Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo, 13th Marquess of Villafranca

For other uses, see Pedro Álvarez de Toledo (disambiguation).

Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo y Palafox, 12th Marquess of Molina, 13th Marquess of Villafranca (11 May 1803 in Madrid^[1] – 10 January 1867 in Madrid^[2]) was Spanish Minister of Naval Affairs, mid-19th century, reign of Isabella II of Spain counting amongst other political achievements the construction and launch in the Royal Dockyards of Ferrol, of Spain's first steam propelled ship in 1858. The ship was named after the Spanish monarch Isabel II. Medina Sidonia was succeeded by his son José Joaquín Álvarez de Toledo, 18th Duke of Medina Sidonia.

Portrait of the Marquess of Villafranca by Moritz Michael Daffinger.

He married Joaquina de Silva y Téllez Girón in 1822.^[3] He identified with the Carlist movement.^[4] He was then part of the Senate of Spain during the 1860s as a senator of his own right.^[5]

References

1. Bayona, Joaquín Argamasilla de la Cerda y (1918). Revista de historia y de genealogía española (in Spanish). C. Bermejo. p. 4. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
2. Armería y nobiliario de los reinos españoles (in Spanish). Instituto Internacional de Genealogía y Heraldica. 1956. p. 308. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
3. "Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo y Palafox | Real Academia de la Historia". dbe.rah.es. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
4. Wilhelmsen, Alexandra (1995). La formación del pensamiento político del carlismo, 1810-1875 (in Spanish). Actas. p. 268. ISBN 978-84-87863-31-8. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
5. "Spanish Senate". www.senado.es. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

Spanish nobility
Preceded by Francisco de Borja Álvarez de Toledo	Marquess of Villafranca 1821–1867	Succeeded by José Joaquín Álvarez de Toledo
	Duke of Medina Sidonia 1821–1867