Círculos de poder en el mundo nobiliario: linaje, conflicto y mayorazgo. El caso de la familia Orozco en la Sevilla del XVIII

Abstract

The study of the Orozco family in Seville allows us to better understand a social model that is frequent in Modern society: the rise to power of aristocratic families. The Orozco family are a typical example of such prosperity. They accumulated wealth and power, titles of nobility and ecclesiastical benefits, all of which culminated in the foundation of the Orozco-Ayala entail. This was later to produce many family conflicts relating to the inheritance. In this particular case, three people were involved in the dispute: a woman, a priest and his illegitimate descendent.

Keywords

• Orozco; entail; Seville; lawsuit; succesion; lineage