño and of la Revilla, Marquis of Cañete and of
Belmonte, who was born in Caller (Sardinia), on February 27, 1725
he entered the Order of Santiago.
XX. Antonio Gaspar de Moscoso y Benavides, tenth Count of
Altamira married Doña Ana Osorio de Guzmán, the thirteenth.
Marquise of Astorga and Velada, Duchess of Atrisco, died in
1762. They were parents of
XXI. Ventura de Moscoso y Osorio, eleventh Count of Altamira and
husband of Doña Ventura Fernández de Córdova, eleventh Duchess
of Sessa and Baena, who passed away in 1707, in which she had
XXII. Ventura de Moscoso and Fernández de Córdova, twelfth
Count of Altamira, who married Doña María de la Concepción
Guzmán and Guevara, to whom he made mother of
XXIII. Vicente Joaquín de Moscoso y Guzmán, thirteenth
Count of Altamira, who in his wife, Doña María Ignacia Alvarez de
Toledo and Gonzaga had
XXIV. Vicente Isabel de Moscoso and Alvarez de Toledo,
Fourteenth Count of Altamira, married to Doña María del Carmen
Ponce de León and Carvajal. From this link was born
XXV. Vicente Pío de Moscoso y Ponce de León, who was
fifteenth Count of Altamira and married doña María Luisa de
Carvajal and Queralt, and passed away in 1864, leaving this son
XXVI. José María de Moscoso y Carvajal, sixteenth Count of
Altamira, who in 1847 married Doña Luisa Teresa de
Bourbon, Infanta of Spain, passed away in 1900. It was her son.
XXVII. Francisco de Asís Osorio de Moscoso y Borbón,
seventeenth Count of Altamira, Count of Trastamara, tenth
seventh Duke of Sessa, Marquis of the Eagle, twice Grand of
Spain, Knight of the Order of Alcantara and dignity of Clavero,
Grand Cross of Carlos III and Gentleman of the Chamber with exercise and
servitude. He was born in Madrid on December 16, 1847, and died in
the same village in 1923. He had married on December 1, 1873 with
Doña María del Pilar Jordán de Urries y Ruiz de Arana, Lady of the
Reina and of the Order of María Luisa, born in Zaragoza on the 21st of
June 1852 (daughter of the Marquises of Ayerbe, Grandees of
Spain). They procreated to
1st Francisco de Asís Osorio de Moscoso and Jordán de Urries, who
continue, and
2nd Luis Gonzaga Osorio de Moscoso y Jordán de Urries, Duke of
Montemar, Great of Spain, by cession from his father in 1912, and
Gentleman of the Chamber. He was born in Madrid on December 28th
1875 and married in Jerez de la Frontera on May 3, 1902 with Mrs.
María del Consuelo Moreno de la Serna y Zuleta (daughter of Pedro
Moreno de la Serna, fifth Count of the Andes, and Mrs. María de
the Consolation of Zuleta and Zuleta, current Countess widow of the
Andes). From this union have been born:
a) María del Pilar Osorio de Moscoso y Moreno de la Serna, born
in Jerez de la Frontera on March 22, 1903 and married in Madrid
in 1922 with Juan Jácome and Ramírez de Cartagena, Count of the Villa
Miranda and Marqués del Real Tesoro.
b) Pedro Osorio de Moscoso y Moreno y de la Serna, born in
Madrid, August 22, 1904, and
c) María de la Consolación Osorio de Moscoso and Moreno of the
Serna, born in Madrid on January 19, 1909.
XXVIII. Francisco de Asís Osorio de Moscoso y Jordán de Urries was
eighteenth Count of Altamira and Grand of Spain, Duke of
Maqueda, Marquis of Astorga, Master of Zaragoza and
Gentleman of His Majesty. Born in Madrid on December 4th
1874 and married twice: the first, in Madrid, on December 8 of
1897, with Mrs. María de los Dolores de Reinoso y Queralt, of the
Countesses of Fuenclara, Grandees of Spain, passed away on June 28
1905, and the second, in 1911, with Mrs. Dolores de Taramona y Díez
of Entresoto daughter of Manuel Taramona and Sáinz and of Mrs. Ramona
Casiana Díaz de Entresoto and Goicoechea). From the first marriage
they were born
1st María del Perpetuo Socorro Osorio de Moscoso y Reinoso,
Duchess of Maqueda, Marchioness of Astorga and the Eagle, Grandee of
Spain, born in Madrid on June 30, 1899 and married in
same capital on January 15, 1917 with Leopoldo Barón y Torres,
Lawyer and Knight of the Order of Calatrava.
2nd María de la Soledad Osorio de Moscoso y Reinoso, Duchess of
Santángelo and Lady of the Queen, born in Madrid on January 13th
1901 and married on April 28, 1920 to Joaquín de Sentmenat and
Sarriera, Marquis of Ciutadilla and successor in the Marquisate of
Sentmenat, Grand of Spain.
3rd Gerardo Osorio de Moscoso y Reinoso, born in Madrid on the 9th of
November 1903, and
4th Javier Osorio de Moscoso Reinoso, born in Madrid on the 16th of
May 1905.
 From the second link was a son.
5th Ramón Osorio de Moscoso y Taramona, born in Madrid.
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Demand from the primitive solar house there was another in the parish of
Moscoso, after which it was named, and another in the parish of Santiago de
Fazouro, from the Council of Valle de Oro and judicial district of Lugo.
she was
I. Lorenzo de Moscoso y Ulloa, native of Santiago de Fazouro and
Lord of the place of Jontas, who married Doña Juana Andrea Pardo and
Montenegro, native of Cedeira, and they were the parents of
II. Antonio Moscoso and Pardo, who was born in the Council of the Valley of
Gold and celebrated his union with Mrs. Bernarda Miranda y Navia, a native.
from the place of Santiago de Abres (daughter of Alonso Miranda and Vivero,
native of the parish of Abres (Oviedo) and of Mrs. Bernarda María
from Navia, native of Oviedo). From that union was born
III. José Moscoso y Miranda, native of the Valley of Gold, who had for
wife of Ms. María del Carmen Quiroga y Guindos, native of
Betanzos, Coruña (daughter of Andrés Quiroga and Ulloa, native of San
Juan de Villaronte, and Doña María Rosa Guindos Pardo, native of
Saint Mary Major of Val, all in Galicia). He was his son.
IV. José María Moscoso y Quiroga, native of Mondoñedo and
Knight of the Order of Charles III dated August 22, 1837.

The Moscoso family of Seville

Another house of Moscoso, highly esteemed, was located in the city of

Seville, and from there it was
I. Suero Vázquez de Moscoso, originally from the Moscoso estate in
Galicia, which is established in Seville during the time of King Don
Enrique III. He was Twenty-four of the mentioned city and Lord of Los
Molares, village of the judicial district of Utrera, in the same province.
He wore the habit of the Order of Santiago and married Teresa de
Figueroa. (sister of Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa, Master of
Santiago), born from that union
1.° Arias de Moscoso and Figueroa, also called Arias de
Moscoso Mosquera, who was Lord of the village of Torralba and Vassal of the
King. He married Doña Teresa Núñez de Abreu (daughter of
Alvaro Rodríguez de Abreu, called 'the Young One', and his wife, doña
Mari González Mesía). They were the parents of
a) Vasco de Moscoso and Abreu, Lord of the villa of Toiralba and
Vassal of the King, who celebrated his marriage to Lady María de Quadros
(daughter of Ruiz Díaz de Quadros, Chief Shipbuilder of the Armadas of)
King and Twenty-four of Seville). Without children, and
 b) Isabel de Moscoso y Abreu, also called Isabel of
Mosquera, who married Enrique de Guzmán, third Count of Niebla,
who made her the mother of Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Moscoso, Lord of
Torralba, and of other children.
2nd Gómez de Moscoso y Figueroa, also called Gómez Suárez
from Figueroa and Moscoso, which continues, and
3rd María de Moscoso y Figueroa, wife of Pedro Vázquez de
Ribera, Lord of the Rincón de Tablada and a native of Galicia, from the house
solar de Ribera. Their daughters were:
Francisca de Ribera y Moscoso, wife of Gómez de Moscoso and
Melo, his cousin, whom we are going to mention, and
b) Inés de Ribera y Moscoso, who celebrated her union with Gonzalo de
Saavedra, Marshal of Castilla and Commander of Montalbán.
II. Gómez de Moscoso y Figueroa, also known as Gómez Suárez
de Figueroa and Moscoso, was Commander of Azuaga in the Order of
Santiago married Mrs. Beatriz Sánchez de Melo.
These spouses, residing in Seville, owned some pastures.
near Villanueva del Fresno, in the province of Badajoz. They left
these children:
1. Gómez de Moscoso y Melo, also known as Gómez Suárez de
Figueroa, who continues.
2nd Francisco de Moscoso y Melo, progenitor of the Moscoso family
Badajoz.
3rd Violante de Moscoso y Melo, also known as Violante Suárez
de Figueroa, wife of Juan Beltrán de Guzmán, Lord of the
hereditary properties of Pastrana, Guadalajara, Iriepal, and Málaga, all on land
from Guadalajara.
4th María Suárez de Moscoso y Melo, from whom the
Moscoso de Ecija.
And two other daughters who linked with the lineages of Góngora and Pérez.
from Castillejo.
III. Gómez de Moscoso y Melo, also known as Gómez Suárez de
Figueroa was Twenty-four of Seville and was present at the capture of Gibraltar.
He married his cousin sister Doña Francisca de Ribera y Moscoso.
(that we have cited in the letter a) of number 3.º of paragraph I of this
same affiliation), and they were parents of
1st Cristóbal de Moscoso y Ribera, also known as Cristóbal de
Mosquera, which continues.
2nd Francisca de Moscoso y Ribera, wife of Martín Suárez de
Toledo. With succession, and
3rd Violante de Moscoso y Ribera, who celebrated her union with
Gonzalo Martel, Chief Constable of Seville and Vassal of the King. With
numerous children.
IV. Cristóbal de Moscoso y Ribera, also called Cristóbal de
Mosquera was Twenty-four of Seville and General Captain of three thousand
men, at the front of whom marched to the aid of Brittany, but
he drowned on the trip. He was married to Doña Mayor de Villafranca, and
they had the following children:
1st Suero Vázquez de Moscoso y Villafranca, who follows,
2nd Gómez Vázquez de Moscoso y Villafranca, progenitor of the
Moscoso de Málaga.
V. Suero Vázquez de Moscoso y Villafranca, Twenty-fourth of Seville,
he married Doña Beatriz Melgarejo y Castaño (daughter of Alonso Hernández
Melgarejo and Mrs. María Castaño), and they were parents of
1st Hernán Vázquez de Moscoso y Melgarejo, and
2nd Beatriz Vázquez de Moscoso y Melgarejo, wife of Diego
Fernández de Córdova and Monsalve, Warden of Almodóvar del Río.

THE MOSCOSO OF BADAJOZ

I. Francisco de Moscoso y Melo (second son of Gómez de

Moscoso and Figueroa, also called Gómez Suárez de Figueroa and
Moscoso, and his wife Mrs. Beatriz Sánchez de Melo, cited in the
paragraph II of the branch of the Moscoso of Seville), had as a wife
Mrs. María de Vera, from Mérida (Badajoz), and she bore in her.
II. Rodrigo de Moscoso y Vera, born in Badajoz, who married
Mrs. Isabel Maldonado y Figueroa, of the same nature (daughter of Pedro
Maldonado de Sotomayor and lady Elvira de Figueroa, both of
Coria (Cáceres). It was his son.
III. Francisco de Moscoso Maldonado, born in Badajoz and
Knight of the Order of Santiago, in which he entered in 1598
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From the Extremaduran house of Moscoso came

I. Suárez Vázquez de Moscoso, native of Badajoz, husband of lady
Isabel de Contreras, of the same nature, and both parents of
II. Gómez de Moscoso y Contreras, also known as Gómez de
Moscoso and Figueroa, who celebrated their union with Mrs. María Mayor of
Hoces and Carrillo de Figueroa, like him, a native of Badajoz (daughter of
Lope de Hoces Mogollón and Mrs. Julia Carrillo de Figueroa, both
from Badajoz). They procreated to
1st Francisco de Moscoso y Hoces, who follows, and
2nd Lope de Moscoso y Hoces, native of Badajoz and Knight of the
Order of Santiago since April 14, 1628.
III. Francisco de Moscoso y Hoces, native of Badajoz, married to
Mrs. Francisca Antonia Martel y Moscoso, her debt, native of
Sevilla (daughter of Alonso Martel, native and Twenty-four of Sevilla, and of
Mrs. Leonor de Puebla y Moscoso, from the same city). They were
parents of
1. Gómez de Moscoso y Martel, which follows, and
 2nd Alonso de Moscoso y Martel, a native of Seville and Knight of the
Order of Santiago since June 19, 1671.
IV. Gómez de Moscoso y Martel was born in Seville, and joined in
marriage to Mrs. Josefa Estefanía de Omazur and Keysca, in the same
nature (daughter of Nicolás de Omazur, native of Antwerp, and of Mrs.
Elena Keysca, originally from Brussels, all in Belgium). From that union
he was a son
V. Joaquín de Moscoso y Omazur, native of Seville, who celebrated his
link with Mrs. Angela de Baena y Angulo, of the same nature
(daughter of Salvador de Baena and Salinas, native of Seville and Knight of)
the Order of Calatrava, and of Doña María Ana de Angulo, native of
Montilla (Córdoba). They had
VI. Ramón de Moscoso y Baena, a native of Seville and Knight of the
Order of Charles III, in which he entered on April 21, 1798.

The Moscosos of Ecija

Lords and Counts of the Towers of Alcorrin, Marquises of Cultera and Dukes of
Aljete

I. María Suárez de Moscoso y Melo (fourth daughter of Gómez de

Moscoso and Figueroa, also called Gómez Suárez de Figueroa and
Moscoso and his wife Doña Beatriz Sánchez de Melo, cited in the
paragraph II of the branch of Seville), married twice: the first time, with
Alfonso Páez Castillejo, Lord of Villaharta and Twenty-four of Córdoba,
and the second, with Fernando Sánchez de Badajoz (third son of
Alfonso Sánchez de Badajoz and Lady María Gil de Orenalla). Of
the first link had no succession, arising from the second
II. Fernán Sánchez de Moscoso, who married in Córdoba with doña
Isabel de Zayas and they had these children:
1st María de Moscoso y Zayas, nun at Santa Florentina de Ecija.
Beatriz de Moscoso y Zayas, also called Bea triz Sánchez
of Badajoz, wife of Martín Fernández Portocarrero, Lord of the
Palma, who made her a mother of
a) Urraca Portocarrero y Moscoso, who married in Ecija to Francisco
Eslava Cabeza de Vaca, and
3rd Fernán Yáñez de Moscoso, who follows.
III. This Fernán Yáñez de Moscoso was the first of this family
who settled in Ecija, whose Mayor's Office was obtained by grace of the
King Philip IV. He married Doña Beatriz of
Montemayor and Moscoso, their debt, Lady of the villa and Castle of
Montalbán de Córdoba, which he sold around 1505 to Pedro Carrillo
from Mendoza, second Marquis of Priego, to establish the mayorazgo
of the Towers of Alcorrín, composed of the inheritances of
Guadalbuey, Alcorrín, la Cantera, Cortillos, Benavides, Casas Altas and
others. This marriage had the following eleven children:
 1st Alonso de Moscoso y Montemayor, native of Ecija, Lord of the
inheritances of Guadalbuey, Mayor of Baeza and Knight
of the Order of Santiago.
2nd Garci Méndez de Moscoso y Montemayor, who follows.
3rd Bernal Yáñez de Moscoso y Montemayor.
4. Juan de Moscoso y Montemayor, Lord of Cortillos.
5th Lope de Moscoso and Montemayor.
6th Catalina de Moscoso y Montemayor, wife of Francisco
Fernández de Córdova and Benavides, fifth Lord of Guadalcázar.
7th Isabel de Moscoso y Montemayor.
8th Teresa de Moscoso and Montemayor, both nuns at Santa
Isabel of Ecija.
9th Inés de Moscoso y Montemayor, nun at Santa Florentina,
from the same city.
10. Elvira de Moscoso y Montemayor, wife of Luis Fernández de
Córdova, Lord of Guadalcázar, from whom the Marquises descend
from this title, and
11th María de Moscoso and Montemayor.
IV. Garci Méndez de Moscoso y Montemayor, born in Ecija, was
According to Lord of the Towers of Alcorrin. Linking one third and one fifth,
He established a nobility title in 1512. He married Doña Luisa.
Ponce de León, or doña Luisa de Proaño y Benavides (daughter of
Commander Juan de Proaño y de los Ríos, Knight of the Order of
Santiago, and of Mrs. Aldonza de Benavides). From this union was born
V. Hernán Yáñez de Moscoso Sotomayor and Proaño, third Lord of
the Towers of Alcorrín and husband of doña María de Zayas and Cárdenas
(daughter of Francisco de Zayas and doña Guiomar de Cárdenas, her
third woman). They were parents of
1st Garci Méndez de Moscoso and Zayas, who follows.
2nd Francisco de Moscoso y Zayas.
3rd Alvaro de Moscoso y Zayas.
4th Alonso de Moscoso y Zayas, Dominican religious.
5th Beatriz de Moscoso y Zayas, and
6th Luisa de Moscoso y Zayas, also called Luisa Ponce de
Lion.
VI. Garci Méndez de Moscoso y Zayas was a native of Ecija and fourth
Lord of the Towers of Alcorrin. He celebrated his wedding in Antequera, in
1579, with Doña María de Córdova Velasco y Navarro (daughter of
Bartolomé de Córdova y Velasco and Doña Catalina Navarro.
They procreated
1st Luis de Moscoso y Córdova, who continues.
2nd Cristóbal de Moscoso y Córdova, born in Ecija, who was
College at the Major of Cuenca in Salamanca, of the Royal Council of
Indians and Knight of the Order of Santiago dated November 2
from 1644. He married Doña Mencía de Córdova y Mena, a native of
Antequera (daughter of Alonso de Córdova y Velasco, Familiar of the Saint
Official from Granada and native of Antequera, and of Mrs. Juana de Mena
Valdés, native of Guadalajara). They had this son.
a) Isidro Antonio de Moscoso y Córdova, a native of Madrid, who was
Knight of the Order of Calatrava, admitted in 1641. Married to
Mrs. Antonia Cortés y Bravo de Saravia, native of Ibdes, near
Calatayud, Zaragoza (daughter of García Cortés, native of Calatayud, and
of Doña María Bravo de Saravia, native of Hinojosa del Campo,
Soria). From that link were born:
1st Pedro de Moscoso y Cortés, native of Madrid and Knight of the
same Order of Calatrava in which he entered in 1670, and
2nd Jacinto de Moscoso y Cortés, a native of Madrid, who wore the
same habit of Calatrava on the same date as his brother.
b) Manuel de Moscoso y Córdova, born in Madrid, Collegiate in the
Mayor of Cuenca in Salamanca, of the Royal Council of Castile and
Knight of the Order of Alcántara since August 17, 1638, and
c) Antonio de Moscoso y Córdova, a native of Madrid and Knight of
the Order of Alcántara, which he entered in 1641.
3rd Bartolomés de Moscoso y Córdova, and
4th Juan de Moscoso y Córdova, Knight of the Order of Saint John
from Jerusalem, who died in captivity going to Malta.
VII. Luis de Moscoso y Córdova, native of Ecija, was the fifth lord
from the Towers of Alcorrin and married in Antequera to Lady
Catalina de Arrese y Narváez (daughter of Martín Pérez de Arrese, Lord
from the town of Cobels and from Doña Mariana de Narváez Rojas y Córdova,
both from Antequera). Their children were:
1st García de Moscoso and Arrese, died young.
2nd Martín de Moscoso y Arrese, who also died before his
father
3rd Juan de Moscoso y Arrese, who continues.
4th Cristóbal de Moscoso y Arrese, Franciscan religious, and
5th and 6th María and Catalina de Moscoso y Arrese, nuns in Santa
Isabel of Ecija.
VIII. Juan de Moscoso y Arrese, a native of Ecija, was the sixth Lord of
the Towers of Alcorrin and Knight of the Order of Santiago since the 18
February 1645. He married in Ecija with Doña Beatriz de Eslava and
Zayas, Lady of the mayorazgo of Eslava (only daughter of Pedro de
Eslava and of Mrs. Luisa de Eslava y Zayas). They were parents of
1.°Cristóbal de Moscoso y Eslava, who follows, and
2nd Andrés de Moscoso y Eslava, who died in the war.
IX. Cristóbal de Moscoso y Eslava was the seventh Lord and the first
Count of the Towers of Alcorrin, by the grace of King Don Carlos II in
1683. He was also Lord of the Albufera of Valencia and the first Marquis.
of Cullera, by the grace of King Philip V, in 1707. The same
Monarch, on December 9, 1728, granted him the title of Duke of
Algete, with greatness of first-class Spain. It played the
positions of His Majesty's Gentleman, Viceroy of Navarre, Captain General
of the Armies, General Commissioner of Infantry and Cavalry of
Spain, and the War Council. He married twice: the first time, with
Ms. Juana Galindo de Guzmán (daughter of Baltasar Fernández Galindo and
of Doña María Francisca de Cárdenas y Heredia, Countess of Casa-
Galindo), and the second, with Mrs. María de Pedrosa Dávila and
Bracamonte, widow Marquise of Navamorcuende and sister of
First Marquis of Fuente el Sol. He died in Madrid on January 27th
From the first marriage, there were children:
1st Juan de Moscoso y Galindo, died in a military expedition
made to the Delfinado of France.
2nd Baltasar Victorino de Moscoso y Galindo, Knight of the Order
of Santiago and Lieutenant General of the Royal Armies, who married with
Lady Margarita Dávila Coello y Vergara, Marchioness of
Navamorcuende. Without succession, and
3rd María de Moscoso y Galindo, married in 1707, to her cousin
second, Alonso de Zayas Guzmán and Hinestrosa, from the House of the
Marquesses of Talará, Counts of Fuentes. They had this son:
a) Alonso de Zayas y Moscoso, who will succeed.
From the second link to the first Duke of Algete with Mrs. María
Pedrosa Dávila and Bracamonte, was born
4th Juan Francisco de Moscoso Pedrosa, immediate successor in the
Houses of the Vega de Santa María and Fuente el Sol.
He came to succeed the first Duke of Algete, his grandson.
X. Alonso de Zayas y Moscoso, who was the second Count of the
Torres de Alcorrin, second Marquis of Cullera and second Duke of
Algete. He married in 1743 with Doña Catalina Manuel de Lando (daughter of the
Counts of la Corzana, of Santa Cruz de los Manueles and of the Saint
Roman Empire, Princes of Squilache). It was his son
XI. Cristóbal de Zayas and Manuel de Lando, third Duke of Algete,
Marquis of Cullera and Count of the Towers of Alcorrín. He married
marriage with Doña María de la Portería Benavides, and she was his only
daughter
XII. María de las Mercedes Zayas y Benavides, fourth Duchess of
Algete, Marchioness of Cullera, Countess of the Towers of Alcorrin, of the
Corzana and Santa Cruz de los Manueles. Celebrated their union with
Manuel Pérez Osorio and Spínola de la Cueva, Marquis of Alcañices,
in whose house the titles are kept.

WEAPONS

In the Chronicle of King Don Alonso VII, folio 269, when addressing the
lineage of Moscoso, it indicates the arms that have come later
using all individuals from the different branches spread across
Spain. Those weapons are: Silver, with a wolf's head of
sable, gules lampasado and decollated. (Shield 793.)
Later, when the line of men entered the House of Moscoso
from the Osorio, increased the previous weapons with those of Osorio from
this way: Shield divided: 1st, of gold, with two wolves in gules,
andantés and placed one on top of the other, which belongs to Osorio, and 2nd, the arms
previous ones, by Moscoso. (Shield 794.)
The Counts of Altamira have displayed: Shield divided in fess: 1st,
the arms of Osorio; 2nd, silver, with three wavy bars of azure, and
3rd, the arms of Moscoso. General border, in silver, with five
escutcheons, tablecloths as follows: 1st and 2nd, in red, with a silver castle,
and the 3rd, the gold tablecloth, with a rampant lion of gules.
Baños de Velasco and the 'Anonymous Nobility' say that some
Moscoso put three wolf heads in place of one and that the
heads were purple, on a field of silver.
Others used: Made of silver, with five wolf heads placed on
sotuer.
Vilar and Pascual give these other weapons as belonging to the Moscoso.
from Ecija: Party shield: 1st, of gold, with six bands of gules, and 2nd,
of gold, also, with a head of a bear (it must be of a wolf) in black,
a red banner dripping with blood.

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the Manuscript Room of the National Library.-"General Nobility"
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"History of the House of Lara," by Luis de Salazar y Castro, printed.
Volume II, pages 607, 608, 630, 729, and 734.- "History of the House of
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Information: Noble Association Link and Majorat of Lemavia - Primacy registered in the
Register of Associations of the Ministry of Interior with number 171244 Sec. 1st and in the
National Registry of Associations