Duke of Andría ( es, Duque de Andría) is a hereditary title in the
Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of
Grandee and granted in 1507 by
Ferdinand II to "El Gran Capitán" (
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1 September 1453 – 2 December 1515) was a Spanish general and statesman who led successful military campaigns during the Conquest of Granada and the Italian Wars. His military victories and widespread p ...
), a general who negotiated the
Surrender of Granada
The Treaty of Granada, also known as the Capitulation of Granada or simply the Capitulations, was signed and ratified on November 25, 1491, between Boabdil, the sultan of Granada, and Ferdinand and Isabella, the King and Queen of Castile, León ...
and led the Spanish to victory in the
Italian Wars
The Italian Wars, also known as the Habsburg–Valois Wars, were a series of conflicts covering the period 1494 to 1559, fought mostly in the Italian peninsula, but later expanding into Flanders, the Rhineland and the Mediterranean Sea. The pr ...
.
Search of title "Andría, duque de"
/ref> It is a victory title
A victory title is an honorific title adopted by a successful military commander to commemorate his defeat of an enemy nation. The practice is first known in Ancient Rome and is still most commonly associated with the Romans, but it was also adop ...
, making reference to the town of Andria
Andria (; Barese: ) is a city and ''comune'' in Apulia (southern Italy). It is an agricultural and service center, producing wine, olives and almonds. It is the fourth-largest municipality in the Apulia region (behind Bari, Taranto, and Foggia) ...
in the Province of Bari
The Province of Bari ( it, provincia di Bari, nap, pruvincia 'e Bari, nap, label= Barese, provinge de Bare) was a province in the region of Apulia, Italy. Its capital was the city of Bari.
It has an area of , and a total population of 1,594,10 ...
, Italy.
After the death of the 1st Duke, Ferdinand II prohibited the inheritance and use of the Dukedoms of Andría, Terranova and Montalto and thus the title was unofficially held by some of his Italian descendants for more than 300 years. However, in 1904, Alfonso XIII
Alfonso XIII (17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), also known as El Africano or the African, was King of Spain from 17 May 1886 to 14 April 1931, when the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed. He was a monarch from birth as his father, A ...
formally rehabilitated the title on behalf of José Alfonso de Bustos, a legitimate descendant of the 1st Duke, who legally became the 2nd Duke of Andría.
Dukes of Andría (1507)
* Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba y Enríquez de Aguilar, 1st Duke of Andría (1453-1515)
Dukes of Andría (1904)
*José Alfonso de Bustos y Ruiz de Arana, 2nd Duke of Andría (1883-1940), direct descendant of the 1st Duke
*María Teresa de Bustos y Figueroa, 3rd Duchess of Andría (1914-2008), niece of the 2nd Duke
*María Teresa Roca de Togores y Bustos, 4th Duchess of Andría (b. 1938), daughter of the 3rd Duchess
See also
* List of dukes in the peerage of Spain
*List of current Grandees of Spain
Grandees of Spain ( es, 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 ...
References
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Dukedoms of Spain
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Lists of dukes
Lists of Spanish nobility