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Duke of Alcalá de los Gazules

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Dukedom of Alcalá de los Gazules
Creation date1558
Created byPhilip II
PeeragePeerage of Spain
First holderPedro Afán de Ribera y Portocarrero, 1st Duke of Alcalá
Present holderVictoria de Hohenlohe-Langenburg y Schmidt-Polex, 17th Duchess of Alcalá[1]

Duke of Alcalá de los Gazules (Spanish: 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 Grandee, granted in 1558 by Philip II to Pedro Afán de Ribera, 3rd Marquess of Tarifa, Lord of Alcalá de los Gazules and Viceroy of Naples and Catalonia.[2][3][4]

History

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The territory of the dukedom was a part of the Kingdom of Granada until 1264, when it was won by King Alfonso X of Castile. 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.[5]

Dukes of Alcalá de los Gazules (1558)

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References

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  • Some of the information on this page was translated from its Spanish equivalent.
  1. ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) - 22 February 2018
  2. ^ Real Asociación de Hidalgos de España, Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles, Ediciones Hidalguía, Vol. 50 (Madrid, 2018)
  3. ^ Search of title "Arión, duque de"
  4. ^ Real Academia de la Historia (DBE) Biografías: Baltasar de Zúñiga y Guzmán
  5. ^ McMath, Dee (15 March 2011). "Cadiz Province - Alcalá de los Gazules". Andaucia.com. Andalucia.com. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Guia de Titulos". diputaciondelagrandeza.es. Fundacion Cultural de la Noblesa Espanola. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
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