Duke of Arcos

Coat of arms of the Dukes of Arcos

The Spanish title Count of Arcos (referring to Arcos de la Frontera ) was given to Pedro Ponce de León, Lord of Marchena, in the first half of the 15th century. His great-grandson Rodrigo Ponce de León was named Duke of Arcos in 1493 . Today's title holder is Angela María de Solís-Beaumont y Téllez-Girón (* 1950), since 1973 XVIII. Duchess of Arcos.

Counts of Arcos

I. Pedro Ponce de León (III) (* 1365; † 1448), 1429 Count of Arcos, V. Lord of Marchena etc., I. Count of Medellín

∞ María de Ayala Guzmán y Toledo

II. Juan Ponce de León (II) († around 1474), I. Margrave of Cádiz , VI. Mr. von Marchena etc.

∞ Leonor Núñez

III. Rodrigo Ponce de León (I) (* 1432; † 1492), II. Margrave and I Duke of Cádiz, I Margrave of Zahara , VII. Lord of Marchena

IV. Francisca Ponce de León, II. Margravine de Zahara, VIII. Mistress of Marchena

∞ Luis Ponce de León († 1494), V. Lord of Villagarcía

V. Rodrigo Ponce de León (II) (* 1488; † 1530), III. Margrave of Zahara, 1st Duke of Arcos (1493)

Dukes of Arcos

Ducal Castle of Arcos

Zahara de la Sierra

Casares

I. Rodrigo Ponce de León (II), V. Count of Arcos, 1493 Duke of Arcos, III. Margrave of Zahara, Count I of Casares

∞ María Téllez-Girón Lasso de la Vega "la Menor"

II. Luis Cristóbal Ponce de León (* 1512; † 1573), IV. Margrave of Zahara, II. Count of Casares etc.

∞ María de Toledo Figueroa y Córdova, daughter of III. Counts of Feria

III. Rodrigo Ponce de León (III) († 1630), Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece , 5th Margrave of Zahara, III. Count of Casares

∞ Teresa de Zúñiga Mendoza y Aragón, daughter of the V Duke of Béjar

IV. Rodrigo Ponce de León (IV) (* 1602; † 1658), grandson of III. , IV. Duke of Arcos, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, VII. Margrave of Zahara, IV. Count of Casares, Count of Bailén etc., Viceroy of Valencia (1642–1645), Viceroy of Naples (1646–1648)

∞ Ana de Córdova y Aragón, daughter of the V Duke of Segorbe

V. Francisco Ponce de León (I) (* 1632; † 1673, SP), IX. Margrave of Zahara, Count V of Casares and Bailén

VI. Manuel Ponce de León (I) (* 1633 - † 1693), X. Margrave of Zahara, III. Margrave of Villagarcía, VI. Count of Casares and Bailén etc.

∞ María Guadalupe de Alencástre Cárdenas Manrique de Lara, 5th Duchess of Aveiro , 8th Duchess of Maqueda, Duchess of Terranova y Ciudad Real, Margravine of Elche

VII. Joaquín Ponce de León (I) († 1729), IX. Duke of Maqueda , Duke of Terranova, XI. Margrave of Zahara, Margrave of Elche and of Villagarcía, VII. Count of Casares and Bailén etc.

∞ Ana María Spínola de la Cerda, daughter of the II Marquis of Los Balbases

VIII. Joaquín Ponce de León (II) († 1743), XIV. Duke of Nájera (1731)

IX. Manuel Ponce de León (II) († 1744), XV. Duke of Nájera

X. Francisco Ponce de León (II) († 1763), XVI. Duke of Nájera

XI. Antonio Ponce de León († 1780), XVII. Duke of Nájera

XII. María Josefa de la Soledad Alfonso-Pimentel de Borja Zúñiga Enríquez Ponce de León etc. (* 1752; † 1834), great-great-granddaughter of VII. , XV. Countess and XII. Duchess of Benavente , XV. Duchess of Medina de Ríoseco, XIV. Duchess of Gandía , XII. Duchess of Béjar

XIII. Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón (* 1810; † 1844), grandson of XII. , XI. Duke of Osuna , XVI. Graf and XIII. Duke de Benavente, XVI. Duke of Medina de Ríoseco, XV. Duke of Gandía, XIII. Duke of Béjar, XIII. Duke of El Infantado , XI. Duke of Lerma

XIV. Mariano Téllez-Girón (* 1814; † 1882), XII. Duke of Osuna, XVII. Count and XIV. Duke of Benavente, XVII. Duke of Medina de Ríoseco, XVI. Duke of Gandía, XIV. Duke of Béjar, XIV. Duke of El Infantado, XII. Duque de Lerma

XV. (I) José Ambrosio Bruneti y Gayoso de los Cobos (* 1839), great-grandson of XII. , 1890 Duke of Arcos in dispute with XV. (II), who also called himself Duke of Arcos; without offspring

XV. (II) Mariano Téllez-Girón y Fernández de Córdova (* 1887, † 1931), great-great-grandson of XII. , called himself Duke of Arcos, XVII. Duke of Gandía, XVI. Count y XIX. Duke of Benavente, XIII. Duke of Uceda, XI. Margrave of Javalquinto, XVIII. Margrave of Lombay, XIX century Count of Ureña etc.

∞ Petra Duchess of Estrada and Moreno (* 1900), daughter of XVIII. Marquis of Villapanés

XVI. Angela María Téllez-Girón y Duque de Estrada (* 1925), XVI. Duchess of Osuna, XXI. Duchess of Medina de Ríoseco, XVIII. Duchess of Gandía, XX. Countess and XVII. Duchess of Benavente, XVIII. Duchess of Plasencia, XIV. Duchess de Uceda, XII. Margravine of Javalquinto, XVI. Duchess of Peñaranda de Bracamonte and Oropesa, XIX century Margravine of Lombay, V. Margravine of Jerrando, Frechila and Villarramiel, of Toral and Frómista, XX. Countess of Ureña, XIII. Countess of Pinto, Fuensalida Alcaudete, la Puebla de Montalbán etc.

∞ Pedro de Solís-Beaumont y Lasso de la Vega († 1959)

XVII. Angela María de Solís-Beaumont y Téllez-Girón (* 1950), 1973 Duchess of Arcos by renouncing her mother, XVIII. Marquesa de Peñafiel

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Duques de Arcos (Spanish)