Marquisate del Carpio

Marquisate del Carpio
Marquesado del Carpio (Spanish)
←   ← 1559–Present
Flag Coat of arms
Capital		Not specified
Languages		Latin, Spanish language
Religion		Roman Catholic
Government		Marquesado tied to the Spanish crown
House of Haro House of Toledo House of Silva House of Fitz-James Stuart
•	20 January 1559	Philip II of Spain
•	1558	Diego López de Haro y Sotomayor
Historical era		Middle Ages – present
•	Established	1559
•	Disestablished	Present
Today part of		El Carpio, Andalucía, Province of Córdoba, Spain

The Marquisate del Carpio is a Spanish title of nobility established by order of King Philip II of Spain on 20 January 1559 and granted to Diego López de Haro y Sotomayor ^[1] GdE of the House of Haro. The title holds dominion and lordship over what is roughly the area of El Carpio in the area of Andalucía Province of Córdoba and was at times also tied to the Señorios of Lobrín and Sorbes. The title lends its name to the House of Carpio.

History

The Marquesado del Carpio has its origins in the Señorio del Castillo de Carpio which was founded in 1325 by García Méndez de Sotomayor.^[2]

The Marquesado del Carpio was originally tied to the title of a Grande de España granted by King Phillip II of Spain in 1559. The title was bestowed upon Diego Lopez de Haro y Sotomayor on 20 January 1559 in recognition of his services to the crown, ^[3] however the Grandeeship may have been revoked or not inherited at some point along the line as another Grandeeship was conferred onto the Marquesado by King Philip IV of Spain in 1640 which was granted to Diego de Haro y Haro, V Marques del Carpio and Conde de Morente.

It is further unclear whether the first Marques of Caprio was in fact Diego López de Haro y Sotomayor. Some sources record Diego López as the I Marques^[4] and others record Diego López' father Luis Méndez de Haro y Sotomayor as the I Marques.^[5] What does appear clear is that Luis Méndez was indeed the 9th Señor del Carpio inheriting the title from his parents and that his son Diego López was also the Marques. Whether the title was conferred upon the 9th or 10th Señor del Carpio appears to be the main question. Luis Méndez inherited the Señorio del Carpio from his mother Beatriz Portocarrero Cárdenas in 1528 according to Margarita Cabrera Sánchez.^[6] If the date of the upgrade to a Marquesado is accurately put at 1559, it would seem that the first Marques of Carpio was indeed Diego López de Haro y Sotomayor which is backed by the Real Academia de la Historia.^[7]

Title holders

	Title	Dates
Created by Philip II of Spain
I	Diego López de Haro y Sotomayor[8]	1559–1582
II	María López de Haro y Sotomayor	1582–?
III	Diego Luis López de Haro y Fernández de Córdoba	?–?
IV	Beatriz de Haro y Haro	?–?
V	Diego de Haro y Haro	?–?
VI	Luis Méndez de Haro y Guzmán	?–1661
VII	Gaspar Méndez de Haro y Fernández de Córdoba	1661–1687
VIII	Catalina de Haro y Enríquez	1687–?
IX	María Teresa Álvarez de Toledo y Haro	?–?
X	Fernando de Silva y Álvarez de Toledo	?–?
XI	María Teresa Cayetana de Silva y Álvarez de Toledo	?–1755
XII	Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart y Silva	?–?
XIII	Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Ventimiglia	?–?
XIV	Carlos María Fitz-James Stuart y Palafox	?–?
XV	Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó	?–?
XVI	Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva	?–?
XVII	Carlos Fitz-James Stuart y Martínez de Irujo	? - Incumbent

See also

• Señorio del Castillo de Carpio

References

• Some of the information on this page was translated from its Spanish equivalent.

1. "CARPIO". grandesp.org.uk (in Spanish). Grandesp. 30 August 2006. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
2. Vv.aa. Boletin de la Real Academia de la Historia. TOMO CLXXI. NUMERO I. AÑO 1974. Madrid: Real Academia de la Historia. p. 212. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
3. Profeti, Maria Grazia (2000). Otro Lope no ha de haber - Volume 2°. Firenze: Università di Firenze. Dipartmento di Lingue e Letterature Neolatine. p. 111. ISBN 8881253828. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
4. "CARPIO". grandesp.org.uk (in Spanish). Grandesp. 30 August 2006. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
5. Cabrera Sánchez, Margarita. "El Señorío de El Carpio en el Siglo XV" (PDF). helvia.uco.es (in Spanish). Aragón en la Edad Media 14-15 (1), 227-242 (1999). Universidad de Zaragoza, Departamento de Historia Medieval, Ciencias y Técnicas Historiográficas y Estudios Árabes e Islámicos. p. 235. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
6. Cabrera Sánchez, Margarita. "El Señorío de El Carpio en el Siglo XV" (PDF). helvia.uco.es (in Spanish). Aragón en la Edad Media 14-15 (1), 227-242 (1999). Universidad de Zaragoza, Departamento de Historia Medieval, Ciencias y Técnicas Historiográficas y Estudios Árabes e Islámicos. p. 235. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
7. Vv.aa. Boletin de la Real Academia de la Historia. TOMO CLXXI. NUMERO I. AÑO 1974. Madrid: Real Academia de la Historia. p. 212. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
8. "CARPIO". grandesp.org.uk (in Spanish). Grandesp. 30 August 2006. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2015.