Wenceslao Ramírez de Villa-Urrutia, 1st Marquis of Villa-Urrutia

The Most Excellent
Wenceslao Ramírez de Villa-Urrutia
1st Marquis of Villa-Urrutia
Minister of State
In office
27 January 1905 – 23 June 1905
Preceded byThe Marquis of Aguilar de Campoo
Succeeded byFelipe Sánchez Román
Seat f of the Real Academia Española
In office
4 June 1916 – 10 April 1933
Preceded byLuis Coloma
Succeeded byMiguel Artigas [es]
Personal details
Born(1850-02-17)17 February 1850
Havana, Cuba, Spain
Died10 April 1933(1933-04-10) (aged 83)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
  • Maria Luisa Ramirez
  • Ana Maria Camacho y Diaz-Duran
ChildrenFernando Ramírez de Villa-Urrutia, 2nd Marquis of Villa-Urrutia
ProfessionPolitician, Diplomat, Historian Royal Academy of History

Wenceslao Ramírez de Villa-Urrutia, 1st Marquis of Villa-Urrutia (1850, in Havana – 1933, in Madrid) was a Spanish noble, politician and diplomat who served as Minister of State between 27 January and 23 June 1905, in a cabinet headed by Raimundo Fernández Villaverde during the reign of Alfonso XIII of Spain.

Career

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Ramírez was appointed a Senator for life in 1905. He served as the Spanish Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1906-1912), France (1912-1914) and Italy (1916-1923). He also served as a plenipotentiary minister to Constantinople, Athens, and Brussels.
He was awarded the crosses of the Order of Isabella the Catholic and the Order of Charles III for his service to Spain, and the Cross of Naval Merit for his military service.[1]

Ramírez was a member of the Royal Academy of History and the Royal Spanish Academy.[2]

Published works

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He authored multiple historical books, including

  • La conferencia de AIgeciras (The Conference of Algeciras) (1906),
  • Relaciones de España e Inglaterra durante la Guerra de la Independencia (Spanish and English Relations during the War of Independence) (1911), *Apuntes para la historia diplomática de España (Notes for the Diplomatic History of Spain) (1914),
  • Las mujeres de Fernando VII (Women of Fernando VII) (1916),
  • La reina María Luisa, esposa de Carlos IV (Queen Maria Luisa, wife of Carlos IV) (1927),
  • Palique diplomático (1928), Madame de Staël (1930),
  • Fernán-Núñez, el embajador (Fernán-Núñez, the ambassador) (1931);
  • Fernando VII, rey constitucional, y Fernando VII, rey absoluto (Fernando VII, constitutional king, and Ferdinand VII, absolute king) (1931),
  • Lucrecia Borja, Le Reina Gobernadora (Lucrezia Borgia, the Ruling Queen).[3]
Standing portrait of 60-ish man with a white beard, mustache, and receding hairline, in circa-1900 formal dress with glasses, a high collar, a star-shaped badge on his jacket, and a blue and white sash, holding a glove and loosely pointing to a paper on a table.
The Marquis of Villa-Urrutia wearing the sash of the Order of Charles III

References

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  1. ^ de Santa Cruz y Mallen, Francisco Xavier (1944). Historia de Familias Cubanas (in Spanish). Vol. 5. Havana: Editorial Hercules. p. 237.
  2. ^ "Wenceslao Ramírez de Villa-Urrutia - letra f". Real Academia Española (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  3. ^ Bleiberg, Germán (1979). Diccionario de Historia de España (in Spanish). Vol. 3. Madrid: Alianza Editorial. p. 390.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of State
27 January 1905 – 23 June 1905 		Succeeded by


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