Duke of Cardona

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Coat of arms of the House of Cardona
Castillo de Cardona

Duke of Cardona is a title of the Spanish high nobility, which in 1482 - based on the Catalan city ​​of Cardona  - was awarded by Queen Isabella I to Juan Ramon Folch de Cardona (from the House of Folch de Cardona ). The title previously existed as Vizconde and later as Conde . The current title holder since 1998 is Casilda Ghisla Guerrero-Burgos y Fernández de Córdoba, 20th Duquesa de Cardona (* 1982).

Vice Count of Cardona

  • Bernat Amat de Cardona (around 1155)
  • Ramon Folch , Vizconde de Cardona (about 1120-1176); ∞ Isabel Sibila de Urgell, daughter of Armengol VI. Count of Urgell
  • Ramon Folch, Vizconde de Cardona (about 1220-1276); ∞ Sibila de Ampurias, daughter of Ponce IV. Count of Ampurias
  • Ramon XI Folch, Vizconde de Cardona (* around 1290); ∞ Maria Anes de Haro, daughter of Juan Alonso I. de Haro, Señor de Los Cameros
  • Hugo Folch, Vizconde de Cardona (around 1300–1334), their son; ∞ Beatriz de Anglesola, daughter of Guillèn de Anglesola, Señor de Bellpuig

Counts of Cardona

  • Hugo Folch, 1st Conde de Cardona (around 1330–1400), their son; ∞ I Isabel de Aragão, daughter of Jaime I de Aragão, Conde de Urgell ; ∞ II Beatriz de Luna, daughter of Pedro Martinez de Luna, Señor de Almonacid e Pola
  • Juan Ramon Folch, 2nd Conde de Cardona (1375–1442) whose son from his second marriage; ∞ Juana de Aragón, daughter of Alfonso de Aragón y Foix , 1st Duque de Gandia ( House of Barcelona ), and Violante de Arenós
  • Juan Ramon Folch, 3rd Conde de Cardona (around 1390–1486), their son; ∞ I Juana de Arenós, 2nd Condesa de Prades, daughter of Pedro de Aragon, Conde de Prades, Barón de Entenza ( House of Barcelona ); ∞ II Joana de Aragão, daughter of Jaime II de Aragão, Conde de Urgell

Dukes of Cardona

Folch de Cardona house

  • Juan Ramon Folch de Cardona, 1st Duque de Cardona († 1513), their son; ∞ Aldonza Enriquez, Señora de Elche e Crevillente, daughter of Fradique Enriquez, Almirante de Castilla, Conde de Melgar e Rueda
  • Fernando Folch de Cardona, 2nd Duque de Cardona (around 1475–1545) their son; ∞ Francisca Manrique de Lara, daughter of Pedro Manrique de Lara, 1st Duque de Nájera , Conde de Trevino ( Manrique de Lara house )
  • Juana Folch de Cardona, 3rd Duquesa de Cardona (* around 1490) her daughter; ∞ Alfonso de Aragón, 2nd Duque de Segorbe (1489–1563) ( Trastámara House )

House Aragón- Trastámara

  • Francisco de Aragon Folch de Cardona, 3rd Duque de Segorbe , 4th Duque de Cardona (1539–1575), their son; ∞ Angélica de Cardenas, no descendants
  • Juana de Aragón Folch de Cardona, 4th Duquesa de Segorbe , 5th Duquesa de Cardona (around 1530–1608), his sister; ∞ Diego Fernández de Córdoba , el Africano, 3rd Marqués de Comares (1524–1601)

Folch de Cardona de Aragón house

  • Enrique Ramón Folch de Cardona de Aragon y Fernandez de Córdoba, 5th Duque de Segorbe , 6th Duque de Cardona (1588–1640), son of Luis Ramón Folch de Cardona de Aragón y de Córdova, thus a grandson of the 4th Duchess; ∞ I Juana de Rojas; ∞ II Catalina Fernández de Córdova Figueroa Enríquez de Ribera y Cortés, daughter of Pedro Fernandez de Córdoba, 4th Marqués de Priego
  • Luis Domingo Jacinto Francisco de Paula Fernández de Córdoba, later called himself: Luis Ramón Folch de Cardona de Aragón y de Fernandez de Córdova, 6th Duque de Segorbe , 7th Duque de Cardona (1608–1670), his son from second marriage; ∞ I Mariana Isabel de Sandoval Rojas Manrique de Padilla y Acuña, 3rd Duquesa de Lerma , daughter of Francisco Gomez de Sandoval y Rojas, 3rd Duque de Lerma; ∞ II María Teresa de Benavídes Dávila y Corella, daughter of Diego de Benavides de La Cueva y Bazan, 8th Conde de Santisteban del Puerto
  • Joaquín Agustín de Aragón Folch de Cardona y Benavides, 7th Duque de Segorbe , 8th Duque de Cardona (1667–1670), his son from his second marriage
  • Catalina Antónia de Aragon y Sandoval, 8th Duquesa de Segorbe , 9th Duchess of Cardona (1635–1697), his half-sister from the father's first marriage; ∞ Juan Francisco Tomás de la Cerda, 8th Duque de Medinaceli

House de la Cerda

  • Luis Francisco de La Cerda y Aragon, 9th Duque de Segorbe , 10th Duque de Cardona (1654–1711), their son; ∞ María de las Nieves Tellez-Giron y Sandoval, daughter of Gaspar Tellez-Girón y Sandoval, 5th Duque de Osuna

House Fernández de Córdoba

  • Nicolas Fernández de Córdova, 9th Duque de Medinaceli , 10th Duque de Segorbe , 8th Duque de Feria , 11th Duque de Cardona (1682–1739), son of Luis Mauricio Fernández de Córdova, 7th Marqués de Priego; ∞ Gerónima Spinola y de La Cerda, daughter of Felipe Antonio Spinola, Marqués de los Balbases
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  • Luis Joaquin Fernández de Córdoba, 14th Duque de Medinaceli (1780–1840), son of Luis Maria de le Soledad Fernandez de Córdoba y Gonzaga, 13th Duque de Medinaceli; ∞ María de la Concepción Ponce de Leon y Carvajal, daughter of António Maria Ponce de Leon y Dávila Carrillo de Albornoz, 4th Duque de Montemar
  • Luis Tomás de Villanueva Fernandez de Córdoba Figueroa y Ponce de León, 15th Duque de Medinaceli (1813–1873) their son; Ángela María Apolonia Pérez de Barradas y Bernuy, 1st Duquesa de Tarifa, daughter of Fernando Pérez de Barradas y Arias de Saavedra
  • Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Pérez de Barradas, 16. Duque de Medinaceli (1851–1879), their son; ∞ I María Luisa Fitz-James Stuart y Portocarrero, 19th Duquesa de Montoroso, daughter of Jaime Fitz James Stuart Veintemiglia Huescar Olivares, 15th Duque de Alba ; ∞ II Casilda de Salabert y Arteaga, 11th Duquesa de Ciudad Real, daughter of Narciso de Salabert y Pinedo, 7th Marqués de Torrecilla
  • Luis Jesus Fernandez de Córdoba y Salabert, 17th Duque de Medinaceli (1879–1956), their son; ∞ I Ana Maria Fernandez de Henestrosa y Gayoso de los Cobos, daughter of Ignacio Fernández de Henestrosa, Conde de Moriana del Rio; ∞ II María de la Concepción Rey y de Pablo Blanco
  • Casilda Fernandez de Córdoba y Rey, 19. Duquesa de Cardona (1941–1998), his daughter from his second marriage; ∞ I Alfonso Castillejo y de Ussia, Marqués de Aldama; ∞ II Antonio Guerrero-Burgos
  • Casilda Ghisla Guerrero-Burgos y Fernández de Córdoba, 20. Duquesa de Cardona (* 1982), her daughter from her second marriage

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