Juan Donoso Cortés

The Most Excellent

Juan Donoso Cortés

Marqués de Valdegamas OIC LH TOSD
The Most Excellent; Juan Donoso Cortés; Marqués de Valdegamas OIC LH TOSD
	Portrait by Federico Madrazo, 1849
Born	Juan Donoso Cortés; 6 May 1809; Valle de la Serena, Spain
Died	3 May 1853 (aged 43); Paris, France
Nationality	Spanish
Notable work	Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism, and Socialism
Era	19th-century philosophy
Region	Western Philosophy Spanish philosophy;
School	Spanish Traditionalism; Counter-Enlightenment; Ultramontanism;
Main interests	Political theory, Political theology
Seat R of the Real Academia Española
	In office; 16 April 1848 – 3 May 1853
Preceded by	Javier de Burgos
Succeeded by	Rafael María Baralt

Juan Donoso Cortés, marqués de Valdegamas (6 May 1809 – 3 May 1853) was a Spanish counter-revolutionary author, diplomat, politician, and Catholic political theologian.

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