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Marquis of Santa Cruz (1569)

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Marquisate of Santa Cruz
Creation date11 October 1569
Created byPhilip II
PeeragePeerage of Spain
First holderAlvaro de Bazan, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz
Present holderÁlvaro Fernández-Villaverde y Silva, 15th Marquis of Santa Cruz[1]

Marquis of Santa Cruz (Spanish: Marqués de Santa Cruz) sometimes known as Marquis 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.

Interior of the Palace of the Marquis of Santa Cruz in Viso del Marqués

Marquises of Santa Cruz (1569)

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