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5 eras · 1239–2026 · 9 places

Eastern Seville and the Sierra Sur — Osuna, Marchena and Estepa

Osuna, Marchena, Estepa, Palma del Río, Rute, Olvera. Which empire held this ground in which years — and, the part that matters, which archive that means.

Whose archive this ground was

YearsWho held itWhose archive that means
1239–1264 Kingdom of Castile no registers survive

Ferdinand III of Castile conquered Osuna from the Almohads in 1239.
1264–1445 Order of Calatrava — Encomienda of Osuna PARES · FamilySearch

Osuna was handed to the Order of Calatrava in 1264, which created the Encomienda of Osuna.
1445–1562 Lordship of the Girón family PARES · FamilySearch

Don Pedro Girón appropriated Osuna in 1445. The collegiate church dates from 1534 and the University of Osuna was founded in 1549.
1562–1871 Duchy of Osuna PARES · FamilySearch · Geneanet

Philip II conferred the title of Duke of Osuna on Pedro Téllez in 1562. The university was suppressed in 1820. The other towns in this ring (Marchena, Estepa, Palma del Río, Rute, Olvera) had their own lords.
1871–2026 Spain — civil registration PARES · FamilySearch · Geneanet

Spanish civil registration began in 1871, although some municipalities have records from 1837. The records are held in each municipality's archive.

The rings are approximate — deliberately. They exist to shade which filing system a place fell under, not to adjudicate a border. A place near a ring's edge should be checked against both neighbours.

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The map takes a range, and a range that crosses one of the rows above is where records get lost: the family never moved, and the archive on the far side of the handover will tell you it holds nothing.

9 places on this ground

47 FamilySearch collections reach this ground

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