| Dukedom of Alburquerque | |
|---|---|
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| Creation date | 20 August 1464 |
| Created by | Henry IV |
| Peerage | Peerage of Spain |
| First holder | Beltrán de la Cueva y Alfonso de Mercado, 1st Duke of Alburquerque |
| Present holder | Juan Miguel Osorio y Beltrán de Lis, 19th Duke of Alburquerque [1] |
Duke of Alburquerque (Spanish : Duque de Alburquerque) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1464 by Henry IV to Beltrán de la Cueva, his "royal favourite" and grand master of the Order of Santiago. [2] [3] It makes reference to the town of Alburquerque in Badajoz, Spain.
Francisco Fernández may refer to:
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva y Enriquez de Cabrera, 8th Duke of Alburquerque, 6th Marquess of Cuéllar, 8th Count of Ledesma, GE, KOS was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain from August 15, 1653 to September 15, 1660. He was also viceroy of Sicily from 1668 to 1670.
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva may refer to:
Baltasar de la Cueva y Enríquez de Cabrera,iure uxorisCount of Castellar and Marquis of Malagón was viceroy of Peru from August 15, 1674 to July 7, 1678.
Beltrán de la Cueva y Alfonso de Mercado, 1st Duke of Alburquerque was a Spanish nobleman who is said to have fathered Joanna, the daughter of Henry IV of Castile's wife Joan of Portugal. His alleged daughter, called "la Beltraneja", was deprived of the crown of Castile because of the uncertainty regarding her parentage.
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque was a Spanish nobleman.

García Álvarez de Toledo y Carrillo de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba de Tormes was a Spanish nobleman, military leader and politician, whose family had presided over the lands of Alba de Tormes since the year 1369.
Beltrán de la Cueva y Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alburquerque,, was a Spanish nobleman and military leader.
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Francisco V Fernández de la Cueva y Fernández de la Cueva, was the 10th Duke of Alburquerque, a Grandee of Spain, a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece from 1707, and Viceroy of New Spain from 27 November 1702 to 14 January 1711. He was viceroy during the War of Spanish Succession and his tenure as Viceroy of New Spain is commemorated in the namesake of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The Caballerizo mayor was the Officer of the Royal Household and Heritage of the Crown of Spain in charge of the trips, the mews, and the hunt of the King of Spain.
The Mayordomo mayor was the Officer of the Royal Household and Heritage of the Crown of Spain in charge of the person and rooms of the King of Spain. The Office of “Mayordomo mayor” was suppressed after the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic in 1931 and never re-created after the restoration of the Monarchy in 1975, but it can be said that it is the historical precedent of the modern Head of the Royal Household of Spain.
Duke of Alcalá de los Gazules, commonly known as Duke of Alcalá, is an hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of Grandee, granted in 1558 by Philip II to Pedro Afán de Ribera, 3rd Marquess of Tarifa, Lord of Alcalá de los Gazules and Viceroy of Naples and Catalonia.
Enriquez is a Spanish patronymic surname meaning "son of Enrique" and a common surname in Mexico, Ecuador and the Philippines.
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