Marquesado de Castromonte
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: web address
Contact information: email
nobleza@cultura.gob.es
Reference number
ES. 45168. AHNOB
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Marquisate of Castromonte
Title (official language of the state)
Marquesado de Castromonte
Language of title
spa
Creator / accumulator
Duchy of Baena
Marquisate of Castromonte
Date(s)
1375/1927
Language(s)
spa
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Good
Scope and content
The collection of the Archive of the Duchy of Baena is an interesting family archive, preserving documents belonging to different aristocratic titles and families and covering extensive geographical areas, from the Andalusian lordships of Cabra and Iznajar to the Italian territories belonging to the Sessa and Terranova titles.
This sixth section of the archive, titled “Marquesado de Castromonte” (BAENA,F.6), contains documents from the following noble titles (BAENA,F.6,SF.1-8): Marquisate of Castromonte, Lordship of Estepar, Marquisate of Guardia, Lordship of Santa Eufemia, County of Cantillana, Marquisate of Montemayor, County of Garciez, Duchy of Montemar, Marquessate of Guadalcazar.
The documents are classified in several series according to their type:
1) Genealogy, noble titles and entailed estate (“mayorazgo”).
2) Nobiliary jurisdiction: This series gathers all the documents generated or related to the exercise of nobiliary jurisdiction: granting of lordships or jurisdictional rights and the transfers, agreements, and lawsuits over them; support of the seigniories to the Crown of Castile, especially in military matters; and jurisdiction over vassals in aspects of government, justice, and taxation.
3) Estate: It contains all the documents related to the familial estate and its administration: managing of assets, domain transfers, delimitation, and increase or decrease of patrimony (through dowries, marital capitulations, etc.). It is, together with the section of estate administration, the largest documentary series and occupies a large part of the collection.
4) Estate administration: This series includes those documents generated or received by the administration of the estate: maintenance and use of properties, estate inventories, accounting, and payment of taxes. Documents produced by the archival activity are also included in this series. The documentation, which occupies a huge volume, is organized by manorial administrations with geographical criteria and deals with correspondence between the administrators and the head of general administration, accountability, and expenses. Otherwise, the documentation produced by the general administration itself includes sumptuary and household expenses, in addition to the record books.
5) Private: This series contains the personal files of each of the family members: for example, work-related, academic, and professional documents; non-hereditary appointments and honors, such as decorations, membership in associations and Military Orders, and appointments for offices and positions. Documents produced for familial celebrations and social meetings are included.
6) Staff: tasks performed.
7) Board of pious works (documents related to charitable works and expenses related to religious worship).
8) Collections.
Concerning Jews, the Marquisate of Montemayor subsection contains, at least, one deed of sale of houses located in the Jewish quarter of Toledo, owned by Doña Çinha, Don Simuel de Alva’s widow (1492). The houses were rented from Doña Ines de Ribera.
This sixth section of the archive, titled “Marquesado de Castromonte” (BAENA,F.6), contains documents from the following noble titles (BAENA,F.6,SF.1-8): Marquisate of Castromonte, Lordship of Estepar, Marquisate of Guardia, Lordship of Santa Eufemia, County of Cantillana, Marquisate of Montemayor, County of Garciez, Duchy of Montemar, Marquessate of Guadalcazar.
The documents are classified in several series according to their type:
1) Genealogy, noble titles and entailed estate (“mayorazgo”).
2) Nobiliary jurisdiction: This series gathers all the documents generated or related to the exercise of nobiliary jurisdiction: granting of lordships or jurisdictional rights and the transfers, agreements, and lawsuits over them; support of the seigniories to the Crown of Castile, especially in military matters; and jurisdiction over vassals in aspects of government, justice, and taxation.
3) Estate: It contains all the documents related to the familial estate and its administration: managing of assets, domain transfers, delimitation, and increase or decrease of patrimony (through dowries, marital capitulations, etc.). It is, together with the section of estate administration, the largest documentary series and occupies a large part of the collection.
4) Estate administration: This series includes those documents generated or received by the administration of the estate: maintenance and use of properties, estate inventories, accounting, and payment of taxes. Documents produced by the archival activity are also included in this series. The documentation, which occupies a huge volume, is organized by manorial administrations with geographical criteria and deals with correspondence between the administrators and the head of general administration, accountability, and expenses. Otherwise, the documentation produced by the general administration itself includes sumptuary and household expenses, in addition to the record books.
5) Private: This series contains the personal files of each of the family members: for example, work-related, academic, and professional documents; non-hereditary appointments and honors, such as decorations, membership in associations and Military Orders, and appointments for offices and positions. Documents produced for familial celebrations and social meetings are included.
6) Staff: tasks performed.
7) Board of pious works (documents related to charitable works and expenses related to religious worship).
8) Collections.
Concerning Jews, the Marquisate of Montemayor subsection contains, at least, one deed of sale of houses located in the Jewish quarter of Toledo, owned by Doña Çinha, Don Simuel de Alva’s widow (1492). The houses were rented from Doña Ines de Ribera.
Archival history
In 1826, the Marquisate of Castromonte merged with the House of Baena in the person of Vicente Pio Osorio de Moscoso Ponce de Leon, XIII Duke of Baena, IX Marques of Castromonte, through the marriage of his father, Vicente Isabel Osorio de Moscoso Alvarez of Toledo, XII Duke of Baena, with Maria del Carmen Ponce de Leon Carvajal, the daughter of the VIII Marques of Castromonte.
Administrative / Biographical history
In 1663, the title of Marquisate of Castromonte was granted to Luis Francisco de Baeza Manrique de Lara, V Lord of Estepar and Frandovinez. The House of Castromonte has incorporated a series of noble titles through marriage (County of Cantillana, Marquisate of Montemayor, Marquisate of Aguila, County of Garciez, Viscounty of Santo Tome, County of Montemar, and County of Valhermosol), in addition to the Lordships of Estepar, Frandovinez, Don Ibañez and La Bujada, Magan.
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System of arrangement
This documentary section is classified thusly: 6.6 Castromonte, marquesado de, 1375-1927; 6.6.1 Estepar, señorio de, 1435-1644; 6.6.2 Guardia, marquesado de la, 1487-1758; 6.6.2.1 Santa Eufemia, señorio de, 1484-1777; 6.6.3 Cantillana, condado de, 1387-1800; 6.6.4 Montemayor, marquesado de, 1374-1859; 6.6.5 Garciez, condado de, 1290-1867; 6.6.6 Montemar, ducado de, 1528-1896; 6.6.7. Fontagud, family, 1600-1905; 6.6.8 Guadalcazar, marquesado de, 1748.
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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