Duke of Terranova ( es, Duque de Terranova) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of

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and granted in 1502 by Ferdinand II to "El Gran Capitán" (

Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1 September 1453 – 2 December 1515) was a Spanish general and statesman who led successful military campaigns during the Conquest of Granada and the Italian Wars. His military victories and widespread po ...

), a general who negotiated the

Surrender of Granada The Treaty of Granada, also known as the Capitulation of Granada or simply the Capitulations, was signed and ratified on November 25, 1491, between Muhammad XII of Granada, Boabdil, the sultan of Emirate of Granada, Granada, and Catholic Monarchs ...

and led the Spanish to victory in the

Italian Wars The Italian Wars, also known as the Habsburg–Valois Wars, were a series of conflicts covering the period 1494 to 1559, fought mostly in the Italian peninsula, but later expanding into Flanders, the Rhineland and the Mediterranean Sea. The pr ...

. It is a

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, making reference to the town of

Terranova Sappo Minulio Terranova Sappo Minulio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about northeast of Reggio Calabria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population o ...

in the

province of Reggio Calabria The Province of Reggio Calabria ( it, Provincia di Reggio Calabria) was a province in the Calabria region of Italy. It was the southernmost province in mainland Italy and is separated from the island of Sicily by the Strait of Messina. The capital ...

, Italy. After the death of the 1st Duke, Ferdinand II prohibited the inheritance and use of the Dukedoms of Terranova, Andría and Montalto and thus the title was unofficially held by some of his

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descendants for more than 300 years. However, the 22 July 1893,

Alfonso XIII Alfonso XIII (17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), also known as El Africano or the African, was King of Spain from 17 May 1886 to 14 April 1931, when the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed. He was a monarch from birth as his father, Alfo ...

formally rehabilitated the title on behalf of Alfonso Osorio de Moscoso, a more legitimate descendant who legally became the 2nd Duke of Terranova.Luis M. Linde, ''Don Pedro Girón, Duque de Osuna: La Hegemonía Española en Europa a Comienzos del Siglo XVII'', (Madrid, 2005) p. 201
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Dukes of Terranova (1502)

* Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba y Enríquez de Aguilar, 1st Duke of Terranova

Dukes of Terranova (1893)

*Alfonso Osorio de Moscoso y Osorio de Moscoso, 2nd Duke of Terranova *María Rafaela Osorio de Moscoso y López, 3rd Duchess of Terranova *Gonzalo de la Cierva y Moreno, 4th Duke of Terranova

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Dukes of Terranova (1502)

Dukes of Terranova (1893)

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