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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.
Pages in category "Dukedoms of Spain" The following 116 pages are in this category, out of 116 total. ... List of dukes in the peerage of Spain; A. Duke of Abrantes ...
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 ...
C. Juan Fernández de Híjar y Cabrera; Diego Vicente Cañas Portocarrero, 7th Duque del Parque; Jorge de Cárdenas y Manrique de Lara, 4th Duke of Maqueda
Duchy of San Donato, created by the Kings of Spain and Naples for the ancestors of the Prince Sanseverino Duke of Calabria was the primogeniture for the crown prince of the Neapolitan kingdom. Since 1081 the Duchies of Benevento and Pontecorvo had been two among the Papal states , and, in fact, no duke was appointed.
The dukedom of Alba de Tormes is one of the most significant noble titles of Spain and gives its name to the House of Alba.Over the centuries, members of three distinct family dynasties have held the title in succession – the House of Álvarez de Toledo [], the House of Silva (extinct in 1802) and the House of Fitz-James Stuart, which descends from an illegitimate son of King James II of ...
Duke of Seville (Spanish: Duque de Sevilla) is a title of Spanish nobility that was granted in 1823 by King Ferdinand VII of Spain to his nephew, Infante Enrique of Spain. The Dukes of Seville are members of the Spanish branch of the House of Bourbon, and they are also Grandees of Spain.