Condado de Luna
Item
Country
ES
Name of institution (English)
Historical Archive of the Nobility
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
spa
Contact information: postal address
Calle Duque de Lerma 2, 45003 Toledo
Contact information: phone number
0034 925210354
Contact information: email
nobleza@cultura.gob.es
Reference number
ES.45168.AHNOB/2.10//FRIAS,F.7
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
County of Luna
Title (official language of the state)
Condado de Luna
Language of title
spa
Creator / accumulator
Duchy of Frias
County of Luna
Date(s)
1238/1840
Language(s)
spa
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Good
Scope and content
The Archive of the Duchy of Frias is a rich collection since it gathers documents belonging to various aristocratic houses that have had a decisive political and social influence in Spanish history. The archive constitutes a source of research for the history of the territorial dominion of the Frias family. It also reflects the government and foreign policy of Spain, beginning in the Middle Ages. It gathers a considerable volume of political documents, among which stand out those of the reigns of Juan II, Enrique IV, Carlos V and the Habsburg dynasty.
The seventh section of the archive, titled “Condado de Luna” (FRIAS,F.7), contains documents from the following aristocratic titles (FRIAS,F.7): County of Luna.
The documents are classified in several series according to their type:
1) Genealogy, noble titles, and entailed estate (“mayorazgo”).
2) Nobiliary jurisdiction.
3) Estate.
4) Estate administration.
5) Private.
6) Staff.
7) Board of pious works (documents related to charitable works and expenses related to religious worship).
8) Collections.
It should be noted that this collection does not contain all the documents from the original County of Luna archive. An important part of the archive, including documents related to medieval Jews, is preserved in other institutions. First, the Octavio Alvarez Carballo Foundation Archive (ES. 24110. AFOACP), located in Leon, preserves an important group of medieval documents. Likewise, the Quiñones de Leon-Caja España Archive within the Caja España Central Archive, also located in Leon, contains documents related to this County since the twelfth century. Both documentary collections originated in the private archive that the Duke of Frias kept in his house in Biarritz. In the latter case, Fernando Quiñones de Leon purchased the documents, and in the 1970s, they were sold to Caja España, the provincial bank.
Concerning Jews, medieval documentation is preserved in book/file covers: a lawsuit from 1595 is bound with a parchment from 1475 related to the payment of “alcabalas” (sales tax) by a Jew from Las Rozas (Leon); a booklet related to the mountain passes of Laciana, in Leon, (1787) is bound with a parchment that contains an investigation of the Jewish genealogy of an individual from Valderas (1525).
The seventh section of the archive, titled “Condado de Luna” (FRIAS,F.7), contains documents from the following aristocratic titles (FRIAS,F.7): County of Luna.
The documents are classified in several series according to their type:
1) Genealogy, noble titles, and entailed estate (“mayorazgo”).
2) Nobiliary jurisdiction.
3) Estate.
4) Estate administration.
5) Private.
6) Staff.
7) Board of pious works (documents related to charitable works and expenses related to religious worship).
8) Collections.
It should be noted that this collection does not contain all the documents from the original County of Luna archive. An important part of the archive, including documents related to medieval Jews, is preserved in other institutions. First, the Octavio Alvarez Carballo Foundation Archive (ES. 24110. AFOACP), located in Leon, preserves an important group of medieval documents. Likewise, the Quiñones de Leon-Caja España Archive within the Caja España Central Archive, also located in Leon, contains documents related to this County since the twelfth century. Both documentary collections originated in the private archive that the Duke of Frias kept in his house in Biarritz. In the latter case, Fernando Quiñones de Leon purchased the documents, and in the 1970s, they were sold to Caja España, the provincial bank.
Concerning Jews, medieval documentation is preserved in book/file covers: a lawsuit from 1595 is bound with a parchment from 1475 related to the payment of “alcabalas” (sales tax) by a Jew from Las Rozas (Leon); a booklet related to the mountain passes of Laciana, in Leon, (1787) is bound with a parchment that contains an investigation of the Jewish genealogy of an individual from Valderas (1525).
Archival history
Between 1988 and 1997, the Archive of the Duchy of Frias was acquired by the Spanish State from Doña Maria de Silva y Azlor, widow of the Duke of Frias. The archive was then kept at the Castle of Montemayor (Cordoba). The organization and a description of its contents were made by the archivists of the Spanish National Historical Archive, Pilar Leon Tello and Maria Teresa de la Peña; the description was published between 1955 and 1973. In 1987 most of the archive was transferred to Madrid. A small part of it remained in Montemayor, mostly documents from the administration of properties from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries and the confiscation of manors. Several original titles and privileges were also in the hands of the family. In March 1994, the archive was transferred from the National Historical Archive (Madrid) to the Nobility Section in Toledo, now the Historical Archive of the Nobility, a state-owned archive.
Administrative / Biographical history
The archive is constructed around the Fernandez de Velasco family that since the 15th century held some of the most important political positions in the Kingdom of Castile. In 1430, Pedro Fernandez de Velasco received from Juan II the title and estate of the County of Haro. His son, Pedro Fernandez de Velasco, obtained from Enrique IV the rank of Constable of Castile, since then linked to the family up to the 18th century. In 1492, the title of Duke of Frias was granted by the Catholic Monarchs to Don Bernardino Fernandez de Velasco, II Constable of Castile, III Count of Haro and Captain General and Viceroy of Granada. Successive marriages linked House of Frias with a large number of titles and properties.
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Access, restrictions
Free access regulated by the current legal environment on access to Spanish historical archives (law 16/1985 of Spanish Historical Patrimony).
Finding aids
Data on the collection are also available at the website of the Spanish National Archives (PARES).
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| Title | Alternate label | Class |
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