Duke of Arcos () is an hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, granted by

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in 1493 to Rodrigo Ponce de León, then 4th Count of Arcos. The dukedom is among the first 25 titles which reached the rank of Grandee of Spain 1st Class, in 1520. Nowadays however, all Grandees are of the same class. The title makes reference to the town of

Arcos de la Frontera Arcos de la Frontera () is a town and municipality in the Sierra de Cádiz comarca, province of Cádiz (province), Cádiz, in Andalusia, Spain. Location Arcos de la Frontera is 64 km N-E of Cádiz and 35 km E-N-E of Jerez de la Front ...

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. The 4th Duke of Arcos was a character in the

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'' (1874) by

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Counts of Arcos (1431)

* Pedro Ponce de León, 1st Count of Arcos *

Juan Pérez Ponce de León, 2nd Count of Arcos ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippi ...

* Rodrigo Ponce de León, 3rd Count of Arcos * Francisca Ponce de León, 4th Countess of Arcos: * Rodrigo Ponce de León, 5th Count of Arcos (1488–1493). 1st Duke of Arcos (since 1493)

Dukes of Arcos (1493)

* Rodrigo Ponce de León, 1st Duke of Arcos (1493–1530) *

Luis Ponce de León, 2nd Duke of Arcos Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

(1512–1573) * Rodrigo Ponce de León, 3rd Duke of Arcos (1534–1630) *

Rodrigo Ponce de León, 4th Duke of Arcos Rodrigo Ponce de León, 4th Duke of Arcos, (2 January 1602 – 1658) was a Grandee of Spain and a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. He served as Viceroy of Valencia and of Viceroy of Naples, Naples. Biography He was the son of Luis Po ...

(1602–1658) * Francisco Ponce de León, 5th Duke of Arcos (1632–1673) * Manuel Ponce de León, 6th Duke of Arcos (1633–1693) *

Joaquín Ponce de León, 7th Duke of Arcos Joaquín or Joaquin is a male given name, the Spanish version of Joachim. Given name * Joaquín (footballer, born 1956) (Joaquín Alonso González), Spanish football midfielder * Joaquín (footballer, born 1981) (Joaquín Sánchez Rodríguez), ...

(1665–1729) *

Joaquín Ponce de León y Spínola, 8th Duke of Arcos Joaquín or Joaquin is a male given name, the Spanish version of Joachim. Given name * Joaquín (footballer, born 1956) (Joaquín Alonso González), Spanish football midfielder * Joaquín (footballer, born 1981) (Joaquín Sánchez Rodríguez), ...

(1718–1743) *

Manuel Ponce de León, 9th Duke of Arcos Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name), a given name and surname * Manuel (''Fawlty Towers''), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manuel I of Portugal, king of Po ...

(1720–1744) *

Francisco Ponce de León, 10th Duke of Arcos Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Meaning of the name Francisco In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Commu ...

(1723–1763) *

Antonio Ponce de León, 11th Duke of Arcos Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language–speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular m ...

(1726–1780) * María Josefa Pimentel, 12th Duchess of Arcos (1750–1835) * Pedro Téllez-Girón, 13th Duke of Arcos (1810–1844) * Mariano Téllez-Girón, 14th Duke of Arcos (1814–1882) *

José Brunetti, 15th Duke of Arcos José Ambrosio Brunetti y Gayeso, 15th Duke of Arcos GE (6 February 1839 – 5 September 1928) was a Spanish aristocrat and diplomat who served as Minister Plenipotentiary in Bolivia, Uruguay, Chile, Mexico, the United States and Belgium, and a ...

(1839–1928) * Ángela María Téllez-Girón, 16th Duchess of Arcos (b. 1925) * Ángela María de Solís-Beaumont, 17th Duchess of Arcos (1950-2016) * Cristina de Ulloa y Solís-Beaumont, 18th Duchess of Arcos (b.1980)

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Grandees of Spain. Genealogy of the Dukes of Arcos
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arcos, Duke Of Dukedoms of Spain 1490s establishments in Spain 1493 establishments in Europe

Counts of Arcos (1431)

Dukes of Arcos (1493)

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