Marquess of Cañada Honda ( es, Marqués de Cañada Honda) is a
noble title
Traditional rank amongst European royalty, peers, and nobility is rooted in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Although they vary over time and among geographic regions (for example, one region's prince might be equal to another's grand duke), ...
in the
peerage of Spain, bestoweded on
Emilio Drake, by the Queen Regent
Maria Christina of Austria
Maria Christina Henriette Desideria Felicitas Raineria of Austria ( es, María Cristina de Habsburgo-Lorena; 21 July 1858 – 6 February 1929) was the second queen consort of Alfonso XII of Spain. She was queen regent during the vacancy of the ...
on 20 March 1893. The title refers to the volcanic area of Cañada Honda, in the province of
Almería
Almería (, , ) is a city and municipality of Spain, located in Andalusia. It is the capital of the province of the same name. It lies on southeastern Iberia on the Mediterranean Sea. Caliph Abd al-Rahman III founded the city in 955. The city gr ...
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/ref> Emilio Drake was son of the 1st Count of Vega Mar and the 7th Marchioness of Eguaras.
Marquesses of Cañada Honda (1893)
* Emilio Drake y de la Cerda, 1st Marquess of Cañada Honda (1855-1915)
*Francisco de Paula Drake y Fernández-Durán, 2nd Marquess of Cañada Honda (1880-1936), son of the 1st Marquess
*María de la Asunción Drake y Santiago, 3rd Marchioness of Cañada Honda (1906-1977), daughter of the 2nd Marquess
*Francisco de Paula Alfaro y Drake, 4th Marquess of Cañada Honda (b. 1940), son of the 3rd Marchioness
See also
*House of la Cerda
House de la Cerda is a noble line of the Crown of Castile descending from the ''Infante'' Ferdinand de la Cerda, eldest son of King Alfonso X. It was one of four noble lineages that arose directly from the Castilian royal family during the thirtee ...
References
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Lists of Spanish nobility