Duke of Fernandina is a hereditary title in the peerage of Spain. It was granted by King
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to
García Álvarez de Toledo y Osorio
García Álvarez de Toledo y Osorio, 4th Marquess of Villafranca del Bierzo (29 August 1514 – 31 May 1577), was a Spanish general and politician.
Biography
He was born at Villafranca del Bierzo, the son of Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, ...
,
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.
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and
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...
, and later
Marquis of Villafranca del Bierzo
250px, Castle of Villafranca.
Villafranca del Bierzo is a village and municipality located in the comarca of El Bierzo, in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain.
Villafranca del Bierzo lies 187 kilometers from Santiago de Compostela an ...
in inheritance from his elder brother. It was conferred on him the 24 December 1559, along with the principality of Montalbán. Fernandina is the only dukedom in Spain that is not attached to a
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 ...
ship. Its name makes reference to the town of
Ferrandina
Ferrandina ( Lucano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Matera, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is a center for production of high quality olive oil.
Geography data
The town is located on a hill in the Basento Valle ...
in southern Italy.
The title was usually held by the heirs apparent of the marquises of Villafranca, and merged into the
House of Medina Sidonia
The House of Medina Sidonia (Spanish: ''Casa de Medina Sidonia'') is a Spanish noble house originating from the crown of Castile, whose name comes from the Duke of Medina Sidonia, a hereditary noble title that John II of Castile granted to ...
Count of Niebla
Duke of Medina Sidonia ( es, Duque de Medina Sidonia) is a peerage grandee title of Spain in Medina-Sidonia, holding the oldest extant dukedom in the kingdom, first awarded by King John II of Castile in 1380.Pilar González de Gregorio, who asked for the resumption of the dormant dukedom. On 1 February 1993, the title was restored without grandeeship of Spain by King
Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I (;,
* ca, Joan Carles I,
* gl, Xoán Carlos I, Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 Novem ...
to Pilar, who became the 13th Duchess of Fernandina.
Francisco Álvarez de Toledo, 10th Duke of Fernandina
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''.
Nicknames
In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...
* Pilar González de Gregorio, 13th Duchess of Fernandina (b. 1957), great-great-granddaughter of the 12th Duke.
The title became extinct in 2012, following a legal battle of the last duchess with her nephew, Alonso González de Gregorio. However, it was rehabilitated in 2020 in favor of Alonso González de Gregorio.
*Alonso-Enrique González de Gregorio y Viñamata, 14th Duke of Fernandina (b. 1983), nephew of the 13th Duchess.
Family tree
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 ...
Notes
References
*''Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles'', Hidalguía Editions, 2008
*González de Gregorio Álvarez de Toledo, Pilar Ducado de Fernandina in ''Carlas as Director'',
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