Marquess of Almenara (1587)

Marquessate of Almenara
Creation date1587
Created byPhilip II
PeeragePeerage of Spain
First holderIñigo López de Mendoza y Manrique de Luna, 1st Marquess of Almenara
Present holderMaría del Pilar Álvarez de las Asturias-Bohórquez y Silva, 17th Marchioness of Almenara[1]

Marquess of Almenara (Spanish: Marqués de Almenara) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, granted in 1587 by Philip II to Iñigo López de Mendoza, his representative in the Kingdom of Aragon.[2][3]

Iñigo López de Mendoza went to trial with his first cousin, the Princess of Éboli, to claim the Lordship of Puebla de Almenara, founded by their great-grandfather, Cardinal Mendoza, who had established that it could only be inherited through the male line. He subsequently won the lawsuit, becoming Lord of Almenara and in 1587, he became the 1st Marquess of Almenara by the wishes of the king.[4]

In 1623, Philip IV granted another title with the same name, yet making reference to a completely different location near Peñaflor, in the Province of Seville. This subsequent title is sometimes referred to as "Marquess of Dehesa de Almenara" to distinguish it from the older title, despite the official name being the same.

Marquesses of Almenara (1587)

See also

References

  1. ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) - 18 August 1998
  2. ^ Real Asociación de Hidalgos de España, Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles, Ediciones Hidalguía, Vol. 50 (Madrid, 2018)
  3. ^ Search of title "Almenara, marqués de"
  4. ^ Salazar de Mendoza 1625, p. 454.

Bibliography

  • Salazar de Mendoza, Pedro (1625). Crónica del gran cardenal de España, don Pedro González de Mendoza.