Duke of Benavente
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Count of Benavente - referred to the city of Benavente in the province of Zamora - is a Spanish nobility title, which was given in 1398 by King Henry III. from Castile to Juan Alonso Pimentel . In 1473 the 4th Count of Benavente was appointed first Duke of Benavente by King Henry IV of Castile .
The Spanish Duchy of Benavente ( Ducado de Benavente ) is to be distinguished from the much older Italian Ducato di Benevento (based on the city of Benevente in the province of the same name)
- Fadrique, bastard of Castile, † Almodóvar del Río 1394, 1379 Duque de Benavente; ∞ Leonor de Castilla, daughter of Sancho Alfonso, Conde de Alburquerque ( House of Burgundy-Ivrea ), no offspring
- Juan Alonso Pimentel († 1420), Senhor de Bragança e Vinhaes (Portugal), 1398 Señor y 1st Conde de Benavente, son of Rodrigo Alonso Pimentel Moraes and Lourença Vasques da Fonseca; ∞ Joana Teles de Meneses, illegitimate daughter of Martín Afonso Telo de Meneses, and thus sister of Leonor Teles de Meneses, wife of King Ferdinand I of Portugal
- Rodrigo Alonso Pimentel († 1440), their son, 2nd Conde de Benavente; ∞ Leonora Enríquez de Mendoza, daughter of Alfonso Enríquez, 1st Señor de Medina del Río Seco, Almirante de Castilla
- Juan Alfonso Pimentel († 1437), his son, 1st Conde de Mayorga; ∞ Elvira de Zúñiga, daughter of Pedro de Zúñiga, 1st Señor de Béjar , 1st Conde de Ledesma, 1st Conde de Trujillo, 1st Conde de Plasencia
- Alonso Pimentel Enríquez († 1461), his brother, 3rd Conde de Benavente, 2nd Conde de Mayorga; ∞ María de Quiñones (Vigil de Quiñones), daughter of Diego Fernández (Hernández de Quiñones), Señor de Luna,
- Rodrigo Alonso Pimentel († 1499), their son, 4th Conde de Pimentel, 1473 1st Duque de Benavente; ∞ María Pacheco Girón, Señora de Villacidaler, daughter of Juan Pacheco, 1st Duque de Escalona
Juan Alonso Pimentel de Herrera, 3rd Duque de Benavente (by El Greco )
Juan Francisco Pimentel y Ponce de León, 7th Duque de Benavente (by Velázquez )
María Josefa Pimentel y Téllez-Girón (1750–1834), Duchess of Osuna (by Francisco de Goya )
Castle of the Dukes of Benavente in Puebla de Sanabria
Palace of the Dukes of Benavente in Valladolid
- Rodrigo Alonso Pimentel († 1499), 4th Conde de Pimentel, 1473 1st Duque de Benavente; ∞ María Pacheco Girón, Señora de Villacidaler, daughter of Juan Pacheco, 1st Duque de Escalona
- Luis Pimentel († 1497), their son, 1486 1st Marqués de Villafranca del Bierzo
- Alonso Pimentel († 1530), his brother, 5th Conde y 2nd Duque de Benavente; ∞ I Ana Herrera de Velasco, Señora de Cigales y Pedraza, daughter of Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 3rd Conde de Haro, 7th Condestable de Castilla, 1st Duque de la villa de Frías ; ∞ II Inés Enríquez de Mendoza, daughter of Pedro González de Mendoza, Señor y 1st Conde de Monteagudo
- Rodrigo Pimentel, their son, 5th Conde de Mayorga
- Juan Antonio Alonso Pimentel de Herrera de Velasco († 1574), his brother, 6th Conde y 3rd Duque de Benavente; ∞ María Luisa Enríquez, daughter of Fernando Enríquez y Velasco, 5th Almirante de Castilla, 4th Señor and 1st Duque de Medina del Río Seco,
- Luis Alonso Pimentel Herrera y Enríquez († 1576), their son, 7th Conde y 4th Duque de Benavente, 7th Conde de Mayorga
- Juan Alonso Pimentel Herrera († 1621), his brother, 8th Conde y 5th Duque de Benavente, 8th Conde de Mayorga; I Catalina de Quiñones (Vigil de Quiñones), 6. Condesa propietaria de Luna, daughter of Luis Vigil de Quiñones, 5. Conde de Luna; ∞ II Mencia de Zúñiga y Recqueséns, Señora de Martorell, Molín del Rey y San Agustín, daughter of Luis de Requesens Zúñiga, Governor of the Duchy of Milan , Governor of Flanders
- Antonio Alonso Pimentel de Quiñones († 1633), their son, 9th Conde y 6th Duque de Benavente, 9th Conde de Mayorga, 7th Conde de Luna; ∞ I María Ponce de León, daughter of Rodrigo Ponce de León, 3rd Duque de Arcos ; ∞ II Leonor Pimentel, daughter of Enrique (Bernardino Pimentel Enríquez), 1st Conde de Villada, 3rd Marqués de Távara,
- Juan Francisco Alonso Pimentel y Ponce de León (1584–1652), their son, 10th Conde y 7th Duque de Benavente, 10th Conde de Mayorga, 8th Conde de Luna; ∞ I Mencia de Zúñiga y Requesens, daughter of Luis Fajardo y Requesens, 4th Marqués de los Vélez, 3rd Marqués de Molina; ∞ II Antonia de Mendoza y Orense, daughter of Antonio Gómez Manrique de Mendoza, 5th Conde de Castrogeriz
- Antonio Alonso Pimentel de Herrera Zúñiga (Alonso Antonio Pimentel de Quiñones) († 1677), 11th Conde y 8th Duque de Benavente, 11th Conde de Mayorga, 9th Conde de Luna; ∞ I Isabel Francisca de Benavides y de la Cueva, 3rd Marquesa de Jabalquinto, daughter of Juan Francisco de Benavides, 2nd Marqués de Jabalquinto; ∞ II Sancha Centurión de Mendoza y Córdoba, daughter of Adán Centurión, 3rd Marqués de Estepa, 3rd Marchese dell'Aula, di Vivola e di Monte de Vay
- Gaspar Vigil de Quiñones Alfonso Pimentel y Benavides, his son, 12th Conde de Mayorga, 10th Conde de Luna, 4th Marqués de Jabalquinto, 3rd Marquis de Villarreal de Purullena;
- Francisco Casimiro Antonio Pimentel de Quiñones y Benavides (1655–1709), his brother, 12th Conde y 9th Duque de Benavente; ∞ I Antonia de Guevara, daughter of Beltrán Vélez Ladrón de Guevara, 1st Marqués de Campo Real, 1st Marqués de Guevara; ∞ II Manuela de Zúñiga Sarmiento, daughter of Juan de Zúñiga, 9th Duque de Béjar
- Francisco Antonio Pimentel († around 1677), his son, 14th Conde de Mayorga, 12th Conde de Luna
- Antonio Francisco Pimentel de Zúñiga Vigil de Quiñones († 1743), his brother, 13th Conde y 10th Duque de Benavente, 6th Marqués de Jabalquinto, 5th Marqués de Villarreal, de Purullena, 13th Conde de Alba de Liste, 15 Conde de Mayorga, 13. Conde de Luna; ∞ I María Ignacia Juana de Borja y Aragón, daughter of Pascual Francisco de Borja y Aragón, 10th Duque de Gandía ; ∞ II Marie Philippe de Hornes, daughter of Philippe de Hornes, Comte de Houtekercke
- Manuel Alfonso Pimentel (1700–1735), their son, 16th Conde de Mayorga, 14th Conde de Luna; ∞ María Teresa Francisca de Silva y Hurtado de Mendoza daughter of Juan de Dios de Silva y Mendoza, 10th Duque del Infantado , Duque de Lerma
- Francisco Alfonso-Pimentel Vigil de Quiñones Borja Aragón y Centelles Enríquez Zúñiga Mendoza Guzmán y Herrera (1707–1763), his brother, 14th Conde y 11th Duque de Benavente, 10th Duque de Medina de Río Seco, 13th Duque de Gandía , etc., Principe di Squillace , 2nd Duque de Arion; ∞ I Francisca de Benavides y de la Cueva, daughter of Manuel de Benavides y Aragón, 5th Marqués de Solera; ∞ II María Faustina Téllez-Girón y Pérez de Guzmán, daughter of José Téllez-Girón y Benavides, 11th Conde de Ureña, 7th Duque de Osuna
- María Josefa Alonso Pimentel Téllez-Girón Borja y Centelles (1750–1834), her daughter, 15th Condesa y 12th Duquesa de Benavente, 13, Duquesa de Béjar, 13th Duquesa de Plasencia, 12 Duquesa de Arcos, 14th Duquesa de Gandía, 9. Duquesa de Mandas y Villanueva; ∞ Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Pacheco, 10th Marqués de Peñafiel , 13th Conde de Ureña, 9th Duque de Osuna
- Francisco de Borja Bruno Téllez-Girón y Alfonso Pimentel (1785-1820), their son, 1807 10. Duque de Osuna, Conde-Duque de Benavente, Duque de Béjar, Gandía and Arcos; ∞ María Francisca de Beaufort y Toledo, Comtesse de Beaufort-Spontin , daughter of Frédéric-Auguste-Alexandre, Duc, Comte et Marquis de Beaufort-Spontin ( Huy House )
- Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Beaufort (1810–1844) his son, 1820 11th Duque de Osuna, 16th Conde and 13th Duque de Benavente, 14th Duque de Béjar y Plasencia, 15th Duque de Gandía, Duque de Mandas y Villanueva, 13th duque de Arcos, 14th Duque del Infantado , 11th Duque de Lerma, Estremera y Francavilla, 13th Duque de Medina de Río Seco,
- Mariano Téllez-Girón y Beaufort (1814–1882), his brother, 1844 12th Duque de Osuna etc. ∞ Eleonore zu Salm-Salm, daughter of Franz Joseph Friedrich Philipp Prinz zu Salm-Salm.
- Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Fernández de Santillán (* 1812), 1851 13. Duque de Osuna, Conde-Duque de Benavente, Duque de Gandía, Duque de Pastrana; ∞ Julia Fernanda de Dominé y Desmaisières, daughter of Antonio José María de Dominé y Mena
- Luis María Téllez-Girón y Fernández de Córdoba (1870–1909), descendant of the 9th Duke, 1901 14th Duque de Osuna, 12th Duque de Uceda.
- Mariano Téllez-Girón y Fernández de Córdoba (1887–), his brother, 1909 15th Duque de Osuna; ∞ Petra Duque de Estrada y Moreno, daughter of Juan Antonio de Estrada y Cabeza de Vaca, 8th Marqués de Villapanés etc.
- Ángela María Téllez-Girón y Duque de Estrada (* 1925), 1931 16. Duquesa de Osuna, Duquesa de Medina del Río Seco, 17th Condesa-Duquesa de Benavente, 16. Duquesa de Arcos, Duquesa de Gandía, Duquesa de Uceda; ∞ I Pedro de Solís-Beaumont y Lasso de la Vega; ∞ II José María de Latorre y Montalvo, 6th Marqués de Montemuzo