The Dukedom of Dato is a
Spanish dukedom created on 21 March 1921. King
Alfonso XIII of Spain created the Dukedom for
María de Barrenechea whose husband,
Eduardo Dato e Iradier
Eduardo Dato e Iradier (12 August 1856 – 8 March 1921) was a Spanish political leader during the Spanish Restoration period. He served three times as Spanish prime minister: from 27 October 1913 to 9 December 1915, from 11 June 1917 to 3 Nov ...
,
Prime Minister of Spain
The prime minister of Spain, officially president of the Government ( es, link=no, Presidente del Gobierno), is the head of government of Spain. The office was established in its current form by the Constitution of Spain, Constitution of 1978 a ...
, had been assassinated on 8 March 1921.
Succession
Like all other Spanish noble titles, the Dukedom of Dato descended according to male-preference
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 Dukedom if they had no brothers (or if their brothers had no issue). That changed in 2006 and the eldest child (regardless of sex) succeeds to the Dukedom.
History
Upon the death of the 1st Duchess, the title was inherited by her eldest daughter, Isabel Dato. The 2nd Duchess died unmarried and childless, so the Dukedom devolved upon her younger sister,
María del Carmen Dato. The 3rd Duchess was succeeded by her son, Eduardo Espinosa de los Monteros y Dato, who was in turn succeeded by his own son, Eduardo Espinosa de los Monteros y Español.
List of holders
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