Duke of Alcalá de los Gazules ( es, Duque de Alcalá de los Gazules), commonly known as Duke of Alcalá, is an hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of

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, granted in 1558 by

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Pedro Afán de Ribera Pedro Afán de Ribera, 1st Duke of Alcalá de los Gazules, Virrey y Capitán General de Cataluña y Nápoles (died 1571), also known as Pedro Enriquez Afan de Ribera or Per Afán de Ribera y Portocarrero or Perafán de Ribera y Portocarrero, was a ...

, 3rd Marquess of Tarifa, Lord of Alcalá de los Gazules and

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and

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History

The territory of the dukedom was a part of the

Kingdom of Granada ) , common_languages = Official language:Classical ArabicOther languages: Andalusi Arabic, Mozarabic, Berber, Ladino , capital = Granada , religion = Majority religion:Sunni IslamMinority religions:Roman C ...

until 1264, when it was won by King

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. The Granadans had named the castle and its surrounding lands the ''Qalat at Yazula'', Arabic for "Castle of the Gazules", from which its Spanish name is derived.

Dukes of Alcalá de los Gazules (1558)

* Pedro Afán de Ribera y Portocarrero, 1st Duke of Alcalá *

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* Fernando Afán de Ribera y Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Alcalá *

María Afán de Ribera y Moura, 4th Duchess of Alcalá Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial * 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...

References

* Some of the information on this page was translated from its Spanish equivalent.

External links

Casa de Alcalá de los Gazules – Fundación Casa Ducal de Medinaceli
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