Duke of Gandía ( ca-valencia, Ducat de Gandia, ) is a title of

Spanish nobility Spanish nobles are persons who possess the legal status of hereditary nobility according to the laws and traditions of the Spanish monarchy and historically also those who held personal nobility as bestowed by one of the three highest orders of ...

that was first created in 1399 by

Martin of Aragon Martin the Humane (29 July 1356 – 31 May 1410), also called the Elder and the Ecclesiastic, was King of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia and Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409 (as Martin II). He failed to secure th ...

and granted to

Alfonso of Aragon and Foix Alfonso de Aragón y Foix (1332 - Gandia, 5 March 1412) Iglesias Costa, Manuel (2001) ''Historia del condado de Ribagorza'' . p. 267. Huesca: Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses: Diputación de Huesca. . also called Alfonso I of Gandía "the old" ...

. It has its origin in the

lordship A lordship is a territory held by a lord. It was a landed estate that served as the lowest administrative and judicial unit in rural areas. It originated as a unit under the feudal system during the Middle Ages. In a lordship, the functions of econ ...

Gandía Gandia ( es, Gandía) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, eastern Spain on the Mediterranean. Gandia is located on the Costa del Azahar (or ''Costa dels Tarongers''), south of Valencia and north of Alicante. Vehicles can acc ...

created in 1323 by

James II of Aragon James II (Catalan: ''Jaume II''; Spanish: ''Jaime II;'' 10 April 1267 – 2 or 5 November 1327), called the Just,, an, Chaime lo Chusto, es, Jaime el Justo. was the King of Aragon and Valencia and Count of Barcelona from 1291 to 1327. He ...

. Later, having no direct descendants, the title passed from the

House of Barcelona The House of Barcelona was a medieval dynasty that ruled the County of Barcelona continuously from 878 and the Crown of Aragon from 1137 (as kings from 1162) until 1410. They descend from the Bellonids, the descendants of Wifred the Hairy. The ...

to the

House of Trastámara The House of Trastámara (Spanish, Aragonese and Catalan: Casa de Trastámara) was a royal dynasty which first ruled in the Crown of Castile and then expanded to the Crown of Aragon in the late middle ages to the early modern period. They were a ...

. The title was re-established in 1483 by

Ferdinand II of Aragon Ferdinand II ( an, Ferrando; ca, Ferran; eu, Errando; it, Ferdinando; la, Ferdinandus; es, Fernando; 10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516), also called Ferdinand the Catholic (Spanish: ''el Católico''), was King of Aragon and Sardinia from ...

as a favour to Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia for his son Pedro Luis (Pier Luigi de Borgia). The dukedom then went to Pier Luigi's half-brother

Juan ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

(Giovanni Borgia). He was assassinated, and his young son inherited the title. The fourth duke was the religious figure

Francesco Borgia Francis Borgia ( ca-valencia, Francesc de Borja; es, Francisco de Borja; 28 October 1510 – 30 September 1572) was a Spanish Jesuit priest. The great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI, he was Duke of Gandía and a grandee of Spain. After th ...

. After the death of his wife, with whom he had a large family, he became a

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Dukes of Gandía

House of Aragon

*Pedro de Aragón y Anjou, Lord of Gandía (1323–1359) #

, Lord of Gandía (1359–1399), Duke of Gandia (1399–1412) # Alfonso of Aragon and Eiximenis (1412–1422) #

Hugo of Cardona and Gandia Hugo Folch of Cardona and Gandía, known as "the Navarrese" (?, ~1405 - ?, ~1470) was Duke of Gandía (1425-1433) and gentleman of Guadalest. He was son of the count of Cardona Juan Ramón Folch and of Cardona, and Joana of Gandía. In 1412, due t ...

(1425–1433)

House of Trastámara

Royal Coat of Arms of the Crown of Castile (15th Century)

John II of Aragon John II (Spanish: ''Juan II'', Catalan: ''Joan II'', Aragonese: ''Chuan II'' and eu, Joanes II; 29 June 1398 – 20 January 1479), called the Great (''el Gran'') or the Faithless (''el Sense Fe''), was King of Aragon from 1458 until his death i ...

(1433–1439) *

Charles, Prince of Viana Charles, Prince of Viana ( eu, Karlos IV.a) (29 May 1421 – 23 September 1461), sometimes called Charles IV of Navarre, was the son of King John II of Aragon and Queen Blanche I of Navarre. Background His mother was the daughter and heiress of C ...

(1439–1461) *

(1461–1483)

House of Borja or Borgia

On 20 December 1483, the title was re-established by

and granted to the

House of Borgia The House of Borgia ( , ; Spanish and an, Borja ; ca-valencia, Borja ) was an Italian-Aragonese Spanish noble family, which rose to prominence during the Italian Renaissance. They were from Valencia, the surname being a toponymic from the town ...

, of Spain and Italy. # Pier Luigi de Borgia (''Pedro Luis de Borja''), 1st duke # Giovanni Borgia (''Juan de Borja''), 2nd duke #Juan de Borja y Enríquez de Luna, son of Giovanni Borgia, (1495–1543), 3rd duke #

Saint Francis Borgia Francis Borgia ( ca-valencia, Francesc de Borja; es, Francisco de Borja; 28 October 1510 – 30 September 1572) was a Spanish Jesuit priest. The great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI, he was Duke of Gandía and a grandee of Spain. After t ...

(''Francisco de Borja''), 4th duke #Carlos de Borja y Aragón, 5th duke #Francisco Tomás de Borja Aragón y Centelles, 6th duke #Francisco Carlos de Borja Aragón y Centelles, 7th duke #Francisco Diego Pascual de Borja Aragón y Centelles, 8th duke #Francisco Carlos de Borja Aragón y Centelles, 9th duke #Pascual Francisco de Borja Aragón y Centelles, 10th duke #Luis Ignacio Francisco Juan de Borja Aragón y Centelles, 11th duke #María Ana Antonia Luisa de Borja Aragón y Centelles, 12th duchess (d. 1748)

House of Pimentel

*Francisco de Borja Alfonso Pimentel y Borja *María Josefa Pimentel y Téllez-Girón

House of Osuna

* Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Beaufort * Mariano Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin *Pedro de Alcantara Téllez-Girón y Fernández de Santillán *María de los Dolores Téllez-Girón y Dominé *Ángela María Téllez-Girón y Duque de Estrada *Chantal Salas-Perez de Gandia *Ángela María de Ulloa y Solís-Beaumont

Notes

References

Van de Put, Albert: The aragonese double crown the Borja or Borgia device

Francisco Fernández de Bethencourt - Historia Genealógica y Heráldica Española, Casa Real y Grandes de España, tomo cuarto

Una rama subsistente del linaje Borja en América española, por Jaime de Salazar y Acha, Académico de Número de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía
*Hollingsworth, Mary (2011): The Borgias. History's Most Notorious Dynasty. Quercus.

External links

Gregorio Mayans y la práctica jurídica: Su intervención en el pleito de sucesión el Ducado de Gandía
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gandia, Duke Of Dukedoms of Spain Route of the Borgias Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba