Duke of Terranuova

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Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba y Aguilar (1435–1515), known as el Gran Capitán , was made duke five times in his life:

  1. on March 10, 1497 to the Duca di Santangelo (or Sant'Angelo)
  2. on April 10, 1502 to the Duca di Terranuova
  3. on January 1, 1507 to the Duca di Sessa
  4. 1507 to the Duca di Andria
  5. 1507 to the Duca di Montalto

The appointments were all made by the Catholic Kings in Naples ; This means that they are a priori Italian nobility titles. The third Duke of Sessa gave up the remaining titles so that the title Duke of Sessa would be recognized as a Castilian title. The discarded titles were between 1893 and 1919 by King Alfonso XIII. renewed.

Neapolitan Counts of Terranuova

  • Niccolo de Joinville, Conte de Terranuova, 1304/17 Viceroy of Otranto
  • Ruggero Sanserverino († around 1376), 1st Conte de Mileto e Terranuova; ∞ I NN; ∞ II Giovanna d ' Aquino , daughter of Tommaso d'Aquino, lord of Roccasecca
  • Roberto Sanseverino, his son, 2nd Conte de Terranuova; ∞ NN, daughter of Antonio Conte de Gerace
  • Enrico Sanseverino, his son, († 1403), 3rd Conte de Terranuova

Neapolitan Dukes of Terranuova

  • Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba y Aguilar (1453–1515), son of Pedro II. Fernández de Cordoba, 1497 1st Duca di Santangelo, 1502 1st Duca di Terranuova, 1507 1st Duca di Sessa, 1st Duca di Andria and 1. Duca di Torremaggiore, ∞ I Isabel de Sotomayor, daughter of Luis Méndez de Sotomayor; ∞ II María Manrique, daughter of Fadrique Manrique de Castilla,
  • Elvira de Cordoba († 1524), his daughter, 2nd Duchessa di Sant'Angelo, 2nd Duchessa di Sessa, 2nd Duchessa di Andria, 2nd Duchessa di Terranuova, ∞ Luis Fernández de Córdoba, 4th Conde de Cabra
  • Gonzalo Fernández de Cordoba (1520–1578), their son, 3rd Duque de Sessa, 3rd Duca di Terranuova, 3rd Duca di Andria, 3rd Duca di Sant'Angelo; ∞ María Sarmiento de Mendoza, sister of Diego de los Cobos y Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Marqués de Camarasa,
  • Carlo d'Aragona (approx. 1520; † 1599), 1561 1st Duke of Terranuova, 1566–1568 and 1571–1577 Viceroy of Sicily , 1581–1583 Viceroy of Catalonia , 1583–1592 Governor of the Duchy of Milan
  • Carlo Tagliava d'Aragona, († 1605), 2nd Duke of Terranuova
  • Giovanni Tagliava d'Aragona († 1624), 3rd Duke of Terranuova
  • Diego d'Aragona (1596–1663), 4th Duke of Terranuova
  • ...

Spanish dukes of Terranova

  • Fernando Osorio de Moscoso y Fernández de Córdoba (1815–1867), 4th Duca di Terranuova, son of Vicente Joaquin Osorio de Moscoso y Guzmán, 13th Duque de Sessa from his second marriage; ∞ María Eulalia Osorio de Moscoso y Carvajal, 11th Duquesa de Medina de las Torres, daughter of Vicente Pio Osorio de Moscoso y Ponce de León, 8th Duque de Atrisco,
  • Alfonso Osorio de Moscoso y Osorio de Moscoso (1857–1901), their son, 5th and 2nd (renewed in 1893) Duque de Terranova, 15th Duque de Soma; ∞ María Isabel Manuela López de Ansó y Ximénez de Embún, 3rd Baronesa de la Joyosa, daughter of Martial Antonio López Quilez y de Rafaela Ximénez de Embún y Angulo (the couple's titles are distributed among their four children)
  • Rafaela Osorio de Moscoso y López de Ansó (1893–1982), their daughter, 1906 3rd (6th) Duquesa de Terranova; ∞ Antonio de la Cierva y Lewita, 2nd Conde de Ballobar,
  • Gonzalo de la Cierva y Moreno (* 1961), 7th Duque de Terranova, son of Alonso de la Cierva y Osorio de Moscoso, 17th Marqués de Poza († 1968), and thus grandson of the 6th Duchess

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