Duke of Alburquerque () is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of

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Dukes of Alburquerque

# Beltrán de la Cueva, 1st Duke of Alburquerque (1464–1492) # Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque (1492–1526) # Beltrán de la Cueva, 3rd Duke of Alburquerque (1526–1560) # Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 4th Duke of Alburquerque (1560–1563) # Gabriel de la Cueva, 5th Duke of Alburquerque (1563–1571) #Beltrán III de la Cueva y Castilla, 6th Duke of Alburquerque (1571–1612), Viceroy of Aragón #

Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 7th Duke of Alburquerque Francisco Fernández de la Cueva y de la Cueva, 7th Duke of Alburquerque (in full, ) (Cuéllar, 1575 – Madrid, 18 July 1637) was a Spanish nobleman, military and politician. He was the son of Don Beltrán III de la Cueva y Castilla, 6th Duke of ...

(1612–1637) #

Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque Francisco Fernández de la Cueva y Enriquez de Cabrera, 8th Duke of Alburquerque, 6th Marquess of Cuéllar, 8th Count of Ledesma, GE, KOS (1619 – March 27, 1676) was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain from August 15, 16 ...

(1637–1676), Viceroy of

New Spain New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain ( ; Nahuatl: ''Yankwik Kaxtillan Birreiyotl''), originally the Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain. It was one of several ...

#Melchor Fernández de la Cueva y Enríquez de Cabrera, 9th Duke of Alburquerque (1676–1686) # Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque (1686–1733), Viceroy of New Spain #Francisco VI Fernández de la Cueva y de la Cerda, 11th Duke of Alburquerque (1733–1757) #Pedro Miguel de la Cueva y Guzmán, 12th Duke of Alburquerque (1757–1762) #Miguel de la Cueva y Enríquez de Navarra, 13th Duke of Alburquerque (1762–1803), Viceroy of Aragón # José María de la Cueva, 14th Duke of Alburquerque (1803–1811) #Nicolás Osorio y Zayas, 15th Duke of Alburquerque (1830–1866) # José Osorio y Silva, 16th Duke of Alburquerque (1866–1909) #Miguel Osorio y Martos, 17th Duke of Alburquerque (1910–1942) # Beltrán Alfonso Osorio, 18th Duke of Alburquerque (1942–1994) #Juan Miguel Osorio y Bertrán de Lis, 19th Duke of Alburquerque (born 1958), the current holder of the ducal title.

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Dukes of Alburquerque

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