The

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Marquesses of Mancera ( es, Marqués de Mancera) is a

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in the nobility of Castile and

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 ...

s of

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. The title was created by

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Philip IV of Spain Philip IV ( es, Felipe, pt, Filipe; 8 April 160517 September 1665), also called the Planet King (Spanish: ''Rey Planeta''), was King of Spain from 1621 to his death and (as Philip III) King of Portugal from 1621 to 1640. Philip is remembered f ...

and given to Pedro de Toledo y Leiva, in the 17th Century.

Origin

The ''Toledo'' last name is a shortening of ''Álvarez de Toledo''. In the 1570s, Pedro de Toledo, 8th son of

García Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba García Álvarez de Toledo y Carrillo de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba de Tormes ( – 20 June 1488) was a Spanish nobleman, military leader and politician, whose family had presided over the lands of Alba de Tormes since the year 1369. Biography ...

, established a primogeniture ( es, Mayorazgo) over his estates and the surrounding lands, and became Lord of Mancera, Salmoral, Navarros, San Miguel, Montalbo and Gallegos, in the province of Avila, Castile-La Mancha,

. Pedro de Toledo y Leiva, Lord of Mancera was granted the elevation of his title to Marquis on July 17, 1623.

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Antonio Sebastián de Toledo, the second Marquis, was viceroy of

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from October 15, 1664 to December 8, 1673.

Marquesses and Marchionesses of Mancera

# Don Pedro de Toledo y Leiva, 1st Marquis of Mancera # Don

Antonio Sebastián de Toledo, 2nd Marquis of Mancera Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ...

# Don

Pedro Sarmiento, 3rd Marquis of Mancera Pedro Sarmiento, 3rd Marquis of Mancera and Count of Gondomar, Grandee of Spainin full, es, Don Pedro Sarmiento y Toledo, tercer conde de Gondomar y tercer marqués de Mancera, Grande de España) (c. 1625 – 1715) was a Spanish nobleman. He was ...

# Doña

Mariana Sarmiento de Vargas, 4th Marchioness of Mancera Mariana may refer to: Literature * ''Mariana'' (Dickens novel), a 1940 novel by Monica Dickens * ''Mariana'' (poem), a poem by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson * ''Mariana'' (Vaz novel), a 1997 novel by Katherine Vaz Music *"Mariana", a so ...

# Doña Josefa Álvarez de Toledo, 5th Marchioness of Mancera # Don Joaquín María Pimentel, 6th Marquis of Mancera # Doña Maria Petronila Pimentel, 7th Marchioness of Mancera

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mancera Marquesses of Spain Lists of Spanish nobility 1623 establishments in Spain