Spanish nobles are persons who possess the legal status of hereditary nobility according to the laws and traditions of the Spanish monarchy and historically also those who held personal nobility as bestowed by one of the three highest orders of knighthood of the Kingdom, namely the Order of the Golden Fleece, the Order of Charles III and the Order of Isabella the Catholic. A system of titles and honours of Spain and of the former kingdoms that constitute it make up the Spanish nobility. Some nobles possess various titles that may be inherited, but the creation and recognition of titles is legally a prerogative of the King of Spain.
Beltrán Alfonso Osorio y Díez de Rivera, 18th Duke of Alburquerque, GE, OSL, also known as the 'Iron Duke' of Alburquerque, was a Spanish peer and jockey. A profound monarchist, he was a close friend and confidant of the heir to the throne of Spain, the Count of Barcelona, who he served as the Head of his Household from 1954 to 1993.
Álvaro de Figueroa y Torres-Sotomayor, 1st Count of Romanones was a Spanish politician and businessman. He served as Prime Minister three times between 1912 and 1918, president of the Senate, president of the Congress of Deputies, Mayor of Madrid and many times as cabinet minister. He belonged to the Liberal Party. Romanones, who built an extensive political network, exerted a tight control on the political life of the province of Guadalajara during much of the Restoration period. He also was a prolific writer, authoring a number of history essays.
Juan Alonso de Guzmán y Suárez de Figueroa Orozco, 1st Duke of Medina Sidonia and 3rd Count de Niebla was a Spanish nobleman and military figure of the Reconquista.
Duke of Escalona is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1472 by Henry IV to Juan Pacheco, 1st Marquess of Villena.
Marquess of Bolarque is a noble title in the peerage of Spain, bestoweded on Estanislao de Urquijo, 3rd Marquess of Urquijo, by King Alfonso XIII on 24 May 1913.
Count of Elda is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of Grandee, granted in 1577 by Philip II to Juan Coloma, who was Viceroy of Sardinia.
Marquess of Priego is a hereditary noble title of the Kingdom of Spain that Ferdinand the Catholic granted on 9 December 1501 to Pedro Fernández de Córdoba y Pacheco, 7th Lord of Aguilar in Córdoba, of the house of Córdoba. It is one of the most important noble titles in Spain, and was made a first class grandee in 1520 by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
Duke of Mandas y Villanueva, commonly known as Duke of Mandas, is a title of Spanish nobility that is accompanied by the dignity of Grandee of Spain. It was granted along with the Marquessate of Terranova to Pedro Maza de Lizana on 23 December 1614 by king Philip III.
Duke of San Miguel is a hereditary title in the peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1625 by Philip IV to Juan Gravina y Cruyllas, viceroy of Sicily.
Count of Baños is an hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of Grandee, granted in 1621 by Philip IV to Sancho Martínez de Leyva, iure uxoris Marquess of Leyva and knight of the Order of Santiago.
Eduardo de Figueroa y Alonso-Martínez, 8th Count of Yebes was a Spanish aristocrat, architect, politician and writer. He was a member of parliament for Barbastro, fellow of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and president of the National Board of Trophy Hunting Homologation.
Marquess of San Damián is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, granted in 1606 by Philip III to Alonso de Idiázquez, viceroy of Navarre and knight of the Order of Santiago. It was bestowed along with the titles of Duke of Ciudad Real and Count of Aramayona.
Marquess of Villabrágima is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, granted in 1693 by Charles II to Baltasar Enríquez de Cabrera, knight of the Order of Santiago and grandson of the Duke of Medina de Rioseco.
Count of Dehesa de Velayos, commonly known as Count of Velayos is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, granted in 1709 by Philip V to Fernando de Torres, governor of Potosí in the Viceroyalty of Peru.
Marquess of Villamejor is a hereditary title in the peerage of Spain, granted in 1718 by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor to José Antonio de Torres Mesía, once he had renounced to the throne of Spain following the War of Spanish Succession. The title was confirmed in the peerage of Spain in 1726 by Philip V.
Count of San Esteban de Cañongo is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, granted in 1816 by Ferdinand VII to Agustín José Ramón Valdés, colonel of the cavalry militias of Habana.
Count of la Mejorada is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, granted in 1617 by Philip III to Antonio de Padilla, mayor of the fortresses of Martos and Alhama, two important enclaves of the Order of Calatrava during the Reconquista.
Marquess of Cirella is a hereditary title in the peerage of Spain, bestoweded in the Kingdom of Naples on Antonio Manrique Enríquez de Guzmán, knight of the Order of Santiago, by Philip III in 1618.
Count of Gálvez is a hereditary title in the peerage of Spain, granted in 1783 by King Charles III to Bernardo de Gálvez, 1st Viscount of Galveston, hero of the American Revolutionary War and later viceroy of New Spain, an office he succeeded his father in.
