Duke of Nájera () is a hereditary title in the peerage of Spain, which was bestowed by the

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on 30 August 1482 to Don Pedro Manrique de Lara, II Count of Treviño and

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de Castilla, as a reward for his services to the Crown. By birth, he was member of an old Castilian

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. In 1520, King Charles I supplemented the title of

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with that of

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. The title refers to the town of

Nájera Nájera () is a small town, former bishopric and now Latin Catholic titular see, former capital of the Kingdom of Najera-Pamplona, located in the "Rioja Alta" region of La Rioja, northern Spain, on the river Najerilla. Nájera is a stopping poi ...

in the

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region. The Dukes of Nájera ruled Nájera until the year 1600, when the last Duke in the male line died without a son. The title passed to his daughter Luisa.

Dukes of Nájera

Sources

* Salazar y Acha, Jaime de (2012). Los Grandes de España (siglos XV-XVI). Ediciones Hidalguía. .
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