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Duke of San Miguel ( es, Duque de San Miguel) is a hereditary title in the peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in Search of title "San Miguel, duque de"
/ref> The title became vacant for more than 200 years until Francisco Franco rehabilitated it in
1625
Events
January–March
* January 17 – Led by the Duke of Soubise, the Huguenots launch a second rebellion against King Louis XIII, with a surprise naval assault on a French fleet being prepared in Blavet.
* February 3 – ...
by Philip IV to Juan Gravina y Cruyllas, viceroy of Sicily This is a list of viceroys of Sicily:
Aragonese direct rule 1409–1516
* John of Aragon, Duke of Peñafiel, later king John II of Aragon, 1458–1479, acted 1409–1416.
* Domingo Ram y Lanaja, Bishop of Lleida 1416–1419
* Antonio de Cardona ...
./ref> The title became vacant for more than 200 years until Francisco Franco rehabilitated it in
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...
on behalf of Juan Castillejo y Ussía, 6th Count of Floridablanca
Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...
and a descendant of the 2nd duke.
Federico Gravina
Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli, born Federico Carlo Gravina Cruyllas (12 August 1756 – 9 May 1806) was a Sicilian admiral in the service of the Spanish Empire, during the American Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. He died of wounds sustained d ...
, the Spanish admiral during the Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (180 ...
, was a son of the 1st Duke of San Miguel.
Disambiguation
In 1855Isabella 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 successi ...
granted a dukedom with the same name to Evaristo Fernández de San Miguel, Captain general of the Army
Captain General ( es, link=no, Capitán General) has been the highest rank in the Spanish Army (''Ejército de Tierra'') since the 18th century. A five-star rank with NATO code OF-10, it is equivalent to a field marshal of the armies of numerou ...
, with no relation to the present dukedom. Because the original Dukedom of San Miguel had been granted in the Kingdom of Sicily, it was not registered under Spain's peerage.
Dukes of San Miguel (1625)
*Juan Gravina y Cruilles, 1st Duke of San Miguel *Juan Gravina y Requesens, 2nd Duke of San MiguelDukes of San Miguel (1956)
*Juan Castillejo y Ussía, 3rd Duke of San Miguel *Juan Bautista Castillejo y Oriol, 4th Duke of San MiguelSee 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 ...
References
Bibliography
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