Duke of Plasencia (''Ducado de Plasencia'') is a hereditary title in the
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 ...
. It was granted on 1476 by Queen
Isabella I
Isabella I ( es, Isabel I; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504), also called Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: ''la Católica''), was Queen of Castile from 1474 until her death in 1504, as well as Queen consort of Aragon from 1479 until 1504 by ...
and King
Ferdinand V of Castile
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 ...
, '' The
Catholic Monarchs'', to
Álvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán
Álvaro de Zúñiga y GuzmánOther spellings for Zúñiga: Estúñiga, Stúñiga and Stunica.(Encinas de Esgueva, 1410 - Béjar, June 10, 10 June 1488) was a Kingdom of Castile, Castilian Nobility, nobleman, member of the influential House of Zú ...
, 2nd count of Plasencia and also 1st
Duke of Béjar
Duke of Béjar ( es, Duque de Béjar) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1485 by the Catholic Monarchs to Álvaro de Zúñiga, 1st Duke of Plasencia and chief justice of Casti ...
, 1st Duke of Arévalo and 1st Count of Bañares, in acknowledgment for his loyalty during the
War of Castilian Succession
The War of the Castilian Succession was the military conflict contested from 1475 to 1479 for the succession of the Crown of Castile fought between the supporters of Joanna 'la Beltraneja', reputed daughter of the late monarch Henry IV of Castil ...
.
The dukedom of Arévalo was forfeit, but those of Béjar and Plasencia where inherited by the descendants of the 1st duke and were held jointly until the 19th century. In 1777, the two titles were inherited by
María Josefa Pimentel, 14th Countess Duchess of Benavente and
Duchess Consort of Osuna, so the dukedoms left the House of Zúñiga to enter into that of Osuna. After the death of the
12th duke of Osuna, all his titles were distributed by royal warrants among his numerous nephews, as Queen
Isabella II
Isabella II ( es, Isabel II; 10 October 1830 – 9 April 1904), was Queen of Spain from 29 September 1833 until 30 September 1868.
Shortly before her birth, the King Ferdinand VII of Spain issued a Pragmatic Sanction to ensure the successio ...
didn't want the main
heir presumptive
An heir presumptive is the person entitled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir apparent or a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the position in question.
...
, the
duke of Alba, to accumulate such an immense amount of lands and titles.
Then, the Dukedom of Plasencia was claimed and granted with
grandeeship of Spain to
María del Pilar Gayoso de los Cobos. The next three dukes died without issue, so the title was claimed in 1962 by
Ángela María Téllez-Girón, 16th Duchess of Osuna
Angela may refer to:
Places
* Angela, Montana
* Angela Lake, in Volusia County, Florida
* Lake Angela, in Lyon Township, Oakland County, Michigan
* Lake Angela, the reservoir impounded by the source dam of the South Yuba River
Fiction
* Ange ...
, who ceded it in 1974 to her second daughter,
María de Gracia de Solís-Beaumont, the former holder of the title, married to
Carlo Emanuele Ruspoli, 3rd Duke of Morignano
''Don'' Carlo Emanuele Maria (Carlos Manuel María) Ruspoli, Duke of Morignano (born 29 October 1949) is a nobleman and architect. Firstborn son of Galeazzo Maria Alvise Emanuele Ruspoli, 2nd Duke of Morignano and first wife '' Doña'' María El ...
.
Dukes of Plasencia (1476-)
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Álvaro de Zúñiga, 1st Duke of Béjar and Plasencia (c. 1410-1588).
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Álvaro de Zúñiga, 2nd Duke of Béjar and Plasencia (1455-1532), eldest son of the 1st duke's eldest son.
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Teresa de Zúñiga, 3rd Duchess of Béjar and Plasencia (c. 1500-1565), only daughter of the 2nd duke's brother.
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Francisco Diego de Zúñiga, 4th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''.
Nicknames
In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...
(c. 1530-1591), elder surviving son of the 3rd duchess.
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Francisco Diego de Zúñiga, 5th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia (c. 1560-1601), eldest son of the 4th duke.
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Alfonso Diego de Zúñiga, 6th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia (c. 1580-1620), second son of the 5th duke.
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Francisco Diego de Zúñiga, 6th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia (c. 1596-1636), only son of the 6th duke.
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Alfonso de Zúñiga, 8th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia (c. 1615-1660), eldest son of the 7th duke.
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Juan Manuel de Zúñiga, 9th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia (c. 1620-1660), second son of the 7th duke.
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Manuel Diego de Zúñiga, 10th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia (1657-1668), eldest son of the 9th duke.
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Juan Manuel de Zúñiga, 11th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia (1680-1747), eldest son of the 10th duke.
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Joaquín de Zúñiga, 12th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia (1715-1771), eldest son of the 11th duke.
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María Josefa Pimentel, 12th Countess Duchess of Benavente and 13th Duchess of Bejar and Plasencia (1750-1834), great-granddaughter of the 10th duke's only sister.
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Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón, 11th Duke of Osuna and 14th Duke of Bejar and Plasencia (1810-1844), eldest son of the 13th duchess' eldest surviving son.
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Mariano Téllez-Girón, 12th Duke of Osuna and 15th Duke of Bejar and Plasencia (1814-1882), second son of the 13th duchess' eldest surviving son.
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María del Pilar Gayoso de los Cobos, 16th Duchess of Plasencia (1856-1939), granddaughter of the 13th duchess' seventh daughter.
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Ignacio Fernández de Henestrosa, 17th Duke of Plasencia (1880-1948), elder son of the 16th duchess' eldest sister.
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José María Martorell, 18th Duke of Plasencia (1903-1960), great-grandson of the 14th duke's second brother.
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Ángela María Téllez-Girón, 16th Duchess of Osuna and 19th Duchess of Plasencia (1925-2015), great-granddaughter of the 14th duke's second brother.
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María de Gracia de Solís-Beaumont, 20th Duchess of Plasencia (1957-2021), second daughter of the 19th duchess.
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María de Gracia Giacinta Ruspoli y Solís-Beaumont, 21st Duchess of Plasencia and 16th Marchioness of the Villar de Grajanejos (b. 1977), married with
Javier Isidro González de Gregorio y Molina,
[ Carrillo de Albornoz, José Miguel, ''Duquesas'', La Esfera de los Libros, Madrid, 2011, ISBN 978-84-9970-015-1, p. 350 et seq.] of the
Counts of la Puebla de Valverde's family (and member of the Casa de Zúñiga through the Counts of Nieva), who have two daughters, María de Gracia (b. 2015) and Blanca Micaela (b. 2018) González de Gregorio y Ruspoli.
Family tree
Notes
References
*''Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles'', Hidalguía Editions, 2008
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Dukedoms of Spain
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