Duke of San Pedro de Galatino ( es, Duque de San Pedro de Galatino) 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 1621 by
Philip IV Philip IV may refer to:
* Philip IV of Macedon (died 297 BC)
* Philip IV of France (1268–1314), Avignon Papacy
* Philip IV of Burgundy or Philip I of Castile (1478–1506)
* Philip IV, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1542–1602)
* Philip IV of Spain ...
to Juan Bautista Spínola, a
Genoese nobleman.
[Hidalgos de España (2018). p. 788]
The name makes reference to the town of
Galatina in
Apulia
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Unification of italy
The unification of Italy ( it, Unità d'Italia ), also known as the ''Risorgimento'' (, ; ), was the 19th-century Political movement, political and social movement that resulted in the Merger (politics), consolidation of List of historic stat ...
as "San Pietro in Galatina".
Dukes of San Pedro de Galatino (1621)
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Juan Bautista Spínola y Lecari, 1st Duke of San Pedro de Galatino
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Juan Felipe Spínola y Spínola, 2nd Duke of San Pedro de Galatino
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Francisco María Spínola y Spínola, 3rd Duke of San Pedro de Galatino
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Juan Felipe Spínola y Spínola, 4th Duke of San Pedro de Galatino
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Isabel María Spínola y Spínola, 6th Duchess of San Pedro de Galatino
*Carlos Gallarati Scotti y Belloni, 7th Duke of San Pedro de Galatino
Dukes of San Pedro de Galatino (1905)
*Julio Quesada-Cañaveral y Piédrola, 8th Duke of San Pedro de Galatino
*Rodrigo de Medinilla y Quesada-Cañaveral, 9th Duke of San Pedro de Galatino
*Gonzalo de Medinilla y Quesada-Cañaveral, 10th Duke of San Pedro de Galatino
*Teresa de Medinilla y Bernales, 11th Duchess of San Pedro de Galatino
Contested claimants
In the 19th century, the 7th duke's descendants ceased to pay their title inheritance taxes in Spain, and as a consequence the title became vacant, but was still recognised in the
Kingdom of Italy
The Kingdom of Italy ( it, Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Kingdom of Sardinia, Sardinia was proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, proclaimed King of Italy, until 1946, when civil discontent led to ...
. In 1905, the Spanish king
Alfonso XIII rehabilitated the dukedom on behalf of Julio Quesada-Cañaveral, a descendant of the 3rd duke. The title was still claimed by the Italian descendants of the 7th duke, and so there continues to be an unrecognised pretender to the title in the Republic of Italy, where peerage titles were abolished in 1946.
See also
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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 ...
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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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