Joaquina Téllez-Girón, Marchioness of Santa Cruz

Doña Joaquina Téllez-Girón y Pimentel, 2nd Countess of Osilo, iure uxoris Marchioness of Santa Cruz (Spanish: Doña Joaquina Téllez-Girón, marquesa de Santa Cruz; 21 September 1784 – 17 November 1851) was a daughter of Pedro Téllez-Girón, 9th Duke of Osuna and María Josefa Pimentel, 12th Countess-Duchess of Benavente.

Portrait of the Marchioness of Santa Cruz by Goya

In 1801, she married José Gabriel de Silva-Bazán y Waldstein, the future Marquess of Santa Cruz.[1]

She is best known as the subject of an 1805 portrait by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, a family friend.[2]

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  • Antonio Marichalar, Riesgo y ventura del duque de Osuna Escrito