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

Don Wenceslao Ramírez de Villa-Urrutia, 1st Marquis of Villa-Urrutia (Havana, 1850 – Madrid, 1933) 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.

The Most Excellent and Most Illustrious

The 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
Spanish Ambassador to Italy
Personal details
Born(1850-02-17)17 February 1850
Havana, Cuba, Spain
Died1933
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
  • 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

Royal Spanish Academy

Ramírez was appointed a Senator for life in 1905 and served as the Spanish Ambassador to Italy. 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.

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), and Lucrecia Borja, Le Reina Gobernadora (Lucrezia Borgia, the Ruling Queen).[2]

The Marquis of Villa-Urrutia wearing the sash of the Order of Charles III
Political offices
Preceded by
The Marquis of Aguilar de Campoo		 Minister of State
27 January 1905 – 23 June 1905		 Succeeded by
Felipe Sánchez Román

References
  1. de Santa Cruz y Mallen, Francisco Xavier (1944). Historia de Familias Cubanas (in Spanish). 5. Havana: Editorial Hercules. p. 237.
  2. Bleiberg, Germán (1979). Diccionario de Historia de España (in Spanish). 3. Madrid: Alianza Editorial. p. 390.
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