Duke of Segorbe

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.

Dukedom of Segorbe
Creation date	1469
Created by	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[1]
Heir apparent	Sol Medina y Orléans-Braganza

Current Duke of Segorbe

Ignacio Medina y Fernández de Córdoba succeeded in 1969 as 19th Duke of Segorbe^[2] 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).^[3]

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

Medinaceli arms

• Cardinal Fernández de Córdoba
• Casa de Medinaceli
• Grandees of Spain

References

1. BOE
2. "Almanach de Gotha (2014)". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
3. www.diputaciondelagrandeza.es

External links

• Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles. Instituto "Salazar y Castro", C.S.I.C.
• www.fundacionmedinaceli.org