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Antonio de Benavides y Fernández de Navarrete

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Antonio de Benavides
Minister of State
In office
8 June 1865 – 21 June 1865
MonarchIsabella II
Prime MinisterRamón María Narváez
Preceded byAlejandro Llorente
Succeeded byLorenzo Arrazola (acting)
Seat C of the Real Academia Española
In office
24 November 1872 – 23 January 1884
Preceded byLuis González Bravo
Succeeded byCristino Martos y Balbí[a]
Personal details
Born
Antonio de Benavides y Fernández de Navarrete

(1807-06-20)20 June 1807
Baeza, Spain
Died23 January 1884(1884-01-23) (aged 76)
Madrid, Spain

Antonio de Benavides y Fernández de Navarrete (20 June 1807, in Baeza, Spain – 23 January 1884, in Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish noble and historian who served as Minister of State between 1864 and 1865, in the reign of Queen Isabella II of Spain.

Benavides was the eldest son of Manuel de Benavides y Rodríguez-Zambrano, Major of the Hermandad for the noble state in 1808, and his wife Francisca de Paula Fernández de Navarrete y Motilla. Among other honors, he was Knight of Santiago and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ Martos was elected for the position in 1884 but never took the seat

References

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  1. ^ "Antonio Benavides - letra C". Real Academia Española (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2023.

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of State
8 June 1865 – 21 June 1865
Succeeded by