Pedro José Pidal y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1st Marquess of Villaviciosa de Asturias, MP (2 November 1870 – 17 November 1941) was a Spanish peer, politician, mountaineer, writer, famed hunter and Olympic medalist.

[2] As a politician, he was a member of parliament for Belmonte de Miranda and Luarca, and was made senator for life in 1914.

[3] He was born in Somió as the first child of 12, son of Alejandro Pidal y Mon, who was President of the Congress of Deputies, Minister of Development and Director of the Royal Spanish Academy.

His mother was Ignacia Bernaldo de Quirós, the daughter of the 7th Marquess of Campo Sagrado.

He is one of only four who have hunted all big-game species of the Spanish fauna (including the Iberian lynx and bear), the other three being the 11th Marquess of Valdueza, Carlos Rein and Infanta Alicia of Spain.