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This is a list of the 149 present and extant royal and non-royal
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 ran ...
s in the
peerage
A peerage is a legal system historically comprising various hereditary titles (and sometimes non-hereditary titles) in a number of countries, and composed of assorted noble ranks.
Peerages include:
Australia
* Australian peers
Belgium
* Belgi ...
of the
Kingdom of Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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.
The oldest six titles – created between 1380 and 1476 – were
Duke of Medina Sidonia
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.Duke of Alburquerque
Duke of Alburquerque ( es, Duque de Alburquerque) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1464 by Henry IV to Beltrán de la Cueva, his "royal favourite" and grand master of the Order ...
(1464),
Duke of Segorbe
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 to Enrique de Aragón, son of Infante Henry, Duke of Villena and Beatriz de ...
(1469),
Duke of Alba
Duke of Alba de Tormes ( es, Duque de Alba de Tormes), commonly known as Duke of Alba, is a title of Spanish nobility that is accompanied by the dignity of Grandee of Spain. In 1472, the title of ''Count of Alba de Tormes'', inherited by ...
(1472),
Duke of Escalona
Duke of Escalona ( es, Duque de Escalona) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1472 by Henry IV to Juan Pacheco, 1st Marquess of Villena.
The title refers to the village Escalo ...
(1472), and
Duke of Infantado
Duke of the Infantado ( es, Duque del Infantado) is a Spanish peerage title that was granted to Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Figueroa, son of Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, by the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand II of Aragon a ...
(1475).
Spanish dukes have
precedence over other ranks of
Spanish nobility
Spanish nobles are persons who possess the legal status of hereditary nobility according to the laws and traditions of the Spanish monarchy and historically also those who held personal nobility as bestowed by one of the three highest orders of ...
, nowadays all holding the court rank of ''
Grande de España'', ''i.e.''
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 ...
of the Realm. The only exception to this is the
Dukedom of Fernandina, which due to a series of complex rehabilitation processes was never recognised with such title.
[Salazar y Acha, Jaime de, ''Los grandes de España (siglos XV-XXI)'', Ediciones Hidalguía (Madrid, 2012), p. 474]
Dukes in the peerage of Spain
See also
*
Spanish nobility
Spanish nobles are persons who possess the legal status of hereditary nobility according to the laws and traditions of the Spanish monarchy and historically also those who held personal nobility as bestowed by one of the three highest orders of ...
*
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 ...
*
List of viscounts in the peerage of Spain
This is a list of present and extant viscounts in the peerage of the Kingdom of Spain hold by people with Spanish citizenship.
Note that some of the titles are only used as subsidiary titles.
This list does not include extinct, dormant, abeya ...
*
List of barons in the peerage of Spain
This is a list of the 168 present and extant barons in the peerage of the Kingdom of Spain.
Barons in the peerage of Spain
See also
*Spanish nobility
*List of dukes in the peerage of Spain
This is a list of the 149 present and extant ...
*
List of lords in the peerage of Spain
This is a list of the present and extant lords in the peerage of the Kingdom of Spain.
Lords in the peerage of Spain
See also
*Spanish nobility
*List of dukes in the peerage of Spain
* List of viscounts in the peerage of Spain
*List of baron ...
References
Bibliography
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External links
Consejo de la Grandeza de España: Title guide
{{European nobility
Dukedoms
Dukedom may refer to:
* The title and office of a duke
* Duchy, the territory ruled by a duke
* Dukedom, Kentucky and Tennessee, United States
* ''Dukedom'' (game), a land management game
See also
* Lists of dukedoms
Lists of dukedoms include: ...
Spain, Dukes