Coat of arms of Francisco de Paula of Bourbon and Escasany

Duke of Seville ( es, Duque de Sevilla) is a title of Spanish nobility that was granted in 1823 by King

Ferdinand VII of Spain , house = Bourbon-Anjou , father = Charles IV of Spain , mother = Maria Luisa of Parma , birth_date = 14 October 1784 , birth_place = El Escorial, Spain , death_date = , death_place = Madrid, Spain , burial_p ...

to his nephew, Infante Enrique of Spain. The Dukes of Seville are members of the Spanish branch of the

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, and they are also Grandees of Spain. Since 22 October 1968, the holder of the ducal title has been '' Don''

Francisco de Borbón y Escasany, 5th Duke of Seville Francisco de Paula Enrique de Borbón y Escasany, 5th Duke of Seville, Grandee of Spain (born 16 November 1943), is the current Duke of Seville and a distant relative of the Spanish royal family.Enache, Nicolas. ''La Descendance de Marie-Therese ...

List of holders of the title

Sources

* Juan Martina Torres, ''The History of Spanish Nobility, 1500–present'' (Madrid 2009), for the: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) (''translated title'')

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