Logbook · 2 places

The marquisate of Valero

Valero, Sierra de Francia, Salamanca

1 Villages · 1 Historical milestones

Spain › Castile and León › Salamanca › Sierra de Francia › Valero › The marquisate of Valero

The marquisate of Valero

Historical milestone · Valero, Sierra de Francia, Salamanca

Image of Valero, not of the place itself.

A noble title created by Philip IV on 19 September 1636 in favour of Juan Manuel López de Zúñiga Sotomayor y Mendoza, ninth Duke of Béjar, taking its name from the Salamancan municipality of Valero, which at the time also encompassed the territories of Endrinal, San Miguel, Los Santos, Frades and Tornadizo. It should not be confused with the Marquisate of Valero de Urría, a different title created in 1852. The Marquisate of Valero was restored in 1925 in favour of Joaquín Fernández de Córdoba y Osma, and again in 2024, by royal decree of Felipe VI, in favour of Beltrán de Soto y Fernández de Córdova, its current holder.

19 de septiembre de 1636

Photo: Ytha67 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

What to see and do in Valero