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, the ninth ''Tlatoani'', or ruler, of

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. Since 1766, the title has been attached to a ''

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'', or a place in the Spanish peerage — the highest honor accorded to Spanish nobility (see also

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History

The original title of Count of Moctezuma, from which it descends, was given by King

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in 1627 to Pedro Tesifón Moctezuma de la Cueva, 1st Viscount of Ilucán, Lord of Tula and Peza, a Knight of Santiago and a great-grandson of Moctezuma II through his son Pedro de Moctezuma Tlacahuepan and grandson

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(Ihuitl Temoc), Pedro Tesifón Moctezuma de la Cueva's father, who went to Spain.

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later granted the second holder of this title the qualification of ''de Tultengo'', in reference to a town in the Mexican state of Hidalgo which was part of the inheritance of Moctezuma's son Pedro. All subsequent holders from 1635-1865 used the title, "Count of Moctezuma de Tultengo" until the advancement to the rank of Duke removed ''de Tultengo''. The title of Duke of Moctezuma (without the qualification of 'de Tultengo') was granted to Antonio María Marcilla de Teruel-Moctezuma y Navarro, 14th Count of Moctezuma de Tultengo and 11th Marquis of Tenebrón on October 11, 1865 by Queen

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. The current holder of the title is Juan José Marcilla de Teruel-Moctezuma y Valcárcel, 6th Duke of Moctezuma de Tultengo. His father had assumed the title, and was regranted the qualification of ''de Tultengo'' (as the second Count of Moctezuma was in 1639) by King

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in 1992.

List of holders

Family tree

References

Bibliography

GONZÁLEZ ACOSTA, Alejandro. “Los herederos de Moctezuma”. Boletín Millares Carlo. ISSN 0211-2140, Nº. 20, 2001. Págs. 151-158.
* ÁLVAREZ NOGAL, Carlos. “El Conde de Moctezuma en el Reino de Granada.” El reino de Granada y el Nuevo Mundo. V Congreso Internacional de Historia de América, mayo de 1992, Vol. 2, 1994. . Págs. 105-116. {{DEFAULTSORT:Moctezuma De Tultengo Dukedoms of Spain Moctezuma family Mexican nobility Titles of nobility in the Americas