Vicente Osorio de Moscoso, 13th Count of Altamira
Vicente Pío Osorio de Moscoso y Ponce de León, 13th Count of Altamira, GE, OM, LH (22 July 1801 – 22 February 1864), was a Spanish peer, Head of the House of Osorio. He held 109 titles of nobility, mostly in the peerage of Spain, and was 14 times a Grandee, making him the most titled person in the history of the world. Biography. Family origins. Vicente Pío was born 22 July 1801, son of Vicente Isabel Osorio de Moscoso y Álvarez de Toledo, who was the 12th Count of Altamira and many  other titles. His mother was María del Carmen Ponce de León y Carvajal, 5th Duchess of Montemar. Through the deaths with no descendants of several of the main peers in Spain at the time, Osorio's family inherited many of the grandest titles in the country as the closest descendants. Early years. From a young age, he entered the body of pages of the court, being orphaned of his mother at the age of 12. In 1821, when he was only twenty, he married María Luisa Carvajal y Queralt, daughter of José Miguel de Carvajal, 2nd Duke of San Carlos , in the Bordeaux Cathedral. His father, a moderate liberal, had served in the Royal Household of Spain, as Ferdinand VII's senior groom during the Liberal Triennium, for which, in 1823, he had been retaliated, the king removing him from that position and withdrawing the key of Gentilhombre Grande de España con ejercicio y servidumbre. Despite the repeated efforts of his son, the king never rehabilitated him. In 1837 he passed away, and Vicente Pío inherited the numerous paternal titles from him. Later years. In 1842, the Law of Confiscation of Mayorazgos that made him lose the territories of his  large estates (Osorio, Moscoso, Cárdenas, Fernández de Córdoba, Guzmán, etc.), forced him to sell and mortgage a large part of his "fincas". A widower in 1843, he immediately became close to Isabella II and his eldest son and heir, José María, married into the royal family in 1847 with Infanta Luisa Teresa. In 1843, he became Senator for the Province of León along with the Marquess of San Isidro, and in 1845, Life Senator. From 1849 to 1850, he was vice-president of the Senate of Spain. Isabella II appointed him, in 1854, her senior groom and, just two years  later, her sommelier of corps, who, as head of the Royal Chamber, implied enormous confidence from the queen. In fact, he would not hesitate to marry his daughter Rosalía, in 1859, to José María Ruiz de Arana, a well-known lover of the queen. He was sommelier until his death, which occurred in Madrid in February 1864. After his death 22 February 1864, a testamentary commission was established to guarantee the distribution of his substantial inheritance and titles, headed by José Genaro Villanova as executor. Titles held. Other titles. He held 4 princely titles from the peerage of the Kingdom  of the Two Sicilies, namely the principalities of Maratea, Venosa, Jaffa and Aracena. He was also Guarda Mayor de Castilla, Alférez mayor del pendón de la Divisa del rey, Grand Admiral of Naples, Grand Chancellor of Italy and of the Tax Council, Chancellor of the Real Audiencia of the Indies and "adelantado" mayor of the Kingdom of Granada.