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Portrait of a Spanish nobleman, The 5th Duke of Alburquerque, Grandee of Spain, at the height of the Spanish Empire, 1560 The Spanish nobility are people who possess a title of nobility confirmed by the Spanish Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes, as well as those individuals appointed to one of Spain's three highest orders of knighthood: the Order of the Golden ...
The County of Torrubia de Soria is a Spanish noble title created by Royal Decree of 23 November 1692, and granted by Royal Order on 29 August 1694, by King Charles II of Spain, to García de Medrano y Mendizábal, legitimate brother of Andrés, whose documents are held in the Archivo de Simancas. These titles, tied to his family's long-standing ...
Grandees of Spain (Spanish: Grandes de España) are the highest-ranking members of the Spanish nobility. They comprise nobles who hold the most important historical landed titles in Spain or its former colonies. Many such hereditary titles are held by heads of families, having been acquired via strategic marriages between landed families.
Heraldic representation of the coronet of a Spanish duke. This is a list of the 149 present and extant royal and non-royal dukes in the peerage of the Kingdom of Spain.. The oldest six titles – created between 1380 and 1476 – were Duke of Medina Sidonia (1380), Duke of Alburquerque (1464), Duke of Segorbe (1469), Duke of Alba (1472), Duke of Escalona (1472), and Duke of Infantado (1475).
The current Spanish constitution refers to the monarchy as "The Crown" and the constitutional title of the monarch is simply rey/reina de España: [1] that is, "king/queen of Spain". However, the constitution allows for the use of other historic titles pertaining to the Spanish monarchy, [ 1 ] without specifying them.
Title Date of creation Arms Current holder Houses Lord of Alconchel: 1447 Juan de la Cruz Melgar y Escoriaza [1] Sotomayor, Melgar Lord of Casa Lazcano: 1780 Almudena Arteaga y del Alcázar [2] Lazcano, Arteaga Lord of Casa Rubianes: 1535 Beatriz Ozores y Rey [3] Caamaño, Ozores Lord of Higuera de Vargas: 1390 Manuel Falcó y Anchorena [4]
Pages in category "Spanish noble titles" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. ... Hidalgo (nobility) L. Latas (Aragonese dynasty)
Duke of Lerma (title) Duke of Liria and Jérica; List of heads of state of Spain; List of heirs to the Spanish throne; List of titles and honours of the Spanish Crown; List of lords in the peerage of Spain