Álvaro de Armada, the count who has a historical archive valued at 37 million euros that he negotiates with the Government

• Aristocrats Hilda Armada Falcó, the last countess to wear the million-euro tiara

The growing anti-Spanish hatred that populist Ibero-American regimes are stirring towards the conquest of America, with attacks on statues of Columbus, Pedro de Valdivia, Hurtado de Mendoza, Fray Junípero Serra, or the demand by Mexican President López Obrador that Spain apologize,

Initiatives to bring to light the historical truth have so far been parked, as is the case of the Revillagigedo archive, according to experts,

at the level of the Indies or Simancas, since it contains a million essential documents to understand the trajectory of Spain in America.

"The modern history of Spain, Mexico or North and South America cannot be written without consulting this documentary jewel," says Professor Eugene Lyon, a researcher at the University of Florida, who has X-rayed the file that was microfilmed in 1986, obtaining 645 rolls with a million pages.

and includes manuscripts, maps, documents and letters in the handwriting of Philip II, Admiral Nelson, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Governor of Florida and founder of St. Augustine;

Blas de Lezo, Malaespina and other conquerors.

Its holder is

68 years old, who holds the titles of

with greatness of Spain, granted by King Ferdinand VI in 1749 to his ancestor Juan Francisco Güemes, and Mayor of La Florida, who granted Felipe II to his ancestor, the sailor Pedro Menéndez in the 16th century.

which he ceded in 2014 to his daughter, Hilda, born in 1982 and married to Borja Márquez Porral, son of the counts of Valparaíso and mother of three children, Juan, Hilda and Jimena.

Álvaro de Armada has received offers from institutions interested in acquiring parts of the archive, which he rejected on the grounds that it should pass

To this end, he has been negotiating with the government for years, but the changes in Minister of Culture, four since Sánchez became president, and the pandemic have blocked the talks, and until this week he has not received a response to resume them.

The archive is valued at 37 million euros, and although it corresponds to Culture its final appraisal,

because according to the aristocrat's entourage, he is willing to reach a "reasonable" agreement so that the valuable files pass intact into the hands of the State.

very discreet

It is the dream of this powerful family of Asturian origin, little known due to their allergy to appearing in the colorín press.

Álvaro, the current count, involved in spreading the deeds of his colonizing ancestors and managing the family legacy, is married to Hilda Falcó y Medina (61), Countess of Villanueva de las Hachas and granddaughter of the Dukes of Montellano, who

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She is therefore the niece of the late Marquis of Griñón and the Marquis of Cubas, who were brothers of her father, the Marquis of Pons, and were witnesses to her wedding with Álvaro de Armada in 1981 in the Pontifical Basilica of San Miguel. , in Madrid.

On behalf of her boyfriend signed General Alfonso Armada Comín, one of the protagonists of the coup of 23-F, first cousin of her father, Álvaro de Armada Ulloa.

Died in 2014, his father was a very prominent character in Asturias, who joined his titles as honorary colonel of artillery and developed important initiatives, such as creating the Revillagigedo teaching foundation and promoting

In 1976 he ceded the spectacular family palace of Revillagigedo, whose cutlery had 500 gold pieces, the collegiate church of San Juan Bautista and buildings adjacent to the Gijon Town Hall in exchange for a symbolic one hundred thousand euros paid for by Cajastur.

He had a bad memory, not because of the ridiculous profit, but because the collegiate church was not used for religious worship, since he was a fervent Catholic, so much so that he retired from public life to dedicate himself to his family, social work and prayer. .

Shareholder of the newspaper

and director of Sporting de Gijón, remembered with pride that his predecessor, Armada de los Ríos, deputy and senator closely linked to the Crown, convinced Alfonso XIII to be honorary president of Sporting.

He married the Basque Carmen Barcáiztegui Uhagón in 1950, a descendant of the sailor Blas de Lezo, a marriage that was reflected in the society chronicles.

and afterwards a party was held at Zuloaga Arundi, the Llobregat estate in Donostia".

Offspring

They had six children, but only one son, Álvaro, who, in addition to inheriting most of his father's titles, manages the archive and the estate that the family owns in Deva, the Quinta Peña de Francia, near Gijón.

With 260,000 meters of extension and beautiful Versailles gardens of camellias, it consists of two palaces, one neoclassical from the 18th century, and the Picos Palace, from the end of the 19th century.

In said estate,

, the wedding of the only daughter of the Count of Revillagigedo, Hilda, Countess of Güemes, executive of Estée Lauder cosmetics, was held in September 2011, attended by Tamara Falcó, Hilda's aunt, the Marquis of Griñón and Ana María Abascal , Naty's twin.

The bride wore an impressive art deco diamond and platinum tiara, heirloom of the Montellano,

Eight months later, when the counts were in Madrid, she was robbed by a gang, with the presumed complicity of the guardsmen, losing her whereabouts in Bolivia, where the civil guard suspects that she was sold for parts.

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