Hugo O'Donnell, 7th Duke of Tetuan



Hugo O'Donnell y Duque de Estrada, 7th Duke of Tetuán, GE, OM (born 29 September 1948), is a Spanish peer and historian who was the vice president of the International Commission for Maritime History, censor of the Real Academia de la Historia, and elected member of the Royal Historical Society.

Life
He succeeded his father, Leopoldo O'Donnell y Lara, as Duke of Tetuán and Grandee of Spain (confirmed by the Ministry of Justice in Madrid: BOE 240 dated 7 October 2005). The title commemorates the conquest of Tetuán in Morocco in the mid-19th century by his ancestor, General The 1st Count of Lucena, who served as Prime Minister of Spain on several occasions and who was later created, in 1860, the 1st Duke of Tetuán.

He was the recognised Tánaiste (heir apparent) to The O'Donnell of Tyrconnell, Chief of the Name of the O'Donnells, who was a retired Franciscan priest, Fr. Hugh O'Donel, deceased on 11 July 2023, and whom he succeeded as Chief of the Name, according to the opinions of authors Curley and Ellis referenced below.

The duke is an active member of the Clan Association of the O'Donnells of Tyrconnell (of Ireland), and he is a Knight of Malta. The duke is a naval historian, and also a former naval commander and Minister for the Marine in Spain.

He was elected to medalla nº 2 of the Real Academia de la Historia on 22 June 2001, and he took up his seat on 1 February 2004.

Marriage and issue
The duke is married to Maria de la Asunción Armada y Díez de Rivera. Together, they had four children:
 * 1) Carlos Leopoldo O'Donnell, 15th Marquess of Altamira and Grandee of Spain (born 1974)
 * 2) Maria Fuencisla O'Donnell (born 1975)
 * 3) Hugo José O'Donnell, 9th Marquess of las Salinas (born 1979)
 * 4) Alfonso O'Donnell, 7th Count of Lucena (born 1984)