The Marquis of Cañete () is a

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 ...

title and

Grandee Grandee (; , ) 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 neither country did they ha ...

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. The title was created by the

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in 1490 and given to

Juan Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Lord of Cañete Juan Hurtado de Mendoza y Guzmán, 3rd Lord and 1st Marquis of Cañetein full, (died 1490) was a Spanish nobleman and military leader. He was the son of Don Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (Admiral of Castile) and of his second wife Teresa de Guzmán. ...

. Famous members of the family include Don Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Cañete and Don

García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete García Hurtado de Mendoza y Manrique, 5th Marquis of Cañete (July 21, 1535 – May 19, 1609) was a Spanish Royal Governor of Chile, Governor of Chile, and later Viceroy of Peru (from January 8, 1590 to July 24, 1596). He is often known simply a ...

, both who served as

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Lords of Cañete

# Don Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Lord of Cañete # Don Luis Hurtado de Mendoza, 2nd Lord of Cañete

Marquesses of Cañete

# Don Juan Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Cañete (1490) # Don Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 2nd Marquis of Cañete (1530–1542) # Don Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Cañete (1542–1561) # Don Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 4th Marquis of Cañete (1561–1591) # Don

(1591–1609) # Don Juan Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza, 6th Marquis of Cañete (1609–1639) # Don Juana Antonia Hurtado de Mendoza, 7th Marchioness of Cañete (1639–1640) # Don Teresa Antonia Manrique de Mendoza, 8th Marchioness of Cañete (1640–1657) # Don Antonio Manrique de Velasco, 9th Marquis of Cañete (1657–1676) # Don Francisco Miguel Manrique de Mendoza, 10th Marquis of Cañete (1676–1678) # Doña Nicolasa Manrique de Mendoza y Velasco, 11th Marchioness of Cañete (1678–1710) # Doña Ana Manrique de Guevara Mendoza y Velasco, 12th Marchioness of Cañete (1710–1731) # Don Joaquín María Portocarrero de Bocanegra y Manrique de Guevara, 13th Marquis of Cañete (1731) # Don Agustín Domingo Bracamonte Dávila y Villalón, 14th Marquis of Cañete (1731–1786) # Don Fernando Agustín Velaz de Medrano Bracamonte y Dávila, 15th Marquis of Cañete (1786–1791) # Don Judas Tadeo Fernández de Miranda Ponce de León y Villacís, 16th Marquis of Cañete (1791–1810) # Doña Lucía de Rojas y Fernández de Miranda, 17th Marchioness of Cañete (1810–1832) # Don Juan Bautista de Queralt y Bucareli, 18th Marquis of Cañete (1832–1873) # Don Hipólito de Queralt y Bernaldo de Quirós, 19th Marquis of Cañete (1873–1877) # Don Enrique de Queralt y Fernández Maquieira, 20th Marquis of Cañete (1877–1934) # Don Enrique de Queralt y Gil-Delgado, 21st Marquis of Cañete (1934–1992) # Don Enrique de Queralt y Chávarri, 22nd Marquis of Cañete (1992–2009) # Doña Ana Rosa de Queralt y Aragón, 23rd Marchioness of Cañete (2009–present)

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