(Lima, 60 years old), eldest son, has inherited the title of marquis from his father, a distinction that King Emeritus Juan Carlos I had granted to the Peruvian author after obtaining, in 2010,. This was announced this Thursday in the first-born son of Vargas Llosa, who explained that his father’s wish was for him to inherit the noble title, something that was achieved through a Royal Letter of Succession issued by the current King of Spain, Felipe VI, which he shows in his publication.
“Fulfilling my father’s wish, I receive and thank the Royal Letter of Succession to the Title of Marquis of Vargas Llosa that Don Felipe VI has issued in my favor as heir to the Title that Don Juan Carlos I granted to Mario Vargas Llosa after obtaining the Nobel Prize in Literature,” he says in his message. Precisely, a few weeks ago, Álvaro, the eldest of the three children that Vargas Llosa had, also received the International Medal of Arts on behalf of his father.
Fulfilling my father’s wish, I receive and thank the Royal Letter of Succession to the Title of Marquis of Vargas LLosa that Don Felipe VI has issued in my favor as heir to the Title that Don Juan Carlos I granted to Mario Vargas LLosa after obtaining the Nobel Prize in Literature.
— Álvaro Vargas Llosa (@AlvaroVargasLl)
The Marquisate of Vargas Llosa was created in 2011 by the Spanish monarch Juan Carlos I – unusual appointments granted in a very select manner – in recognition of his contribution to literature and the Spanish language, conferred on the Peruvian writer who also had Spanish nationality. A title awarded for his “extraordinary contribution, universally appreciated, to literature and the Spanish language, so wanting to show him my real appreciation, I come to grant him the title for himself and his successors.”
“I am very grateful. He called me [jefe de la Casa del Rey] to give me the news. “It is an honor to be a marquis at the same time as Vicente del Bosque, who, in addition to being a great coach, seems to me to be a simple and admirable man,” the Nobel Prize winner in Literature explained to EL PAÍS after his marquisate was announced. He told the newspaper at that time that after the recognition he received a call from his eldest son, Álvaro: “Álvaro and I have decided to train his son Leandro, 14 years old, so that he can be a true nobleman in our name.”
Now, a little over a year after the death of Peru’s most universal author, the title passes into the hands of his son, who leads the Vargas Llosa Chair and the International Foundation for Freedom, founded by the writer to promote liberalism and democratic values. Álvaro Vargas Llosa formally requested the succession of the marquisate in November 2025, as . A request that was accepted last February: “In accordance with the provisions of the Royal Decree of May 27, 1912, This Ministry [el de la Presidencia, Justicia y Relaciones con las Corte,]in the name of HM the King, has seen fit to order that, after payment of the corresponding tax, a Royal Letter of Succession as Marquis of Vargas Llosa be issued, without prejudice to a third party with better right, in favor of Mr. Álvaro Mario Vargas-Llosa Llosa, due to the death of his father, Mr. Jorge Mario Vargas Llosa”,
