Urquiza, Domingo de
(1730 - 1806)
Urquiza, Domingo. ?, 1730 – 1806. Bronzeworker and silversmith for the Royal Household.
Born in the bishopric of Osuna (Seville), he was a metalworker for the Royal Household from 1793 onwards. His family was also engaged in the same trade (Ildefonso and Manuel). He appears to have settled at the Royal Court around the time when he was a member of the Guild of Silversmiths of San Eloy in Madrid. He began his career at court in 1750 and worked alongside the Italian bronzeworkers Ferroni, Vendetti and Giardoni. In 1770 he was commissioned to create a design for the crown and halo of Our Lady of Montesa of the Church of Valencia. In 1793 he produced several objects for the...
Charles IV
(Nápoles (Italia), 1748 - Nápoles (Italia), 1819)
The seventh of thirteen children born to Charles III (1716-1819) and Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724-1819), the future Charles IV was sworn in as Prince of Asturias before the Cortes on 9th June 1760, after his older brother Philip was excluded from the line of succession due to his poor health. On 14th September 1765, he married his cousin, Princess Maria Luisa of Parma (1751-1819), at the Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso (Segovia). The royal couple had fourteen children: the Infante Carlos Clemente (1771-1774); the Infanta Carlota Joaquina (1775-1830), Queen of Portugal by marriage to John VI (1767-1826); the Infanta Maria Luisa (1777-1782); the Infanta Maria Amalia (1779-1798), married to her uncle, the Infante Antonio Pascual; the Infante Carlos...