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Dukedom of Segorbe
COA Duke of Segorbe.svg
Creation date 1469
Monarch John II
Peerage Peerage of Spain
First holder Enrique de Aragón y Pimentel, 1st Duke of Segorbe
Present holder Ignacio Medina y Fernández de Córdoba, 19th Duke of Segorbe
Heir apparent Sol Medina y Orléans-Braganza

Duke of Segorbe (Spanish: Duque de Segorbe) is an hereditary title in the peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1469 by John II of Aragon to Enrique de Aragón, son of Infante Henry, Duke of Villena and Beatriz de Pimentel, from whom the ducal house of Medinaceli descends.

Current Duke of Segorbe

Ignacio Medina y Fernández de Córdoba succeeded in 1969 as 19th Duke of Segorbe before marrying Princess Maria da Glória de Orléans-Braganza in 1985. The Duke and Duchess of Segorbe have two daughters:

  • Sol María de la Blanca Medina y Orléans-Braganza, 54th Countess of Ampurias (b. 1986), heiress apparent to her father's titles;
  • Ana Luna Medina y Orléans-Braganza, 17th Countess of Ricla (b. 1988).

Succession

As with other Spanish noble titles, the dukedom of Segorbe descended according to cognatic primogeniture, meaning that females could inherit the title if they had no brothers (or if their brothers had no issue). That changed in 2006, since when the eldest child (regardless of gender) can automatically succeed to noble family titles.

List of titleholders

Title Period
Created by Juan II de Aragón
I Enrique de Aragón y Pimentel 1476–1522
II Alfonso de Aragón y Portugal 1522–1562
III Francisco de Aragón y Cardona 1562–1575
IV Juana de Aragón y Cardona 1575–1608
V Enrique de Aragón Folc de Cardona y Córdoba 1608–1640
VI Luis de Aragón y Fernández de Córdoba 1640–1670
VII Joaquín de Aragón y Benavides
1670
VIII Catalina de Aragón y Sandoval 1670–1697
IX Luis Francisco de la Cerda y Aragón 1697–1711
X Nicolás María Fernández de Córdoba y de la Cerda 1711–1739
XI Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Spínola 1739–1768
XII Pedro de Alcántara Fernández de Córdoba [es] 1768–1789
XIII Luis María Fernández de Córdoba y Gonzaga 1789–1806
XIV Luis Joaquín Fernández de Córdoba y Benavides 1806–1840
XV Luis Tomás Fernández de Córdoba y Ponce de León 1840-1873
XVI Luis María Fernández de Córdoba y Pérez de Barradas [es] 1873–1879
XVII Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Salabert 1880–1956
XVIII Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba y Fernández de Henestrosa 1956–1969
XIX Ignacio Medina y Fernández de Córdoba [es] 1969–present

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Ducado de Segorbe para niños

House of de la Cerda, duchy of Medinacelli, COA
Medinaceli arms
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