Marquess of Castellbell () is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of Grandee, granted in 1702 by Philip V to José de Amat, a Catalan nobleman who was Lord of Castellbell.Real Asociación de Hidalgos de España, Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles, Ediciones Hidalguía, Vol. 50 (Madrid, 2018)
The fourth child of the 1st Marquess, Manuel de Amat y Junyent, would become one of the most important men of his time, a prominent viceroy of Peru (1761–1776).
The 9th Marquess was a prominent actor and media figure in the latter half of twentieth century Spain. In 1945, he married Esyllt Priscilla Scott-Ellis, a daughter of Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden. She was a descendant of the 3rd Duke of Portland, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1807 and 1809.https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-76869
Marquesses of Castellbell (1702)
José de Amat y Planella, 1st Marquess of Castellbell (1670–1715) José de Amat y Junyent, 2nd Marquess of Castellbell (1700–1770), eldest son of the 1st Marquess Cayetano de Amat y Rocabertí, 3rd Marquess of Castellbell (d. 1794), third son of the 2nd Marquess Manuel Cayetano de Amat y Peguera, 4th Marquess of Castellbell (1777–1846), only son of the 3rd Marquess Cayetano María de Amat y Amat, 5th Marquess of Castellbell (1803–1869), eldest son of the 4th Marquess Joaquín de Cárcer y Amat, 6th Marquess of Castellbell (1835–1923), son of Manuel de Amat y de Amat, second son of the 4th Marquess María de los Dolores de Cárcer y de Ros, 7th Marchioness of Castellbell (1867–1939), granddaughter of María Escolástica de Amat y de Amat, eldest daughter of the 4th Marquess Salvador de Vilallonga y de Cárcer, 8th Marquess of Castellbell (1891–1974), eldest son of the 7th Marchioness José Luis de Vilallonga y Cabeza de Vaca, 9th Marquess of Castellbell (1920–2007), eldest son of the 8th Marquess John Alfonso de Vilallonga y Scott-Ellis, 10th Marquess of Castellbell (b. 1947), eldest son of the 9th Marquess
See also List of current grandees of Spain
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