Duke of Plasencia

Duke of Plasencia (Ducado de Plasencia) is a hereditary title in the Spanish nobility. It was granted on 1476 by Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand V of Castile, The Catholic Monarchs, to Álvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán, 2nd count of Plasencia and also 1st Duke of Béjar, 1st Duke of Arévalo and 1st Count of Bañares, in acknowledgment for his loyalty during the War of Castilian Succession.

Not to be confused with Duke of Parma and Piacenza.
Dukedom of Plasencia
Creation date1476
MonarchCatholic Monarchs
PeeragePeerage of Spain
First holderÁlvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán, 1st Duke of Plasencia
Present holderMaría de Gracia Solís-Beaumont y Téllez-Girón, 20th Duchess of Plasencia[1]

The dukedom of Arévalo was forfeit, but those of Béjar and Plasencia where inherited by the descendants of the 1st duke and were held jointly until the 19th century. In 1777, the two titles were inherited by María Josefa Pimentel, 14th Countess Duchess of Benavente and Duchess Consort of Osuna, so the dukedoms left the House of Zúñiga to enter into that of Osuna. After the death of the 12th duke of Osuna, all his titles were distributed by royal warrants among his numerous nephews, as Queen Isabella II didn't want the main heir presumptive, the duke of Alba, to accumulate such an immense amount of lands and titles.

Then, the Dukedom of Plasencia was claimed and granted with grandeeship of Spain[2] to María del Pilar Gayoso de los Cobos. The next three dukes died without issue, so the title was claimed in 1962 by Ángela María Téllez-Girón, 16th Duchess of Osuna, who ceded it in 1974 to her second daughter, María de Gracia de Solís-Beaumont, the current holder of the title, married to Carlo Emanuele Ruspoli, 3rd Duke of Morignano.

Dukes of Plasencia (1476-)
  • Álvaro de Zúñiga, 1st Duke of Béjar and Plasencia (c. 1410-1588).
  • Álvaro de Zúñiga, 2nd Duke of Béjar and Plasencia (1455-1532), eldest son of the 1st duke's eldest son.
  • Teresa de Zúñiga, 3rd Duchess of Béjar and Plasencia (c. 1500-1565), only daughter of the 2nd duke's brother.
  • Francisco Diego de Zúñiga, 4th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia (c. 1530-1591), elder surviving son of the 3rd duchess.
  • Francisco Diego de Zúñiga, 5th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia (c. 1560-1601), eldest son of the 4th duke.
  • Alfonso Diego de Zúñiga, 6th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia (c. 1580-1620), second son of the 5th duke.
  • Francisco Diego de Zúñiga, 6th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia (c. 1596-1636), only son of the 6th duke.
  • Alfonso de Zúñiga, 8th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia (c. 1615-1660), eldest son of the 7th duke.
  • Juan Manuel de Zúñiga, 9th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia (c. 1620-1660), second son of the 7th duke.
  • Manuel Diego de Zúñiga, 10th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia (1657-1668), eldest son of the 9th duke.
  • Juan Manuel de Zúñiga, 11th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia (1680-1747), eldest son of the 10th duke.
  • Joaquín de Zúñiga, 12th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia (1715-1771), eldest son of the 11th duke.
  • María Josefa Pimentel, 12th Countess Duchess of Benavente and 13th Duchess of Bejar and Plasencia (1750-1834), great-granddaughter of the 10th duke's only sister.
  • Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón, 11th Duke of Osuna and 14th Duke of Bejar and Plasencia (1810-1844), eldest son of the 13th duchess' eldest surviving son.
  • Mariano Téllez-Girón, 12th Duke of Osuna and 15th Duke of Bejar and Plasencia (1814-1882), second son of the 13th duchess' eldest surviving son.
  • María del Pilar Gayoso de los Cobos, 16th Duchess of Plasencia (1856-1939), granddaughter of the 13th duchess' seventh daughter.
  • Ignacio Fernández de Henestrosa, 17th Duke of Plasencia (1880-1948), elder son of the 16th duchess' eldest sister.
  • José María Martorell, 18th Duke of Plasencia[3] (1903-1960), great-grandson of the 14th duke's second brother.
  • Ángela María Téllez-Girón, 16th Duchess of Osuna and 19th Duchess of Plasencia[4] (b. 1925), great-granddaughter of the 14th duke's second brother.
  • María de Gracia de Solís-Beaumont, 20th Duchess of Plasencia (b. 1957), second daughter of the 19th duchess.

The heiress apparent is María de Gracia Giacinta Ruspoli y Solís-Beaumont, 16th Marchioness of the Villar de Grajanejos (b. 1977).

Family tree
Álvaro de Zúñiga,
1st Duke of Béjar and Plasencia
c. 1410–1588
Álvaro de Zúñiga,
2nd Duke of Béjar and Plasencia
1455–1532		Francisco de Zúñiga,
1st Marquis of Ayamonte
d. 1525
Teresa de Zúñiga,
3rd Duchess of Béjar and Plasencia
1500-1565
Francisco Diego de Zúñiga,
4th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia
1530-1591
Francisco Diego de Zúñiga,
5th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia
1560-1601
Alfonso Diego de Zúñiga,
6th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia
1580-1620
Francisco Diego de Zúñiga,
7th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia
1596-1636
Alfonso de Zúñiga,
8th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia
1615-1660		Juan Manuel de Zúñiga,
9th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia
1620-1660
Manuel Diego de Zúñiga,
10th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia
1657-1668		Manuela de Zúñiga,
Countess Duchess of Benavente
d. 1712
Juan Manuel de Zúñiga,
11th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia
1680-1747		Alfonso Francisco Pimentel,
10th Count Duke of Benavente
d. 1743
Joaquín de Zúñiga,
12th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia
1715-1771		Francisco Pimentel,
11th Count Duke of Benavente
1707-1763
María Josefa Pimentel,
Duchess of Osuna,
12th Countess Duchess of Benavente,
13th Duchess of Béjar and Plasencia
1750-1834
Josefa Manuela Téllez-Girón,
Marquise of Camarasa
1783–1817		Francisco de Borja Téllez-Girón,
10th Duke of Osuna
1785-1820		Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón,
2nd Prince of Anglona
1786–1851
Jacobo María Gayoso de los Cobos,
14th Marquis of Camarasa
1816-1871		Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón,
11th Duke of Osuna,
14th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia
1810-1844		Mariano Téllez-Girón,
12th Duke of Osuna,
15th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia
1814-1882		Tirso Téllez-Girón,
Duke of Uceda
1817–1871
Francisco de Borja Gayoso de los Cobos,
15th Marquis of Camarasa
1854–1926		María del Pilar Gayoso de los Cobos,
16th Duchess of Plasencia
1856-1939		Francisco de Borja Téllez-Girón,
15th Duke of Escalona
1839–1897
Ignacio Gayoso de los Cobos,
17th Duke of Plasencia
1880-1948		Angela María Téllez-Girón,
Duchess of Almenara Alta
1879-1921		Mariano Téllez-Girón,
15th Duke of Osuna
1887–1925
José María Martorell,
18th Duke of Plasencia
1903-1960		Ángela María Téllez-Girón,
16th Duke of Osuna,
19th Duchess of Plasencia
b. 1925
María de Gracia de Solís-Beaumont,
20th Duchess of Plasencia
b. 1957
María de Gracia Ruspoli,
26th Marquise of the Villar de Grajanejos
b. 1977

Notes
  1. BOE: Ducado de Plasencia
  2. When the dukedom of Plasencia was split by royal decree from the dukedom of Béjar, which did held a grandeeship of Spain, Isabella II conferred it to the dukedom of Plasencia. Soler Salcedo, Juan Miguel, Nobleza Española. Grandeza Inmemorial 1520, Editorial Visión, Madrid, 2008. ISBN 978-84-9886-179-2
  3. Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 153, p. 9116, 27 June 1959. Retrieved on 2010-04-10 (in Spanish)
  4. Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 60, p. 3367, 10 March 1962. Retrieved on 2010-04-10 (in Spanish)

References
  • Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles, Hidalguía Editions, 2008
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