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Luis de Urquijo, 2nd Marquess of Bolarque

President of Real Madrid (1899-1975)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 2, 2025
Entity authorityQ752303 ↗
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Luis de Urquijo y Landecho, 2nd Marquess of Bolarque (28 January 1899 – 7 July 1975) was a Spanish diplomat, banker and businessman who served as a Spanish ambassador to West Germany from 12 May 1959 until 19 November 1964. He was also the 6th president of Real Madrid from 16 May 1926 to 1930. De Urquijo was born in Madrid.

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This entry incorporates text from “Luis de Urquijo, 2nd Marquess of Bolarque” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.