Duke of Palata ( es, Duque de Palata) is a hereditary title in the
peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of
Grandee
Grandee (; es, Grande de España, ) is an official royal and noble ranks, aristocratic title conferred on some Spanish nobility. Holders of this dignity enjoyed similar privileges to those of the peerage of France during the , though in neith ...
and granted in 1646 by
Philip IV to Francisco Toralto de Aragón, a paternal descendant of
Alfonso V of Aragon
Alfonso the Magnanimous (139627 June 1458) was King of Aragon and King of Sicily (as Alfonso V) and the ruler of the Crown of Aragon from 1416 and King of Naples (as Alfonso I) from 1442 until his death. He was involved with struggles to the t ...
. The title makes reference to the town of
Palata in
Campobasso
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, Italy, where Toraldo's father held a
fiefdom
A fief (; la, feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a form o ...
.
The 2nd Duchess of Palata was married to
Melchor de Navarra, who was
viceroy of Peru
The viceroys of Peru ruled the Viceroyalty of Peru from 1544 to 1824 in the name of the monarch of Spain. The territories under ''de jure'' rule by the viceroys included in the 16th and 17th century almost all of South America except eastern Brazi ...
. He was also known as the Duke of Palata (
iure uxoris
''Jure uxoris'' (a Latin phrase meaning "by right of (his) wife"), citing . describes a title of nobility used by a man because his wife holds the office or title ''suo jure'' ("in her own right"). Similarly, the husband of an heiress could becom ...
).
At the death with no descendants of the 10th Duchess in 1905, the title became vacant for about 80 years. In an effort to recover all of her dormant titles, Palata was rehabilitated in 1986 by
Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I (;,
* ca, Joan Carles I,
* gl, Xoán Carlos I, Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 Novem ...
on behalf of María del Pilar Azlor de Aragón y Guillamas, a granddaughter of the 10th Duchess' brother, who was already the 18th
Duchess of Villahermosa (the family's main title) since 1962.
Dukes of Palata (1646)
*Francisco Toralto de Aragón, 1st Duke of Palata (1585-1647)
*Francisca Toralto de Aragón y Frezza, 2nd Duchess of Palata (1647-1724), daughter of the 1st Duke
*Antonio Melchor Fernández de Híjar y Navarra de Aragón, 3rd Duke of Palata (d. 1734), grandson of the 2nd Duchess
*Francisco Antonio Zapata de Calatayud y Fernández de Híjar, 4th Duke of Palata (d. 1754), nephew of the 3rd Duke
*María Agustina Zapata de Calatayud y Fernández de Híjar, 5th Duchess of Palata (d. 1784), sister of the 4th Duke
*
Juan Pablo de Aragón-Azlor y Zapata de Calatayud, 6th Duke of Palata (1730-1790), nephew of the 5th Duchess
*Víctor Amadeo de Aragón-Azlor y Pignatelli, 7th Duke of Palata (1779-1792), son of the 6th Duke
*José Antonio de Aragón-Azlor y Pignatelli, 8th Duke of Palata (1785-1852), brother of the 7th Duke
*Marcelino Pedro de Aragón-Azlor y Fernández de Córdoba, 9th Duke of Palata (1815-1888), son of the 8th Duke
*María del Carmen de Aragón-Azlor e Idiázquez, 10th Duchess of Palata (1841-1905), daughter of the 9th Duke
Dukes of Palata (1986)
*María del Pilar Azlor de Aragón y Guillamas, 11th Duchess of Palata (1908-1996), great-granddaughter of the 9th Duke
*Alfonso Urzáiz y Azlor de Aragón, 12th Duke of Palata (b. 1944), youngest son of the 11th Duchess
The
heir apparent
An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...
is the present holder's only son, Ignacio Urzáiz y Larrauri (b. 1998).
See also
*
List of dukes in the peerage of Spain
This is a list of the 149 present and extant royal and non-royal dukes in the peerage of the Kingdom of Spain.
The oldest six titles – created between 1380 and 1476 – were Duke of Medina Sidonia (1380), Duke of Alburquerque (1464), Duke of ...
*
List of current Grandees of Spain
Grandees of Spain ( es, Grandes de España) are the highest-ranking members of the Spanish nobility. They comprise nobles who hold the most important historical landed titles in Spain or its former colonies. Many such hereditary titles are held b ...
References
Bibliography
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