Duke of Camiña ( es, Duque de Camiña) is a hereditary title in the
Peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of
Grandee
Grandee (; es, Grande de España, ) is an official royal and noble ranks, aristocratic title conferred on some Spanish nobility. Holders of this dignity enjoyed similar privileges to those of the peerage of France during the , though in neith ...
, granted in 1619 by
Philip III to a Portuguese aristocrat, Miguel de Meneses, 2nd Duke of Vila Real in the peerage of Portugal.
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The title makes reference to the town of Caminha
Caminha () is a municipality in the north-west of Portugal, 21 km north from Viana do Castelo, located in the Viana do Castelo District. The population in 2011 was 16,684, in an area of 136.52 km².
Caminha is subdivided into 14 civil pa ...
, Portugal, and was granted originally by Philip III as a title of Portuguese nobility, as he was also king of Portugal
This is a list of Portuguese monarchs who ruled from the establishment of the Kingdom of Portugal, in 1139, to the deposition of the Portuguese monarchy and creation of the Portuguese Republic with the 5 October 1910 revolution.
Through the n ...
. When the two countries were separated, Philip IV of Spain
Philip IV ( es, Felipe, pt, Filipe; 8 April 160517 September 1665), also called the Planet King (Spanish: ''Rey Planeta''), was King of Spain from 1621 to his death and (as Philip III) King of Portugal from 1621 to 1640. Philip is remembered f ...
recognised the Dukedom of Camiña as a title in the peerage of Spain.
Dukes of Camiña (1619)
* Miguel de Meneses y Noronha, 1st Duke of Camiña
* Miguel Luis de Meneses y Noronha, 2nd Duke of Camiña
*María Beatriz de Meneses y Noronha, 3rd Duchess of Camiña
* Pedro Damián Portocarrero y Meneses, 4th Duke of Camiña
* Luisa Feliciana Portocarrero y Meneses, 5th Duchess of Camiña
* Guillén Ramón de Moncada y Portocarrero, 6th Duke of Camiña
* María Teresa de Moncada y Benavides, 7th Duchess of Camiña
*Pedro de Alcántara Fernández de Córdoba y Moncada, 8th Duke of Camiña
*Luis María Fernández de Córdoba y Gonzaga, 9th Duke of Camiña
*Luis Joaquín Fernández de Córdoba y Benavides, 10th Duke of Camiña
*Luis Antonio Fernández de Córdoba y Ponce de León, 11th Duke of Camiña
*Luis María Fernández de Córdoba y Pérez de Barradas, 12th Duke of Camiña
* Luis Jesús Fernández de Córdoba y Salabert, 13th Duke of Camiña
* Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba y Fernández de Henestrosa, 14th Duchess of Camiña
* Victoria de Hohenlohe-Langenburg y Schmidt-Polex, 15th Duchess of Camiña
See also
*List of dukes in the peerage of Spain
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 ...
*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 b ...
References
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Dukedoms of Spain
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