Carlos Falcó, 5th Marquess of Griñón


Carlos Falcó y Fernández de Córdoba, 5th Marquess of Griñón, GE was a Spanish peer. He was best known for one of his titles, Marquess of Griñón, despite holding another higher-ranking title, Marquess of Castel Moncayo, with Grandeeship attached.

Early life

Born at Palacio de las Dueñas, in Seville, he was the eldest son of Manuel Falcó y Escandón, 9th Duke of Montellano, 11th Marquess of Castel Moncayo and 9th Marquess of Pons, Grandee of Spain, and his wife Hilda Fernández de Córdoba y Mariátegui, notable huntress, 12th Marchioness of Mirabel, 3rd Countess of Santa Isabel, 10th Countess of Berantevilla. His maternal grandfather was the 8th Duke of Arión, who was president of Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro between 1896 and 1901.
Falcó inherited the Marquessate of Griñón in 1955, when his grandfather Joaquín Fernández de Córdoba died. He succeeded his mother Hilda as Marquess of Castel Moncayo after the death of the former in 1978, thus becoming Grandee of Spain.
He managed the family estate-bottled wine brand "Marqués de Griñón", which earned him high recognition. The American magazine Wine Spectator listed it in 2014 as one of the greatest wines in the world.
Carlos Falcó was Enrique Iglesias' stepfather as husband of Isabel Preysler, between 1980 and 1985.

Issue

Children with Jannine Girod y del Avellanal:
Children with Isabel Preysler Arrastia:
Children with María de Fátima de la Cierva y Moreno:
Falcó died on 20 March 2020 in Fundación Jiménez Díaz, a hospital in Madrid, as a result of the global pandemic COVID-19.

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