María Josefa de Borja Pimentel y Téllez-Girón iure uxoris Duchess of Osuna, suo jure 12th Duchess of Benavente, was a Spanish Salonnière, famous as a patron of artists, writers and scientists and an i
Portrait by Francisco de Goya, 1785
Palace of the Dukes of Osuna
The 9th Duke of Osuna (1798)
Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Pacheco, 9th Duke of Osuna, Grandee of Spain, was a Spanish nobleman and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars.
María Josefa Pimentel, Duchess of Osuna
…of the royal Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Madrid as well as the first president of the royal Junta de Damas de Honor y Mérito. She married Pedro Téllez-Girón, 9th Duke of Osuna in 1771. The couple had many children; her possessions and noble titles were absorbed thereto by the Osuna family. She was a noted figure of the Spanish…
Portrait by Guillermo Ducker, 1805
The 9th Duke of Osuna (1785)