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Duke of Arcos

Duke of Arcos

Hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain

Not to be confused with Duke of Arco.

Duke of Arcos (Spanish: Duque de Arcos) is an hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, granted by Isabella I in 1493 to Rodrigo Ponce de León, then 4th Count of Arcos.[2][3] The dukedom is among the first 25 titles which reached the rank of Grandee of Spain 1st Class, in 1520. Nowadays however, all Grandees are of the same class.

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The title makes reference to the town of Arcos de la Frontera in Cádiz.

The 4th Duke of Arcos was a character in the opera called Salvator Rosa (1874) by Antônio Carlos Gomes.[4]

1620 Lithograph of the 1st Duke of Arcos, Biblioteca Nacional

Counts of Arcos (1431)

  • Pedro Ponce de León, 1st Count of Arcos
  • Juan Pérez Ponce de León, 2nd Count of Arcos
  • Rodrigo Ponce de León, 3rd Count of Arcos
  • Francisca Ponce de León, 4th Countess of Arcos:
  • Rodrigo Ponce de León, 5th Count of Arcos (1488–1493). 1st Duke of Arcos (since 1493)

Dukes of Arcos (1493)

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) - 11 October 2016
  2. [2]
    Real Asociación de Hidalgos de España, Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles, Ediciones Hidalguía, Vol. 50 (Madrid, 2018)
  3. [3]
    Search of title "Arcos, duque de"
  4. [4]
    Joe, Jeongwon (2013). Opera as Soundtrack. Routledge. p. 80. ISBN 9780754667186.
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