Duke of Segovia, named after the city of

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, was a

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. It was created on 23 June 1933 by King

Alfonso XIII Alfonso XIII (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena''; French language, French: ''Alphonse Léon Ferdinand Marie Jacques Isidore Pascal Antoine de Bourbon''; 17 May ...

, as the reason for the Infante Jaime renounced his rights to the defunct Spanish throne for himself and his descendants.Jaime de Borbón y Battenberg
/ref> It does not include any territorial landholdings and does not produce any revenue for the title-holder.

Dukes of Segovia

First creation, 1933–1975

, Infante Jaime

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1933–1975 , , 23 June 1908

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son of

King Alfonso XIII Alfonso XIII ( Spanish: ''Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena''; French: ''Alphonse Léon Ferdinand Marie Jacques Isidore Pascal Antoine de Bourbon''; 17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), also ...

and Queen Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg ,

Emmanuelle de Dampierre Emmanuelle de Dampierre (''Victoire Jeanne Emmanuelle Joséphine Pierre Marie''; 8 November 1913 – 3 May 2012) was an Italian-French aristocrat and a member of the Spanish royal family. Her husband, Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, was the secon ...

1935–1947

Charlotte Tiedemann Charlotte Luise Auguste Tiedemann (2 January 1919 – 3 July 1979) was a German opera singer, actress, and the second wife of Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, who was the second son of Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, and Queen Victoria Eugenie of Ba ...

1949–1975 , 20 March 1975

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, St. Gallen,

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aged 66 , -

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