Duke Of Abrantes

Duke of Abrantes ( es, Duque de Abrantes) is a hereditary title in the Spanish nobility, Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1642 by Philip IV of Spain, Philip IV to Afonso of Lencastre, Alfonso de Láncaster, son of the Álvaro of Lencastre, 3rd Duke of Aveiro, 3rd Duke of Aveiro and a great-grandchild of John II of Portugal. It takes its name from the city of Abrantes in Portugal.

Bernardo de Carvajal y Moctezuma, 2nd Count of Enjarada, is an ancestor of the Dukes of Abrantes, thereby making them descendants of Isabel Moctezuma, Doña Isabel Moctezuma and the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II. This Duke, ducal family formerly owned the ''Palacio de los Toledo-Moctezuma'' at Cáceres, Spain, Cáceres in Spain.

The Habsburgs were deposed from the Portuguese throne in 1640, two years before this dukedom was created. The title was never recognised in Portugal, but it remains extant in Spain. The present Duke of Abrantes, who is also a Grandee of Spain, is Don José Manuel de Zuleta y Alejandro, who is the Secretary of Queen Letizia of Spain.www.elmundo.es
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*Recreo de las Cadenas
*Palacio del Marqués de Casa Riera

Dukes of Abrantes (1642)

*Afonso of Lencastre, Alfonso de Láncaster y Enríquez de Girón, 1st Duke of Abrantes
*Agustín de Láncaster y Sande, 2nd Duke of Abrantes
*Juan Manuel de Láncaster y Noroña, 3rd Duke of Abrantes
*Juan Antonio de Carvajal y Láncaster, 4th Duke of Abrantes
*Manuel Bernardino de Carvajal y Zúñiga, 5th Duke of Abrantes
*Ángel María de Carvajal y Gonzaga, 6th Duke of Abrantes
*Manuel Guillermo de Carvajal y Fernández de Córdoba, 7th Duke of Abrantes
*Ángel María de Carvajal y Fernández de Córdoba, 8th Duke of Abrantes
*Ángel María de Carvajal y Téllez-Girón, 9th Duke of Abrantes
*Ángel Luis de Carvajal y Fernández de Córdoba y Téllez-Girón, 10th Duke of Abrantes
*Manuel Bernardino de Carvajal y Gutiérrez de la Concha, 11th Duke of Abrantes
*Carmen de Carvajal y del Alcázar, 12th Duke of Abrantes
*Diego de Zuleta y Carvajal, 13th Duke of Abrantes
*José Manuel Zuleta y Carvajal, 14th Duke of Abrantes
*José Manuel Zuleta y Alejandro, 15th Duke of Abrantes

See also

*List of dukes in the peerage of Spain
*List of current Grandees of Spain

References

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Dukedoms of Spain
Grandees of Spain
Lists of dukes
Lists of Spanish nobility