The Count of Guadalupe del Peñasco () is a title of Spanish nobility granted by King Charles III of Spain to Don Francisco Javier de Mora y Luna, Colonel of Dragons of the provincial militias on 26 January 1768.
Coat of arms
The three tower stone castle with five Windows denotes grandness, protection and security; the Golden fleur-de-lis symbolizes generosity, perfection, light and life; the rampant Wolf embodies perseverance while hunting for a long period of time and adverse events. The shield's base colors blue and golden represent strength, loyalty and respect. The coat of arms has the count Crown awarded by the kingdom of Spain in 1768.
Motto
The axiom of Count of Guadalupe del Peñasco is “Læva in circuitu oculos tuos et vide” in Latin, which translates to "Raise ones sight and gaze to ones surroundings". This motto was adopted, in 2002, by Mexican Museum of Design (MUMEDI), located in Mexico City.
Counts of Guadalupe del Peñasco
History
First Count (1768)
Don Francisco Javier de Mora y Luna
After being made a Count and with the right to create a Majorat, by King Charles III of Spain, given his honorable actions benefiting the Spanish Crown, Don Francisco names the county as “County of our Lady of Guadalupe del Peñasco”. During his time, he has named Captain of horses and breastplates Cavalry Corps, established by the Courthouse of San Luis Potosí, for his contribution in the pacification of Pames, the rebel native Indians in that location. He was later promoted to Coronel of the Dragons of the Provincial Militias, given his contribution in the “turmoil of 1767”, granted by the Viceroy, Marques of Croix. Son of Don Manuel Mora y Gorrea and Mrs Antonia Luisa de Luna y Gama. Married with Mrs María Ildefonsa Bernarda Pérez Calderón León y Carrillo. Children Don Juan José Secundino, Mrs Manuela and Mrs María Josefa Paula de Mora y Luna Pérez Calderón.
Second Count (1788)
Don Juan José Secundino de Mora y Luna Pérez Calderón
Married with María Rafaela Evaristo Jiménez de Cisneros Palomeque. Earned the rank of Colonel of Dragons. Having no children, he inherited the title and Majorat to his nephew, the son of his sister María Josefa Paula and José Mariano Sánchez Espinosa.
Third Count (1805)
Don José Mariano Sánchez Espinosa y Pérez Calderón
Married with doña María Antonia Flores Alatorre Moscoso y Sandoval. They had José Mariano and José Joaquín Sánchez Espinosa y Flores Alatorre, married with sisters. José Mariano, born in 1777 y deceased in 1845, Achieved with his brother the baccalaureate degree and by 1805 he was a member of the Mexico City Chapter. He was a board member of Banco de Avío for Fomento de la Industria Nacional, from Museo Nacional y and Hospicio de los Pobres, among others. Became a widow in 1840 and married doña Vicenta Irolo, having no children. His son José Mariano Sánchez Espinosa y Flores Alatorre was born in 1807 and died in 1875. Married with doña Guadalupe Cervantes y Michaus, sister of the 13th Count of Santiago Calimaya and daughter of the 10th Marquis of Salinas de Río Pisuerga, 13th Adelantado Perpetuo de las Islas Filipinas, and granddaughter of Ana María Altamirano, who, beside the titles previously mentioned, had the nobiliary title of 5th Marquis of Salvatierra and descendant of the Mariscales de Castilla. Children: Don Antonio, Don Manuel y Doña Loreto Sánchez Espinosa y Cervantes.
Fourth Count (1994)
Don Adolfo Desentis y Ortega
In 1994 a descendant of Mrs. Loreto Sánchez Espinosa y Cervantes, Don Adolfo Desentis y Ortega, with the approval of the Spanish Crown, restored the nobility title. Don Adolfo shortened the County name to only "Guadalupe del Peñasco". As a single man, Don Adolfo died without offspring in 2012.
Fifth Count (2016)
Don Ignacio Narro Etchegaray
The descendant of don Francisco Javier de Mora y Luna was appointed by the Monarchy of Spain as the successor of the county in early 2016. Married to Doña Ana Aurora Laborín Azcarraga (b. 1954), daughter of Don Enrique Laborin Nanetti (b. 1910) and Doña Socorro Azcarraga Reyes Retana (b. 1930), the 1st of March in 1980. They procreated four children: Don Ignacio (b. 1981), Don Patricio (b. 1984), Doña Viviana Sofia (b. 1990) and Doña Ana Loreto (b. 1994) Narro Laborín.
Family Tree
Intervention in the Independence of Mexico
Letter in Spanish from the 3rd Count of Guadalupe del Peñasco to Lieutenant Colonel Juan Nepomuceno Oviedo, stating that emissaries of the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte of France have been responsible of exciting the working class of Zacatecas into revolting.