Duke of Segorbe ( es, Duque de Segorbe) is an hereditary title in the
peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of
Grandee and granted in 1469 by
John II of Aragon
John II ( Spanish: ''Juan II'', Catalan: ''Joan II'', Aragonese: ''Chuan II'' and eu, Joanes II; 29 June 1398 – 20 January 1479), called the Great (''el Gran'') or the Faithless (''el Sense Fe''), was King of Aragon from 1458 until his death ...
to
Enrique de Aragón, son of
Infante Henry, Duke of Villena
Infante Henry of Aragon (1400 – 15 June 1445), 1st Duke of Villena, 4th Count of Alburquerque, Count of Ampurias, was the Grand Master of the Order of Santiago.
Childhood
A member of the House of Trastamara, Henry was the third son of K ...
and Beatriz de Pimentel, from whom the
ducal
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ran ...
house of Medinaceli
Duke of Medinaceli () is an hereditary title in the peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee. The Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, created the title and awarded it on 31 October 1479 to Lui ...
descends.
Current Duke of Segorbe
Ignacio Medina y Fernández de Córdoba succeeded in 1969 as 19th Duke of Segorbe before marrying Princess Maria da Glória de Orléans-Braganza in 1985.
The Duke and Duchess of Segorbe have two daughters:
* Sol María de la Blanca Medina y
Orléans-Braganza
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, 54th
Countess of Ampurias (b. 1986), heiress apparent to her
father's titles;
* Ana Luna Medina y Orléans-Braganza, 17th
Countess of Ricla (b. 1988).
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Succession
As with other Spanish noble titles, the duke
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are rank ...
dom of Segorbe descended according to cognatic primogeniture
Primogeniture ( ) is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn legitimate child to inherit the parent's entire or main estate in preference to shared inheritance among all or some children, any illegitimate child or any collateral relativ ...
, meaning that females could inherit the title if they had no brothers (or if their brothers had no issue). That changed in 2006, since when the eldest child (regardless of gender) can automatically succeed to noble family titles.
List of titleholders
See also
* Cardinal Fernández de Córdoba
* Casa de Medinaceli
* 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
* Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles. Instituto "Salazar y Castro", C.S.I.C.
www.fundacionmedinaceli.org
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Dukedoms of Spain
Lists of dukes
Segorbe