Almanach of Authentic Nobility Titles with Grandess of Spain

This is the Almanach containing only authentic nobility titles of the kingdom of Spain (granted exclusivily by Sovereign kings by the Grace of God)   with the rank of Grandee, which are the highest cathegory of titled nobility in Spain (styled: Your Excellence, translated in spanish language  Excelentisimo Señor Don ).

In this almanach are expressed: the nomination of the nobility title, the date of creation of the nobility title and the identity of the person who received it directly and so  legitimaly from King D.G, in order to know and identify historically the lignage or family honoured by a Royal dignity.

Grandees are classed in an spetial order by the most important rank which in the kingdom of Spain is the title of duke , then prince, then marquess then Earl, then Viscount , then baron, then lord.

NOTE

 

Honorific distinctions  granted by  political regimes different to Dinastic  Sovereign Spanish Monarchy by the Grace of God  (Joseph Bonaparte regime from 1808 year  to 1813 year , Cádiz Constitution Regime from 1812 to 1814 , liberal Constitutionnal regimes from 1833 year  to 1868 year,  and 1874 year to 1885 year and after untill 1931year represented by: Isabel de Bourbon , his son Alfonso de Bourbon  and his grandson Alfonso de Bourbon. Then Amadeo de Saboya Constitutionnal Regime, during the Revolutionnary Sexeny (1868-1873). First Movimiento Nacional regime from 1939 year to 1975 year and Second Movimiento Nacional regime from 1975 year to 1978 year , Democratic Regime since 1978 year)   ARE NOT NOBILITY TITLES, and this is the reason why they are not included in the almanach which pretends to be the purest expression of the essence of authentic Spanish nobility.

Besides we have to indicate something which is ignored by the large majority of so called experts and specialists in this matter because there are feodal  titles since the creation of the first Soverign Spanish Kingdom by the Grace of God since V Century by Gothic Nation , because at that time Spain was divided in diferent dukedoms  that King granted to closer relatives of the king and to  the most important members of the german Gothic  nobility ( never ladies because of salic Law of Goths during the existence of the hole Spanish  Gothic Monarchy Dei Gratia since V century till VIII century and constitutes:

FIRST PERIOD OF THE EXISTENCE OF NOBILITY TITLES (V CENTURY SINCE 711 YEAR) 

SECOND PERIOD OF THE EXISTENCE OF NOBILITY TITLES (718-1037)

Was identified after the arrival of muslims and the destruction of the Spanish Gothic  Kingdom in Spain by  the creation of :

Christian Gothic  Kingdom of Asturias Dei Gratia in 718 year transformed later in Christian Gothic Kingdom of León Dei Gratia, thaks to the conquered parts of territory to Muslim intruders (Reconquista), untill 1037 year, various earldoms were created, never granted to ladies, because of the persistence of Salic law of Gothic Nation, but created  for  Highest Gothic Nobility and the relatives of the kings of león.

During this second period  certain old dukedoms were conserved:

THIRD PERIOD OF THE EXISTENCE OF NOBILITY TITLES: (1037-1369)

This period is represented by the creation of a new Kingdom of Castilla in 1037 Year and the arrival of Basque Dinasty from Navarra with King Fernando I D.G , and the destruction of the Traditionnal Spanish  Gothic Dinasty, heiress of the first independant and sovereign kingdom in Spain, only subsistant with possessors of the powerfull  Earldoms mentionned above, but know obliged to protect their identity and descendance against the stranger BASQUE Royal Dinasty that will exist only as master of the Throne of Castilla and New león for a little of time  since 1037 year to 1126 Year and  that ended with Queen Urraca I D.G, married to Raymond Capet ( from French Royal House ) another stranger who will establish other new Dinasty represented by Capets  in male line till 1369 year legitimaly, and from this date to 1517 in a second period of this Capet Dinasty  ilegitimately because in XIV Century a bastard of King Alfonso XI called Henri, will assassinate his half brother King Don Pedro I D.G, and as he need a lot of supports to usurp the Throne he become the first king who granted plenty of nobility titles which a different rank like duke, marquess , earl ,Viscount, Baron etc to imitate the brilliant  Capet Monarchy in France and ind Burgundy  he had visited before preparing the rebellion against the king of castille.

He considered that this way giving more apanages and titles and honours  to the little nobility of this time like Houses of Toledo, Pimentel , Acuña, Mendoza, Fernandez de Cordoba, Zúñiga, Velasco, etc..., and he received inmediately the help of these knights usurping the throne and assassinating the King in Montiel by his own hands.

During this Third period of our exposition referred to the History of Nobility titles in Spain , it is necessary to indicate that all greatest Gothic lignages were deprived of their titles , castles, and lands and all the gothic Earldoms of the anterior period disappear because of the necessity of the stranger Capet Raymond to elimine the orguelious Gothic Traditionnal Highest Nobility coming for a large majority from Gothic Kings of Spain , Asturias and León .

So to assure his descendance in the Throne, with the help of Church who was fond of controlling Throne having an feeble stranger who needed  protection and legitimacy , they built this strategy to elimine the power of Spanish old Gothic princes, who were obliged to hide themselves in the country of the old Earldom of Castilla in the north of Burgos in the mountains, choosing other surnames and living far from stranger new  Kings to preserve them and their families till nowdays.

Some of those lignages who settled permanently in this part of the spanish Country in the North Castille are represented by the Houses of Salinas , Villamor, Aza, Guzmán, de la Peña, Gomez de Sandoval, etc...

So this was  a poor period of creating new dignities and titles, this Royal activity was very limited because Royal power had in mind precisaly to elimine them, we can indicate:

FOURTH PERIOD OF THE EXISTENCE OF NOBILITY TITLES (1369-1833) AND AFTER 1833 UNTIL XXI CENTURY, LEGITIMATE AND AUTHENTIC NOBILITY TITLES HAVE BEEN ONLY CREATED AND RECOGNISED BY SOVEREIGN KINGS OF SPAIN BY THE GRACE OF GOD, REPRESENTED BY THE CARLIST DINASTY

Because since the first dukedoms of the Gothic Monarchy Dei Gratia untill the last creations in XX Century, those dignities have allways  represented the sovereignty of the king, that means the power of  God as the creator of the universe legitimaly exerced by his instrument  on earth for temporal matters crowned by Church under the Supreme authority of His Sainctity The Roman Pope Dei Gratia as Representant of God.

They are a symbol and they constitute the purest expression of spirituality in the preservation of history and Tradition and can not be regulated by ”common people“, or their democratic political institutions, but only by Traditionnal Rules created by the Sovereign kings by the Grace of God obliged to justify any change obeing the principle of Royal Sovereignty and old laws approoved by legitimate kings D.G according to the spirit of the policy of god and tradition.

GRANDEES OF SPAIN ALMANACH

DUKES

PRINCIPES

MARQUESSES

EARLS

VISCOUNT

 LORDS

This almanach will be completed by addition of  other nobility titles omited ut supra because some Royal dignities have ceased to be used because of the extinction of the descendants or destruction of Royal archives or other reasons, so it remains difficult to identify all the nobility titles created all along the History of the Kingdom by Sovereign Kings of Spain By the Grace of God, because sometimes in these cases they have to be discovered by indirect proofs like testament, private letters, later posterior Royal confirmations,  etc.

 

It remains clear that gentlemen and not Ladies are confirmed by traditionand by Law (Code of SIETE PARTIDAS of XIII Century) to lead and continue the obligation of transmitting the historical legacy of the spirit of the ideal of tradition, as a symbolic heritage with preference to Ladies.

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