Duque de Villahermosa
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The Dukes of Villahermosa (Spanish: Duque de Villahermosa) are nobility
and Grandees of Spain. The fortunes of the Villahermosa family started to rise in the mid-15th century. At that time Villahermosa was lorded over by Alfonso de Aragón y de Escobar
, who was a non-legitimate son of John II of Aragon
. Pedrola became the Aragonian capital of the domains of the Azlor de Aragón family, who carried the ducal title.
The residence in Madrid after the 18th century was a neoclassic palace on the corner of Paseo del Prado and the road of San Jerónimo. After modern remodeling by Rafael Moneo in the late 1980s, the palace presently houses the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum.
, 1st Count of Cortes in Navarre, title bestowed on him by his father in 1462, as consort king of Queen Blanca de Navarra. 1st count of Ribagorza Conde de Ribagorza of his line, (known as Alfonso VI de Ribagorza), in 1469. Later 1st duke de Villahermosa
in 1476, (* 1417 - +1495). Married in 1477, Leonor de Sotomayor, when he was aged 60. He got from her 2 males/1 female and also, further, non-legitimate, 6 males/females.
2 - Alfonso de Aragón y Sotomayor, second legitimate male, 2º duke de Villahermosa since 1495, (* 1479 - + Valladolid
, Spain, 1513). 1 illegitimate daughter, Leonor, who got illegitimate children from Fernando Ximénez de Urrea.
3 - Mariana de Aragón y Sotomayor, legal sister of the 2nd duke Alfonso, above. 3rd Duchess of Villahermosa, (1485–1513) who had married in 1506 Roberto Sanseverino
, (1485–1508), Count of Marsico
, Italy, 3rd Prince of Salerno
, Italy, having with him 1 male/1 female:
4 - ** Ferdinando Sanseverino y de Aragóm, (18 January 1507 - exiled in France since 1554, 1572), 4th Prince of Salerno through his Italian father, 4th Duke of Villahermosa though his Spanish mother, both titles when he was not yet more than 6 years old on becoming a full orphan after 1513. Since 1554 the 4th Duke, aged then around 47, was punished by king Charles I of Spain, a.k.a. Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire to lose his titles and lands in Spain and Italy because of his services to the French Crown.
The title of 2nd Count of Ribagorza, had become redundant since 1476 when Alfonso de Aragón y de Escobar
, (1417–1495), legitimised step brother of the unfortunate Charles, Prince of Viana, (1421–1461), King Ferdinand II of Aragón
, (1453–1516), and Queen of Naples Juana of Aragón, (1454 - 9 January 1517) had been promoted by his father to 1st Duke of Villahermosa.
Then, in that year of 1476, 3 years before his death, Juan II of Aragón, approaching his 80's, thought fit to pass the title of 2nd Count of Ribagorza to the son of the 1st duke, Alfonso, namely Juan de Aragón y Junquers, (Benabarre
, Spain, 1457 - Monzon
, Spain
, 1528),1st Duke of Luna in 1495 by his step brother king Ferinand II of Aragon, (1453 - king of Aragon 1479 - 1516), Viceroy of Naples. He had a sister, also a Royal Aragonese bastard, named Leonor de Aragón y Junquers. She managed in due time to pass her royal Aragonese genes to the Milá family, existing today, Counts of Albayda, and then, through these Milá's, via a female, to the Italian Borja
´s, Princes of Schillache, existing today, too.
By 1479, the new 2nd Count of Ribagorza would marry wealthy and influential Aragonese noble woman Maria López de Gurrea, deceased circa 1492. Thee out of 5 males/females by the 2nd Count of Ribagorza, Viceroy of Naples, died young but Alfonso Felipe de Aragón y Gurrea, (1487–1550) managed to be after 1528, 3rd Count of Ribagorza and 2nd Duke of Luna, marrying 3 times and having 5 males/fgemales, 0 males females and 8 males/females respectively.
From the 3rd marriage with 8 males/females, came:
5 - Martín de Aragón] y de Cardona, 3rd Duke of Luna, 5t duke de Villahermosa after 1554 by decision of king Charles I of Spain on substituting Fernando Sanseverino y de Aragón, , ( Pedrola
, Spain, * 1525 - + Zaragoza
, Spain, 1581), who married in 1541, in Medina Sidonia, Spain, Luisa de Borja, (Gandía
, Spain, 1529 - Zaragoza
, Spain, 1560) . The inheritor of the title of Duke was then, since 1581:
6 - Fernando de Aragón y Borja 6th duke de Villahermosa (*1546 - Duke since 1581 - ????).
7 - Francisco de Aragón y Borja, count de Luna, 7 duque de Villahermosa. TheDuchy seemsto have been suppressed.
8 - Maria Luisa de Aragon, 8 duchess de Villahermosa
9 - Fernando Manuel de Aragon, 9 duke de Villahermosa (* 1613 - ????)
10 - Carlos de Aragón de Gurrea y de Borja
, 10th duke de Villahermosa (* 1665 - ????)
11 - José Claudio de Aragón y Gurrea de Castro Pinós, 11º duke de Villahermosa (* 1697 - ????)
12 - Juan Pablo de Aragón-Azlor, 7º duke de la Palata, 12º duke de Villahermosa (Pedrola 1730 - Madrid, 1790).
13 - Víctor Amadeo de Aragón-Azlor y Pignatelli de Aragón, 8º duke de la Palata, 13º duke de Villahermosa (* - ????)
14 - José António de Aragón Azlor y Pignatelli de Aragón, 9º duke de la Palata, 14º duke de Villahermosa (* 1785 - ????)
15 - Marcelino Pedro de Aragón Azlor y Fernández de Córdoba, 15º duke de Villahermosa * 1815
16 - Maria del Cármen de Aragón-Azlor y Idiáquez, 16ª duchess de Villahermosa (Madrid, 30-XII-1841 - id., 1919)
17 - Francisco-Xavier de Aragón-Azlor e Idíaquez, 17º duke de Villahermosa (* 1842 - ????),
18 - José Antonio Azlor de Aragon y Hurtado de Zaldivar, 18º duke de Villahermosa (* 1873 - ????).
19 - Maria del Pilar Azlor de Aragon y Guillamas, 10º duke de la Palata, 19ª duchess de Villahermosa (* 1908 - ????)
20 - lvaro de Urzaiz y Azlor de Aragon, duke de Villahermosa (* 1937 - ????)
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducado_de_Villahermosa . Biographies, March 2010, on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4rd, 5th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 15th Dukes/Duchesses of Villahermosa. In Spanish.
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and Grandees of Spain. The fortunes of the Villahermosa family started to rise in the mid-15th century. At that time Villahermosa was lorded over by Alfonso de Aragón y de Escobar
Alfonso de Aragón y de Escobar
Alfonso de Aragon y de Escobar , Duke of Villahermosa, Count of Ribagorza and Cortes, Baron de Arenos and Grand Master of the Order of Calatrava, was an illegitimate son of John II of Aragon and one of his mistresses. Little is known about him. Because he wasn't in line of succession, he was often...
, who was a non-legitimate son of John II of Aragon
John II of Aragon
John II the Faithless, also known as the Great was the King of Aragon from 1458 until 1479, and jure uxoris King of Navarre from 1425 until his death. He was the son of Ferdinand I and his wife Eleanor of Alburquerque...
. Pedrola became the Aragonian capital of the domains of the Azlor de Aragón family, who carried the ducal title.
The residence in Madrid after the 18th century was a neoclassic palace on the corner of Paseo del Prado and the road of San Jerónimo. After modern remodeling by Rafael Moneo in the late 1980s, the palace presently houses the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum.
List of the Dukes of Villahermosa
1 - Alfonso de Aragón y de EscobarAlfonso de Aragón y de Escobar
Alfonso de Aragon y de Escobar , Duke of Villahermosa, Count of Ribagorza and Cortes, Baron de Arenos and Grand Master of the Order of Calatrava, was an illegitimate son of John II of Aragon and one of his mistresses. Little is known about him. Because he wasn't in line of succession, he was often...
, 1st Count of Cortes in Navarre, title bestowed on him by his father in 1462, as consort king of Queen Blanca de Navarra. 1st count of Ribagorza Conde de Ribagorza of his line, (known as Alfonso VI de Ribagorza), in 1469. Later 1st duke de Villahermosa
Villahermosa
Like most of the Tabasco, Villahermosa has a tropical climate. The city specifically features a tropical monsoon climate. Temperatures during spring and summer seasons reach upwards of 40°C , with humidity levels hovering around 30% during the same period...
in 1476, (* 1417 - +1495). Married in 1477, Leonor de Sotomayor, when he was aged 60. He got from her 2 males/1 female and also, further, non-legitimate, 6 males/females.
2 - Alfonso de Aragón y Sotomayor, second legitimate male, 2º duke de Villahermosa since 1495, (* 1479 - + Valladolid
Valladolid
Valladolid is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three wine-making regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales...
, Spain, 1513). 1 illegitimate daughter, Leonor, who got illegitimate children from Fernando Ximénez de Urrea.
3 - Mariana de Aragón y Sotomayor, legal sister of the 2nd duke Alfonso, above. 3rd Duchess of Villahermosa, (1485–1513) who had married in 1506 Roberto Sanseverino
Roberto Sanseverino
Roberto Sanseverino was an Italian nobleman and admiral of the Kingdom of Naples. He was the first prince of Salerno from 1463, as well as the count of Marsica and Sanseverino, baron of Cilento and lord of Agropoli and Castellabate....
, (1485–1508), Count of Marsico
Marsico
Marsico may refer to two Italian municipalities:*Marsico Nuovo, in the Province of Potenza *Marsicovetere, in the Province of Potenza...
, Italy, 3rd Prince of Salerno
Salerno
Salerno is a city and comune in Campania and is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea....
, Italy, having with him 1 male/1 female:
4 - ** Ferdinando Sanseverino y de Aragóm, (18 January 1507 - exiled in France since 1554, 1572), 4th Prince of Salerno through his Italian father, 4th Duke of Villahermosa though his Spanish mother, both titles when he was not yet more than 6 years old on becoming a full orphan after 1513. Since 1554 the 4th Duke, aged then around 47, was punished by king Charles I of Spain, a.k.a. Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire to lose his titles and lands in Spain and Italy because of his services to the French Crown.
-
- Sister of the very young 4th Duke was Laura Sanseverino de Aragón who seems to have married Italian-Spanish condottiero, Ignacio de Avalos, 1sr Marquis del Vasto
The title of 2nd Count of Ribagorza, had become redundant since 1476 when Alfonso de Aragón y de Escobar
Alfonso de Aragón y de Escobar
Alfonso de Aragon y de Escobar , Duke of Villahermosa, Count of Ribagorza and Cortes, Baron de Arenos and Grand Master of the Order of Calatrava, was an illegitimate son of John II of Aragon and one of his mistresses. Little is known about him. Because he wasn't in line of succession, he was often...
, (1417–1495), legitimised step brother of the unfortunate Charles, Prince of Viana, (1421–1461), King Ferdinand II of Aragón
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ferdinand the Catholic was King of Aragon , Sicily , Naples , Valencia, Sardinia, and Navarre, Count of Barcelona, jure uxoris King of Castile and then regent of that country also from 1508 to his death, in the name of...
, (1453–1516), and Queen of Naples Juana of Aragón, (1454 - 9 January 1517) had been promoted by his father to 1st Duke of Villahermosa.
Then, in that year of 1476, 3 years before his death, Juan II of Aragón, approaching his 80's, thought fit to pass the title of 2nd Count of Ribagorza to the son of the 1st duke, Alfonso, namely Juan de Aragón y Junquers, (Benabarre
Benabarre
Benabarre or Benavarri is a town in the Aragonese county of Ribagorza, in the province of Huesca, Spain.Traditionally, Benabarre was the capital of the historic County of Ribagorza, which was more expansive in territory than today, and included the comarca of Alta Ribagorça, now in the province...
, Spain, 1457 - Monzon
Monzon
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, Spain
Spain
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, 1528),1st Duke of Luna in 1495 by his step brother king Ferinand II of Aragon, (1453 - king of Aragon 1479 - 1516), Viceroy of Naples. He had a sister, also a Royal Aragonese bastard, named Leonor de Aragón y Junquers. She managed in due time to pass her royal Aragonese genes to the Milá family, existing today, Counts of Albayda, and then, through these Milá's, via a female, to the Italian Borja
Borja
-People:* House of Borgia, Valencian-Italian noble family powerful during the Renaissance* Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja , interim president of El Salvador* Francisco de Borja , Spanish cardinal* Borja García , Spanish race car driver...
´s, Princes of Schillache, existing today, too.
By 1479, the new 2nd Count of Ribagorza would marry wealthy and influential Aragonese noble woman Maria López de Gurrea, deceased circa 1492. Thee out of 5 males/females by the 2nd Count of Ribagorza, Viceroy of Naples, died young but Alfonso Felipe de Aragón y Gurrea, (1487–1550) managed to be after 1528, 3rd Count of Ribagorza and 2nd Duke of Luna, marrying 3 times and having 5 males/fgemales, 0 males females and 8 males/females respectively.
From the 3rd marriage with 8 males/females, came:
5 - Martín de Aragón] y de Cardona, 3rd Duke of Luna, 5t duke de Villahermosa after 1554 by decision of king Charles I of Spain on substituting Fernando Sanseverino y de Aragón, , ( Pedrola
Pedrola
Pedrola is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 2,906 inhabitants....
, Spain, * 1525 - + Zaragoza
Zaragoza
Zaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain...
, Spain, 1581), who married in 1541, in Medina Sidonia, Spain, Luisa de Borja, (Gandía
Gandia
Gandia is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Eastern Spain on the Mediterranean. Gandia is located on the Costa del Azahar, 65 km south of Valencia and 96 km north of Alicante....
, Spain, 1529 - Zaragoza
Zaragoza
Zaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain...
, Spain, 1560) . The inheritor of the title of Duke was then, since 1581:
6 - Fernando de Aragón y Borja 6th duke de Villahermosa (*1546 - Duke since 1581 - ????).
7 - Francisco de Aragón y Borja, count de Luna, 7 duque de Villahermosa. TheDuchy seemsto have been suppressed.
8 - Maria Luisa de Aragon, 8 duchess de Villahermosa
9 - Fernando Manuel de Aragon, 9 duke de Villahermosa (* 1613 - ????)
10 - Carlos de Aragón de Gurrea y de Borja
Carlos de Gurrea, Duke of Villahermosa
Carlos de Aragón de Gurrea y de Borja, 9th duke of Villahermosa was a Spanish nobleman, viceroy and governor.He was Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands between 1675 and 1677. During his reign Spanish authority over the Southern Netherlands was nominal...
, 10th duke de Villahermosa (* 1665 - ????)
11 - José Claudio de Aragón y Gurrea de Castro Pinós, 11º duke de Villahermosa (* 1697 - ????)
12 - Juan Pablo de Aragón-Azlor, 7º duke de la Palata, 12º duke de Villahermosa (Pedrola 1730 - Madrid, 1790).
13 - Víctor Amadeo de Aragón-Azlor y Pignatelli de Aragón, 8º duke de la Palata, 13º duke de Villahermosa (* - ????)
14 - José António de Aragón Azlor y Pignatelli de Aragón, 9º duke de la Palata, 14º duke de Villahermosa (* 1785 - ????)
15 - Marcelino Pedro de Aragón Azlor y Fernández de Córdoba, 15º duke de Villahermosa * 1815
16 - Maria del Cármen de Aragón-Azlor y Idiáquez, 16ª duchess de Villahermosa (Madrid, 30-XII-1841 - id., 1919)
17 - Francisco-Xavier de Aragón-Azlor e Idíaquez, 17º duke de Villahermosa (* 1842 - ????),
18 - José Antonio Azlor de Aragon y Hurtado de Zaldivar, 18º duke de Villahermosa (* 1873 - ????).
19 - Maria del Pilar Azlor de Aragon y Guillamas, 10º duke de la Palata, 19ª duchess de Villahermosa (* 1908 - ????)
20 - lvaro de Urzaiz y Azlor de Aragon, duke de Villahermosa (* 1937 - ????)
See also
- http://genroy.free.fr/stl293.html
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducado_de_Villahermosa . Biographies, March 2010, on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4rd, 5th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 15th Dukes/Duchesses of Villahermosa. In Spanish.