Duke of Santoña ( es, Duque de Santoña) 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 1875 by
Alfonso XII to Juan Manuel de Manzanedo, an important
railway and banking tycoon who contributed greatly to the
Bourbon Restoration in Spain
The Restoration ( es, link=no, Restauración), or Bourbon Restoration (Spanish: ''Restauración borbónica''), is the name given to the period that began on 29 December 1874—after a coup d'état by General Arsenio Martínez Campos ended the F ...
.
Real Academia de la Historia (DBE) Biografías: Juan Manuel de Manzanero y González de la Teja
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The title makes reference to the port city of Santoña
Santoña is a town in the eastern coast of the autonomous community of Cantabria, on the north coast of Spain. It is situated by the bay of the same name. It is from the capital Santander. Santoña is divided into two zones, an urban plain, and a ...
in Cantabria.
Dukes of Santoña (1875)
* Juan Manuel de Manzanedo y González de la Teja, 1st Duke of Santoña (1803-1882)
* Juan Manuel Mitjans y Manzanedo, 2nd Duke of Santoña (1865-1929), eldest son of Josefa de Manzanedo e Intentas, eldest daughter of the 1st Duke
* Juan Manuel Mitjans y Murrieta, 3rd Duke of Santoña (1891-1965), eldest son of the 2nd Duke
* Juan Manuel Mitjans y López de Carrizosa, 4th Duke of Santoña (1917-1967), eldest son of the 3rd Duke
* Juan Manuel Mitjans y Domecq, 5th Duke of Santoña (b. 1951), eldest son of the 4th Duke
See also
* List of dukes in the peerage of Spain
*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 ...
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