Upon the death of his father in 1863, his elder brother succeeded to the senior title of
Duke of Híjar, and he succeeded to some of his subsidiary titles, including as the 13th
Duke of Aliaga, 16th
Marquess of Almenara, 9th
Marquess of Sobroso, 10th
Count of Salvatierra (from his mother), and 15th
Count of Palma del Río. Upon his elder brother's death two years later in 1865, the dukedom of Híjar passed to his nephew,
Agustín de Silva y Bernuy, 14th Duke of Híjar. When Agustín died in 1872, the dukedom should have reverted to Andrés Avelino, as his nephew died without issue, but the Duke of Aliaga renounced his right to the title in favor of his first-born son
Alfonso, who succeeded as the 15th Duke of Híjar.[2]
Andrés Avelino de Silva y Campbell, 19th Count of Belchite (1851–1908), who married María Teresa Cavero y Urzáiz, daughter of the Count of Sobradiel [
es, in 1878.[8]
Standing in the foreground, the 16th Duke of Lécera in white trousers. Sitting, the
8th Count of Yebes and the
Prince of Asturias respectively, San Sebastián, 1927
Through his eldest son, he was the grandfather of
Alfonso de Silva y Fernández de Córdoba, 16th Duke of Híjar, 14th Duke of Aliaga (who married María del Rosario Gurtubay y González de Castejón in 1899),[a] Don Andres Avelino de Silva y Fernández de Córdoba (who died unmarried in 1918), and María Araceli Silva Fernández de Córdoba, 11th
Duchess of Almazán (wife of Alfonso Mariátegui Pérez De Barradas, 11th Marquess of Cortes de Graena).[2][13]