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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.
Burial sites of Spanish noble families (9 C) A. House of Alba (2 C, 27 P) House of Albret (1 C, 25 P) Beni Alfons (1 C, 26 P) House of Aragon (1 C, 58 P) House of ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Lists of Spanish nobility" The following 168 pages are in this category, out of 168 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Title Date of creation Arms Current holder Houses Baron of Maabe (1780) Diego-José de Medrano y Esquibel Baron of Abella (1817) Guy Yusupov Baron of Atzeneta
During the eighteenth century, the Spanish nobility fully embraced the French custom of using de as a nobility identifier; however, since many commoners also bore the same particle, the use of de became unclear. Thus, nobility was emphasised with the surname's lineage.
Lists of Spanish nobility (3 C, 168 P) A. Nobility from the Kingdom of Aragon (5 C, 1 P) C. Counts of Spain (60 C, 225 P) D. Dukes of Spain (68 C, 87 P) N.
This is a list of present and extant viscounts in the peerage of the Kingdom of Spain hold by people with Spanish citizenship. Note that some of the titles are only used as subsidiary titles. This list does not include extinct, dormant, abeyant, forfeited or titles of which their holder is not known.