Duke of Gandía (, ) is a title of

Spanish nobility The Spanish nobility are people who possess a title of nobility confirmed by the Spanish Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes, as well as those individuals appointed to one of Spain's three highest orders of knightho ...

that was first created in 1399 by

Martin of Aragon Martin the Humane (29 July 1356 – 31 May 1410), also called the Elder and the Ecclesiastic, was King of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia and Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409 (as Martin II). He failed to secure th ...

and granted to Alfonso of Aragon and Foix. It has its origin in the

lordship A lordship is a territory held by a lord. It was a landed estate that served as the lowest administrative and judicial unit in rural areas. It originated as a unit under the feudal system during the Middle Ages. In a lordship, the functions of eco ...

Gandía Gandia (, ) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, eastern Spain on the Mediterranean. Gandia is located on the Costa de Valencia, south of Valencia and north of Alicante. Vehicles can access the city through road N-332 and ...

created in 1323 by

James II of Aragon James II (Catalan: ''Jaume II''; Aragonese: ''Chaime II;'' 10 April 1267 – 2 or 5 November 1327), called the Just, was the King of Aragon and Valencia and Count of Barcelona from 1291 to 1327. He was also the King of Sicily (as James I) f ...

. Later, having no direct descendants, the title passed from the

House of Barcelona The House of Barcelona was a medieval dynasty that ruled the County of Barcelona continuously from 878 and the Crown of Aragon from 1137 (as kings from 1162) until 1410. They descend from the Bellonids, the descendants of Wilfred the Hairy. Th ...

to the

House of Trastámara The House of Trastámara (Spanish, Aragonese and Catalan: ) was a royal dynasty which first ruled in the Crown of Castile and then expanded to the Crown of Aragon from the Late Middle Ages to the early modern period. They were an illegitimate ...

. The title was re-established in 1483 by

Ferdinand II of Aragon Ferdinand II, also known as Ferdinand I, Ferdinand III, and Ferdinand V (10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516), called Ferdinand the Catholic, was King of Aragon from 1479 until his death in 1516. As the husband and co-ruler of Queen Isabella I of ...

as a favour to Rodrigo Cardinal Borgia for his son Pier Luigi Borgia. The dukedom then went to Pier Luigi's half-brother Giovanni Borgia. He was assassinated, and his young son inherited the title. The fourth duke was the religious figure

Francesco Borgia Francis Borgia (; ; 28 October 1510 – 30 September 1572) was a Spanish Jesuit priest. The great-grandson of both Pope Alexander VI and King Ferdinand II of Aragon, he was Duke of Gandía and a grandee of Spain. After the death of his wi ...

. After the death of his wife, with whom he had a large family, he became a

Jesuit The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...

Dukes of Gandía

House of Aragon

*Pedro de Aragón y Anjou, Lord of Gandía (1323–1359) # Alfonso of Aragon and Foix, Lord of Gandía (1359–1399), Duke of Gandia (1399–1412) # Alfonso of Aragon and Eiximenis (1412–1422) # Hugo of Cardona and Gandia (1425–1433)

House of Trastámara

John II of Aragon John II (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Juan II'', Catalan language, Catalan: ''Joan II'', Aragonese language, Aragonese: ''Chuan II'' and ; 29 June 1398 – 20 January 1479), called the Great (''el Gran'') or the Faithless (''el Sense Fe''), was ...

(1433–1439) *

Charles, Prince of Viana Charles, Prince of Viana () (29 May 1421 – 23 September 1461), sometimes called Charles IV of Navarre, was the eldest son of King John II of Aragon and Queen Blanche I of Navarre. He pre-deceased his father. Background His mother was the dau ...

(1439–1461) *

(1461–1483)

House of Borja or Borgia

On 20 December 1483, the title was re-established by

and granted to the

House of Borgia The House of Borgia ( ; ; Spanish language, Spanish and ; ) was a Spanish noble family, which rose to prominence during the Italian Renaissance. They were from Xàtiva, Kingdom of Valencia, the surname being a Toponymic surname, toponymic from ...

, of Spain and Italy. # Pier Luigi de Borgia (''Pedro Luis de Borja''), 1st duke # Giovanni Borgia (''Juan de Borja''), 2nd duke #Juan de Borja y Enríquez de Luna, son of Giovanni Borgia, (1495–1543), 3rd duke # Saint Francis Borgia (''Francisco de Borja''), 4th duke #Carlos de Borja y Aragón, 5th duke #Francisco Tomás de Borja Aragón y Centelles, 6th duke #Francisco Carlos de Borja Aragón y Centelles, 7th duke #Francisco Diego Pascual de Borja Aragón y Centelles, 8th duke #Francisco Carlos de Borja Aragón y Centelles, 9th duke #Pascual Francisco de Borja Aragón y Centelles, 10th duke #Luis Ignacio Francisco Juan de Borja Aragón y Centelles, 11th duke #María Ana Antonia Luisa de Borja Aragón y Centelles, 12th duchess (d. 1748)

House of Pimentel

*Francisco de Borja Alfonso Pimentel y Borja *María Josefa Pimentel y Téllez-Girón

House of Osuna

* Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Beaufort * Mariano Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin *Pedro de Alcantara Téllez-Girón y Fernández de Santillán *María de los Dolores Téllez-Girón y Dominé *Ángela María Téllez-Girón y Duque de Estrada *Chantal Salas-Perez de Gandia (mother of Arnaud Henry Salas-Perez Prince Obolensky) *Ángela María de Ulloa y Solís-Beaumont

Notes

References

Van de Put, Albert: The aragonese double crown the Borja or Borgia device

Francisco Fernández de Bethencourt - Historia Genealógica y Heráldica Española, Casa Real y Grandes de España, tomo cuarto

Una rama subsistente del linaje Borja en América española, por Jaime de Salazar y Acha, Académico de Número de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía
*Hollingsworth, Mary (2011): The Borgias. History's Most Notorious Dynasty. Quercus.

External links

Gregorio Mayans y la práctica jurídica: Su intervención en el pleito de sucesión el Ducado de Gandía
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gandia, Duke Of Dukedoms of Spain Route of the Borgias Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba