Duke of Escalona ( es, Duque de Escalona) 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 ...
and granted in 1472 by
Henry IV to
Juan Pacheco
Juan Pacheco, 1st Duke of Escalona (1419 – 1 October 1474), better known as Juan Pacheco, Marquess of Villena, was a Castilian noble of Portuguese descent who rose to power in the last years of the reign of Juan II of Castile and came to dom ...
, 1st
Marquess of Villena
Marquess of Villena ( es, Marqués de Villena) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, granted in 1445 by John II to Juan Pacheco, Grand Master of the Order of Santiago and later also 1st Duke of Escalona.
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The title refers to the village Escalona del Alberche, in the Province of Toledo
Toledo is a province of central Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Madrid, Cuenca, Ciudad Real, Badajoz, Cáceres, and Ávila. Its capital is the city of Toledo.
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The Dukes of Escalona remained an important family throughout the history of Spain. Charles III of Spain
it, Carlo Sebastiano di Borbone e Farnese
, house = Bourbon-Anjou
, father = Philip V of Spain
, mother = Elisabeth Farnese
, birth_date = 20 January 1716
, birth_place = Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Spain
, death_d ...
made Juan Pacheco, 11th Duke-consort of Escalona a Grandee of Spain
Grandee (; es, Grande de España, ) is an official 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 neither country did they ha ...
first class in 1750. They had many other titles, including : ''Marquess of Villena'', ''Count of Xiquena'', ''Count of San Esteban de Gormaz'', ''Count of Castañeda'', etc.
Dukes of Escalona (1472)
* Juan Pacheco, 1st Duke of Escalona
Juan Pacheco, 1st Duke of Escalona (1419 – 1 October 1474), better known as Juan Pacheco, Marquess of Villena, was a Castilian noble of Portuguese descent who rose to power in the last years of the reign of Juan II of Castile and came to dom ...
(1419–1474)
* Diego Lopez de Pacheco, 2nd Duke of Escalona
Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: ''Tiago'' and ''Didacus''.
Et ...
(1456–1529)
* Diego López Pacheco, 3rd Duke of Escalona (1506–1556)
* Francisco Pacheco, 4th Duke of Escalona (1532–1574)
* Juan Fernandez Pacheco, 5th Duke of Escalona
Don Juan Fernández Pacheco, (20 December 1563, in Escalona, Spain – 5 May 1615, in Escalona, Spain), 5th Duke of Escalona, 5th Marquis of Villena and 5th Count of Xiquena was a Spanish nobleman and, between 1607 and 1610, viceroy of Sicily.
He ...
(1563–1615)
* Felipe Fernández Pacheco, 6th Duke of Escalona (1596–1633)
* Diego López Pacheco, 7th Duke of Escalona
Don Diego Roque López Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla, 7th Duke of Escalona, 7th Marquess of Villena and 7th Count of Xiquena (16 August 1599, La Mancha, Spain – 27 February 1653, Pamplona, Spain) was a Spanish nobleman who was viceroy of New Sp ...
(1599–1653)
* Juan Manuel López de Pacheco, 8th Duke of Escalona
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...
(1650–1725)
* Mercurio López Pacheco, 9th Duke of Escalona
Mercurio Antonio López Pacheco y Portugal Acuña Manrique Silva Girón y Portocarrero, twice Grandee of Spain, 9th Duke of Escalona, 9th Marquis of Villena, 15th Count of Castañeda, 11th Count of San Esteban de Gormaz and 9th Count of Xiquena ( ...
(1679–1738)
* Andrés Fernández Pacheco, 10th Duke of Escalona
Andrés María Hipólito Casiano José Antonio Cayetano Fernández Pacheco y Moscoso Acuña Silva Manrique Girón Portocarrero y Portugal, twice Grandee of Spain, 10th Duke of Escalona, 10th Marquis of Villena, 16th Count of Castañeda, 12th Count ...
(1710–1746)
* Juan López Pacheco, 11th Duke of Escalona (1746–1751)
* Felipe Lopez-Pacheco de La Cueva, 12th Duke of Escalona (1727–1798)
* (1754–1811)
* Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 14th Duke of Escalona (1783–1851)
* Francisco de Borja de Martorell y Téllez-Girón, 15th Duke of Escalona (1839–1897)
* Mariano Tellez-Giron y Fernandez de Cordoba, 16th Duke of Escalona (1887–1931)
* Gabino de Martorell y Téllez-Girón, 17th Duke of Escalona (1894–1918)
* María de La Soledad de Martorell y Castillejo, 18th Duchess of Escalona (1924–)
* Ángela María Téllez-Girón y Duque de Estrada, 19th Duchess of Escalona (1961–1966)
* Francisco de Borja de Soto y Martorell, 19th Duke of Escalona (1966–1997)
* Francisco de Borja de Soto y Moreno-Santamaría, 20th Duke of de Escalona
See 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 b ...
References
External links
List of Dukes of Escalona
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Dukedoms of Spain
Noble titles created in 1472