Duke of la Torre
Coat of arms of the Dukedom of la Torre
Duke of la Torre (Ducado de la Torre) is a hereditary ducal title in the spanish nobility, which holds a grandeeship of Spain 1st Class. It was conferred on November 1862 on General Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Count consort of San Antonio, by Queen Isabella II of Spain, in acknowledgement for his loyalty during the time he was Captain General of Cuba.[1]
Dukes of la Torre (1862-)
- Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre (1810–1885)[1]
- Francisco Serrano, 2nd Duke of la Torre (1862–1942), elder son of the 1st Duke
- Carlos Martínez de Campos, 3rd Duke of la Torre[2] (1887–1975), only son of the 1st Duke's eldest daughter
- Leopoldo Martínez de Campos, 4th Duke of la Torre (1910–2000), eldest son of the 3rd Duke
- Carlos Martínez de Campos, 5th Duke of la Torre[3] (b. 1944), eldest son of the 4th Duke
The heir apparent is Doña Carla Martínez de Campos, Countess Carlo Moroni
Notes
- 1 2 Houghton 1911, p. 683.
- ↑ Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 62, p. 991, 2 March 1952. Retrieved 2010-04-10 (Spanish)
- ↑ Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 142, p. 21223, 14 June 2001. Retrieved 2010-04-10 (Spanish)
References
Houghton, A. E. (1911). "Serrano y Dominguez, Francisco". In Chisholm, Hugh. Encyclopædia Britannica 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 682–683.
Further reading
- Geneall.net List of Dukes of la Torre
- Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles, Hidalguía Editions, 2008
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