Duke of Gandía
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Creation date | 20 December 1485 |
Created by | Catholic Monarchs |
Peerage | Peerage of Spain |
First holder | Pedro Luis de Borja, 1st Duke of Gandía |
Present holder | Ángela María de Ulloa y Solís-Beaumont, 20th Duchess of Gandía[1] |
Duke of Gandía(Valencian:Ducat de Gandia,IPA:[duˈkaddeɣanˈdi.a]) is a title ofSpanish nobilitythat was first created in 1399 byMartin of Aragonand granted toAlfonso of Aragon and Foix.It has its origin in thelordshipofGandíacreated in 1323 byJames II of Aragon.Later, having no direct descendants, the title passed from theHouse of Barcelonato theHouse of Trastámara.
The title was re-established in 1483 byFerdinand II of Aragonas a favour toRodrigo Cardinal Borgiafor his sonPier Luigi Borgia.[2]The dukedom then went to Pier Luigi's half-brotherGiovanni Borgia.He was assassinated, and his young son inherited the title. The fourth duke was the religious figureFrancesco Borgia.After the death of his wife, with whom he had a large family, he became aJesuit.
Dukes of Gandía
[edit]House of Aragon
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- Pedro de Aragón y Anjou, Lord of Gandía (1323–1359)
- Alfonso of Aragon and Foix,Lord of Gandía (1359–1399), Duke of Gandia (1399–1412)
- Alfonso of Aragon and Eiximenis(1412–1422)
- Hugo of Cardona and Gandia(1425–1433)
House of Trastámara
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- John II of Aragon(1433–1439)
- Charles, Prince of Viana(1439–1461)
- Ferdinand II of Aragon(1461–1483)
House of Borja or Borgia
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On 20 December 1483, the title was re-established byFerdinand II of Aragonand granted to theHouse of Borgia,of Spain and Italy.[3]
- Pier Luigi de Borgia(Pedro Luis de Borja), 1st duke
- Giovanni Borgia(Juan de Borja), 2nd duke
- Juan de Borja y Enríquez de Luna, son of Giovanni Borgia, (1495–1543), 3rd duke
- Saint Francis Borgia(Francisco de Borja), 4th duke
- Carlos de Borja y Aragón, 5th duke
- Francisco Tomás de Borja Aragón y Centelles, 6th duke
- Francisco Carlos de Borja Aragón y Centelles, 7th duke
- Francisco Diego Pascual de Borja Aragón y Centelles, 8th duke
- Francisco Carlos de Borja Aragón y Centelles, 9th duke
- Pascual Francisco de Borja Aragón y Centelles, 10th duke
- Luis Ignacio Francisco Juan de Borja Aragón y Centelles, 11th duke[4]
- María Ana Antonia Luisa de Borja Aragón y Centelles, 12th duchess (d. 1748)[5]
House of Pimentel
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- Francisco de Borja Alfonso Pimentel y Borja
- María Josefa Pimentel y Téllez-Girón
House of Osuna
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- Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Beaufort
- Mariano Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin
- Pedro de Alcantara Téllez-Girón y Fernández de Santillán
- María de los Dolores Téllez-Girón y Dominé
- Ángela María Téllez-Girón y Duque de Estrada
- Chantal Salas-Perez de Gandia (mother of Arnaud Henry Salas-Perez Prince Obolensky)[6][circular reference]
- Ángela María de Ulloa y Solís-Beaumont[7][8]
See also
[edit]- House of Borgia
- Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba
- Route of the Borgias
- Ducal Palace of Gandia
- History of Spain
Notes
[edit]- ^Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) - 11 October 2016
- ^Hollingsworth p. 144
- ^6. Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1 "The Borgias". (Old Catholic Encyclopedia) New York, Robert Appleton Company (a.k.a. The Encyclopedia Press), 1907.
- ^"Luis Ignacio de Borja".Ducal House of Medinaceli Foundation.Retrieved4 July2016.
- ^"Mariana de Borja y Córdoba".Ducal House of Medinaceli Foundation.Retrieved4 July2016.
- ^Obolensky
- ^"La nieta de la anterior duquesa de Osuna solicita el ducado de Gandía (Granddaughter of former Duchess of Osuna requests the title of the Dukedom of Osuna)"(in Spanish). Monarquía Confidencial. 23 June 2016.Retrieved4 July2016.17th duchess of Arcos
- ^"Real Carta de Sucesión (Royal Charter of Succession in favor of Ángela María de Ulloa y Solís-Beaumont due to the death of her grandmother, doña Ángela María Téllez-Girón y Duque de Estrada)"(PDF).Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) published on 30 September 2016.Retrieved22 January2018.
References
[edit]- Van de Put, Albert: The aragonese double crown the Borja or Borgia device
- Borja o Borgia(in Spanish)
- Francisco Fernández de Bethencourt - Historia Genealógica y Heráldica Española, Casa Real y Grandes de España, tomo cuartoArchived2019-04-01 at theWayback Machine(in Spanish)
- Una rama subsistente del linaje Borja en América española, por Jaime de Salazar y Acha, Académico de Número de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía(in Spanish)
- Hollingsworth, Mary (2011): The Borgias. History's Most Notorious Dynasty. Quercus.ISBN978-0857389169