José de Yanguas, 11th Viscount of Santa Clara de Avedillo explained

Honorific Prefix:The Most Excellent
José de Yanguas
Honorific Suffix:Viscount of Santa Clara de Avedillo
Office:Appointee to the National Council
Term End:[1]
Office1:Ambassador of Spain to the Holy See
Termstart1:[2]
Termend1:1942
Leader1:Francisco Franco
Predecessor1:Luis de Zulueta
Successor1:Domingo de las Bárcenas y Lopez-Mollinedo Mercado
Office2:President of the National Assembly
Predecessor2:position established
Successor2:position abolished
Office3:Minister of State
Predecessor3:Santiago Alba y Bonifaz
Successor3:Miguel Primo de Rivera
Office4:Deputy of the Cortes Generales
for Baeza
Termstart4:[3]
Termend4:[4]
Birth Name:José María Yanguas y Messía
Birth Date:25 February 1890
Birth Place:Linares, Spain
Death Place:Madrid, Spanish State
Party:Conservative (1923-1931)
Occupation:Diplomat, politician, jurist & professor

José de Yanguas y Messía, 11th Viscount of Santa Clara de Avedillo (25 February 1890, in Linares, Jaén, Spain – 30 June 1974, in Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish noble, politician and diplomat who served as Minister of State and president of the National Assembly during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera and Ambassador to the Holy See during that of General Francisco Franco. A fervent monarchist, he conspired against the Spanish Second Republic, and worked with Accion Espanola, a group and magazine which endeavoured to lay ideological foundations for a rebellion. He joined the Uprising of 1936 as soon as it began and drew up the Junta's decree of 29 September 1936 that proclaimed Franco Chief of the government of the Spanish State.[5]

He was son of Don José de Yanguas y Ximénez and of Doña Mª de la Blanca Messía y Almansa, of the IX marquises of Busianos. He married in Madrid, the 6 May 1928, Doña Rosario Pérez de Herrasti y Orellana, daughter of Don Antonio Pérez de Herrasti y Pérez de Herrasti, IV Count of Antillón, and Doña Mª de la Concepción Orellana, XIII Marchioness of Albayda, Grandee of Spain. They had a single son, José de Yanguas y Pérez de Herrasti.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: YANGUAS Y MESSIA, JOSE MARIA 57. Elecciones 16.3.1943 . Congreso de los Diputados . es . 2024-09-13.
  2. Web site: MOVIMIENTO NOBILIARIO 1931-1940 - AÑO 1938 . Miguel de Mayoralgo y Lodo . José . 87 . es . NOBILIARY MOVEMENT 1931-1940 - YEAR 1938 . 2024-09-13 . http://web.archive.org/web/20091229123947/http://www.ramhg.es/textos%20heraldica/movimiento%20nobiliario%201938.pdf . 2009-12-29.
  3. Web site: YANGUAS Y MESSIA, JOSE MARIA 51. Elecciones 19.12.1920 . Congreso de los Diputados . es . 2024-09-13.
  4. Web site: YANGUAS Y MESSIA, JOSE MARIA 52. Elecciones 29.4.1923 . Congreso de los Diputados . es . 2024-09-13.
  5. Hilari Raguer, Gunpowder and Incense, p.193