The Dukedom of Primo de Rivera ( es, Ducado de Primo de Rivera) was 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 ...

. The dukedom was posthumously bestowed on José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falangist movement, by General

Francisco Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War ...

as head of the

Spanish State Francoist Spain ( es, España franquista), or the Francoist dictatorship (), was the period of Spanish history between 1939 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . After his death in 1975, Spani ...

. Since José Antonio had no children, the title devolved to his younger brother ( Miguel Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia) and subsequently, for the very same reason, to his nephew

Miguel Primo de Rivera y Urquijo Miguel Primo de Rivera y Urquijo, 3rd Duke of Primo de Rivera, 5th Marquess of Estella (17 August 1934 – 3 December 2018) was a Spanish politician, lawyer and businessman. He was a grandchild of the Spanish dictator of the same name. He was may ...

. It was abolished in October 2022, under the purview of the Law of Democratic Memory.

Dukes of Primo de Rivera (1948–2022)

* José Antonio Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia, 1st Duke of Primo de Rivera (posthumous title, d. 1936) * Miguel Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia, 2nd Duke of Primo de Rivera (1948–1964) *

, 3rd Duke of Primo de Rivera (1965–2018) * Fernando Primo de Rivera y Oriol, 4th Duke of Primo de Rivera (2019–2022)

References

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