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Duke of Villahermosa

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Dukedom of Villahermosa
Creation date1476
Created byJohn II
PeeragePeerage of Spain
First holderAlfonso de Aragón y Escobar, 1st Duke of Villahermosa
Present holderÁlvaro Urzáiz y Azlor de Aragón, 19th Duke of Villahermosa[1]
Former seat(s)Palace of Villahermosa

Duke of Villahermosa (Spanish: Duque de Villahermosa) is a hereditary title in the peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1476 by John II to Alfonso de Aragón, a half-brother of Ferdinand II.[2]

The ducal family's fortunes grew in the mid-15th century, after Pedrola became the Aragonese capital at the time when the Azlor de Aragón family estates and Villahermosa were controlled by Alfonso de Aragón y de Escobar, illegitimate son of King John II of Aragon.

This noble family owned the Palace of Villahermosa in Madrid, a neo-classical building on the corner of Paseo del Prado and Calle de San Jerónimo, from the 18th century until the 20th century. Refurbished by Rafael Moneo in the late 1980s, the former ducal townhouse now houses Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum.[3]

Palace of Villahermosa, now the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
Palace of the Dukes of Villahermosa in Zaragoza, Spain
Narros, the summer house of the Dukes in Zarautz, Spain

List of the Dukes of Villahermosa

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Bibliography

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  • Hidalgos de España, Real Asociación de (2018). Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles. Ediciones Hidalguía. ISBN 978-84-94841-02-6.
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