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The title of Señor is, together with that of Conde, the oldest in seniority of the Spanish realms. Many of these lordships are among the oldest titles of nobility in Spain, and the señor usually exercised military and administrative powers over the lordship. Although some lordships were created by the kings of Spain, others existed before ...
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).
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, 28 P) House of Albret (1 C, 25 P) Beni Alfons (1 C, 26 P) House of Aragon (1 C, 58 P) House of ...
Heraldic representation of the coronet of a Spanish lord This is a list of the present and extant lords in the peerage of the Kingdom of Spain . Lords in the peerage of Spain
Andrés de Medrano y Mendizábal, the son of García de Medrano y Álvarez de los Ríos, came from a distinguished lineage of Spanish nobility and public service, with a family history deeply intertwined with wealth and influential positions. [1] Coat of arms of Garci Bravo de Medrano (Medrano, Bravo, Lagunas, Mendoza) c. 1568.
L. Viscount of la Armería; Count of San Esteban de Cañongo; Marquisate of La Romana; Marquess of Larios; Marquess of Las Carreras; Marquess of Laserna; Latas (Aragonese dynasty)
His will named the 16-year-old Philip, Duke of Anjou, the grandson of Charles's sister Maria Theresa of Spain, as his successor to the whole Spanish Empire. [1] Upon any possible refusal of the undivided Spanish possessions, the Crown of Spain would be offered next to Philip's younger brother Charles, Duke of Berry , or, next, to Archduke ...