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The ordinary Spanish nobility is divided into six ranks. From highest to lowest, these are: duque (duke), marqués (marquess), conde (count), vizconde (viscount), barón (baron), and señor (lord) (as well as the feminine forms of these titles). Nobility descends from the first man of a family who was raised to the nobility (or recognized as ...
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.
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.
Count of la Mejorada. Marquess of Merry del Val. List of Spanish monarchs. Duke of Montalto (title) Duke of Montalto (defunct) Duke of Montellano. Count of Montijo. Duke of Montoro. Marquess of Moratalla.
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).
Duke of Moctezuma (Spanish: Duque de Moctezuma) is a hereditary title of Spanish nobility held by a line of descendants of Emperor Moctezuma II, the ninth Tlatoani, or ruler, of Tenochtitlan. Since 1766, the title has been associated with a Grandeza de España, or a place in the Spanish peerage — the highest honor accorded to Spanish nobility ...
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]
A Grandeza de España (grandeeship) is a separate legal entity from a title of nobility, although grandezas are normally but not exclusively granted in conjunction with a title. Since the 20th century invariably the King of Spain has conferred a Grandeza de España upon any newly created duke. A grandee of any noble rank is higher in precedence ...