Manuscrito - Año 1802-1812. Marqués del Campo Villar. Firma e hijuela. Nobleza España. - 1802

Magnificent pair of period manuscripts bearing the signature and spectacular period flourish of “El Marqués del Campo de Villar” (dated in Madrid on February 21, 1805). Includes the “Settlement and general account of the estate that the Lords Marquis and Marchioness of Campo de Villar respectively brought to their marriage, and of the estate found at the time of the death of Mrs. Marchioness D.ª Manuela María de Mollinedo y el Arco, his wife” (who died in February 1802). A unique period accounting and notarial record itemizing the 1791 dowry, the Laysequilla inheritance, inventory, valuations, and adjustments through 1812, with combined assets amounting to millions of reales de vellón.

The document directly links Alonso Muñiz de Laysequilla y Manjón, Marquis of Campo de Villar (who signed the certification of accounts in Madrid in 1805), and his wife, Dña. Manuela María de Mollinedo y Arco (daughter of the 1st Marquis of los Llamos). Members of the high court nobility and Enlightenment elite of Spain at the turn of the century, their families played prominent roles in the administration, finance, and Royal Councils during the turbulent transition from the 18th to the 19th century.

A documentary witness to the lead-up to and events of the Peninsular War (1808–1814): the collection not only reflects the aristocratic wealth of the late Ancien Régime (with initial combined capital exceeding 1,700,000 reales de vellón), but also documents in detail the economic impact and capital losses suffered by Spain’s great noble houses during the French occupation and the years of the Cortes of Cádiz (1812), recording adjustments to income and the deterioration of assets.

Their son José Muñiz y Mollinedo descended from this lineage and inherited the titles of 2nd Marquis of los Llamos and Marquis of Campo de Villar, perpetuating the family’s roots and influence in 19th-century Spanish nobility and court.
Excellent pieces, carefully selected.
Ideal for collectors, lovers of antique paper and history, and those wishing to decorate a space with charm.
Period original. A great opportunity, with no reserve price.