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.

Dukedom of Plasencia
Creation date1476
Created byCatholic Monarchs
PeeragePeerage of Spain
First holderÁlvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán, 1st Duke of Plasencia
Present holderMaría de Gracia Giacinta Ruspoli y Solís-Beaumont

The dukedom of Arévalo was forfeit, but those of Béjar and Plasencia where inherited by the descendants of the 1st duke and were held jointly 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 former holder of the title, married to Carlo Emanuele Ruspoli, 3rd Duke of Morignano.

Dukes of Plasencia (1476-)

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Family tree

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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 Duchess of Osuna,
19th Duchess of Plasencia

1925-2015
María de Gracia de Solís-Beaumont,
20th Duchess of Plasencia

1957-2021
María de Gracia Ruspoli,
16th Marquise of the Villar de Grajanejos

b. 1977

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Notes

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  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 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 60, p. 3367, 10 March 1962. Retrieved on 2010-04-10 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Carrillo de Albornoz, José Miguel, Duquesas, La Esfera de los Libros, Madrid, 2011, ISBN 978-84-9970-015-1, p. 350 et seq.

References

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  • Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles, Hidalguía Editions, 2008