Duke of Plasencia

Coat of arms of the dukes 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.

The dukedom of Arévalo was forfeit, but those of Béjar and Plasencia where inherited by the descendants of the 1st duke and were held joinlty 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[1] 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-)

The heiress apparent is María de Gracia Giacinta Ruspoli y Solís-Beaumont, 26th Marchioness of the Villar de Grajanejo (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 Grajanejo
b. 1977

Notes

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 153, p. 9116, 27 June 1959. Retrieved on 2010-04-10 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 60, p. 3367, 10 March 1962. Retrieved on 2010-04-10 (Spanish)

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