Hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain
Dukedom of Benavente Creation date 28 January 1473 Created by Henry IV Peerage Peerage of Spain First holder Rodrigo Alonso Pimentel, 1st Duke of Benavente Present holder Ángela María de Solís-Beaumont y Téllez-Girón, 18th Duchess of Benavente[ 1]
Duke of Benavente (Spanish : Duque de Benavente ) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain , accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1473 by Henry IV to Rodrigo Alonso Pimentel, 4th Count of Benavente .[ 2] [ 3]
Since the Countship of Benavente was not revoked after the concession of the dukedom, the holders of the distinction are technically Count-Dukes of Benavente, similar to the Count-Dukes of Olivares .
Portrait of the 15th Duke by Ramón Soldevila, 1857
Rodrigo Alonso Pimentel, 1st Duke of Benavente (1473-1499)Alonso Pimentel y Pacheco, 2nd Duke of Benavente (1499-1530)Antonio Alonso Pimentel y Herrera de Velasco, 3rd Duke of Benavente (1530-1575)Luis Alonso Pimentel Herrera y Enríquez de Velasco, 4th Duke of Benavente (1575-1576)Juan Alonso Pimentel Herrera y Enríquez de Velasco, 5th Duke of Benavente (1576-1621)Antonio Alonso Pimentel y Quiñones, 6th Duke of Benavente (1621-1633)
Juan Francisco Pimentel y Ponce de León, 7th Duke of Benavente (1633-1652)Antonio Alonso Pimentel y Herrera Zúñiga, 8th Duke of Benavente (1652-1677)Francisco Casimiro Pimentel de Quiñones y Benavides, 9th Duke of Benavente (1677-1709)Antonio Francisco Pimentel de Zúñiga y Vigil de Quiñones, 10th Duke of Benavente (1709-1743)Francisco Alonso Pimentel Vigil de Quiñones Borja Aragón y Centelles, 11th Duke of Benavente (1743-1763)María Josefa Pimentel, 12th Duchess of Benavente (1763-1834)Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Beaufort-Spontin, 13th Duke of Benavente (1834-1844)Mariano Téllez-Girón y Beaufort-Spontin, 14th Duke of Benavente (1845-1882)Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Fernández de Santillán, 15th Duke of Benavente (1882-1898)
María Dolores Téllez Girón y Dominé, 16th Duchess of Benavente (1901-1939)
Ángela María Téllez-Girón y Duque de Estrada, 17th Duchess of Benavente (1952-2015)Ángela María de Solís-Beaumont y Téllez-Girón, 18th Duchess of Benavente (2016-)
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