José María Bernaldo de Quirós
6th Marqués de Campo Sagrado
(1808–65)

Other names: Pepito Quirós

Biographical

Marqués de Campo Sagrado
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Carlos III 1857 [Spain]
Senator for life 1845–65†
Deputy to the Cortes 1843–1844 (substitute)
Regional deputy in the General Assembly of Asturias 1838–40, 1843–47

José María won a legal dispute over the inheritance of the Quirós estate, which included the Marquisate of Campo Sagrado. A politician and journalist, he was a proponent of moderate liberalism. In 1854, he published his 'Manifesto of Hunger' in the newspaper El Industrial, condemning the severe poverty in Asturias after repeated failures of the corn and potato harvests left around 300,000 people without adequate food. The authorities banned the article, seized the newspaper, fined its editor, and sentenced José María to eighteen months in prison. Yet a month later, after the Progressive Biennium began, he was chosen to lead the Revolutionary Junta and help manage the region's growing social unrest. After retiring from politics, he devoted himself to his hobbies and later died from gangrene after treating the condition with natural remedies. Other sources refer to Antonio as the 7th Marqués de Campo Sagrado.

Place of birth: Villa (Langreo)
Place of baptism: Ciaño, Concejo de Langreo
Place of death: Villa (Langreo)

Son of Juan de Dios Bernaldo de Quirós and María Ygnacia Llanes, he was married in 1836 to Josefa González de Cienfuegos, with issue:
• María, ~1837 Alba de Tormes, married to José María de Cienfuegos-Jovellanos
• José María (see)
• Iván Jacobo Domingo Mariano, *1843 Oviedo, ~San Isidoro, †1885 San Sebastián, Madrid, ‡San Lorenzo Cemetery, Madrid; married 1874 in Madrid to María Teresa de Samaniego, with no issue
• Carlos, married to María de Canga-Argüelles
• Eladia, ~1839 Oviedo, married 1861 to Fernando Muñoz
• Ignacia, married to Alejandro de Pidal, with issue
• Mariana, married to Angel Rendueles