Duke of El Infantado

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Coat of arms of the Duke of El Infantado
Manzanares el Real Castle
Palacio del Infantado, Guadalajara

The title Duke of El Infantado (Spanish Duque del Infantado ) was awarded in 1475 by Queen Isabella I to Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Figueroa, a son of the politician and writer Íñigo López de Mendoza , Marqués de Santillana; the title is passed on to his descendants to this day.

Diego Hurtado de Mendoza is the builder of Manzanares el Real Castle . The later seat of the Duke of Infantado, however, is the Palacio del Infantado in Guadalajara .

Dukes of El Infantado

  • Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Figueroa (1415 / 7–1479), 1st Duque del Infantado, son of Íñigo López de Mendoza, Marqués de Santillana
  • Íñigo López de Mendoza y Luna (1461–1531) 2nd Duque del Infantado
  • Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Luna, "El Grande", 3rd Duque del Infantado
  • Íñigo López de Mendoza y Pimentel (1493–1566), 4th Duque del Infantado
  • Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (1520–1560), Conde de Saldaña, son of the 4th Duke; married to the Marquesa de Cenete
  • Íñigo López de Mendoza (1536–1601), grandson of the 4th Duke, 4th Duque del Infantado, heir to the Marquesado de Cenete
  • Ana de Mendoza (1554–1633), 6th Duquesa del Infantado, married to Juán Hurtado de Mendoza de la Vega y Luna († 1624)
  • Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar Sandoval y Mendoza (1614–1657), 7th Duque del Infantado, 1651–1655 Viceroy of Sicily
  • Catalina Gómez de Sandoval y Mendoza (1616–1686), 8th Duquesa del Infantado, through her marriage to Duquesa de Pastrana
  • Gregorio María de Silva y Mendoza (1649–1693), 5th Duque de Pastrana, 9th Duque del Infantado and 7th Duque de Lerma
  • Juan de Dios de Silva y Mendoza y Haro (1672–1737), 6th Duque de Pastrana, 7th Duque de Lerma and 10th Duque del Infantado
  • María Francisca de Silva Mendoza y Sandoval (1707–1770), 11th Duquesa del Infantado, married to the Marqués de Távara

House Álvarez de Toledo

  • Pedro Alcántara de Toledo y Silva (1729–1790), 12th Duque del Infantado, heir to the titles Távara, Lerma and Pastrana
  • Pedro Alcántara de Toledo y Salm-Salm (1768–1841), 13th Duque del Infantado etc.

Other families

  • Pedro de Alcántara Tellez Girón y Beaufort (1810–1844), 11th Duque de Osuna , Conde de Benavente , 14th Duque del Infantado. Great-grandson of the 13th Duke
  • Mariano Téllez Girón y Beaufort-Spontin (1814–1882), 15th Duque del Infantado, 12th Duque de Osuna, brother of the 14th Duke
  • Andrés Avelino de Arteaga y Silva Carvajal y Téllez Girón (1833–1910), 16th Duque del Infantado, nephew of Duque de Osuna
  • Joaquín de Arteaga y Echague Silva y Méndez de Vigo (1870–1947), 17th Duque del Infantado, son of the 16th Duke
  • Íñigo de Arteaga y Falguera (1905–1997), 18th Duque del Infantado.
  • Íñigo de Arteaga y Martín (1941–2018), 19th Duque del Infantado.

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