Duke of Francavilla ( es, Duque de Francavilla) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of

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and granted in 1555 by

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to Diego Hurtado de Mendoza,

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and

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and son of

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.Search of title "Francavilla, duque de"
/ref> The title makes reference to the town of

Francavilla Fontana Francavilla Fontana ( Francavillese: ) is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Brindisi and region of Apulia, in southern Italy. It is also called the town of the "Imperiali", after the Imperiali, a family of feudal lords who ...

in the former

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, at the time a part of the

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Dukes of Francavilla (1555)

* Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y de la Cerda, 1st Duke of Francavilla * Ana Hurtado de Mendoza y de Silva, 2nd Duchess of Francavilla *Diego Gómez de Silva y Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Duke of Francavilla *Rui Gómez de Silva y Mendoza, 4th Duke of Francavilla *Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y De Silva, 5th Duke of Francavilla * Gregorio María de Silva y Mendoza, 6th Duke of Francavilla *Juan de Dios de Silva y Haro, 7th Duke of Francavilla *María Teresa de Silva y Gutiérrez de los Ríos, 8th Duchess of Francavilla * Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo y Silva, 9th Duke of Francavilla * Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo y Salm-Salm, 10th Duke of Francavilla * Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin, 11th Duke of Francavilla * Mariano Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin, 12th Duke of Francavilla *Manuel Álvarez de Toledo y Lasparre, 13th Duke of Francavilla *Iñigo de Arteaga y Falguera, 14th Duke of Francavilla *Jaime de Arteaga y Martín, 15th Duke of Francavilla

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Dukes of Francavilla (1555)

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