Duke of Terranova () is a hereditary title in the
Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of
Grandee
Grandee (; , ) is an official royal and noble ranks, aristocratic title conferred on some Spanish nobility. Holders of this dignity enjoyed similar privileges to those of the peerage of France during the , though in neither country did they ha ...
and granted in 1502 by
Ferdinand II to "El Gran Capitán" (
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1 September 1453 – 2 December 1515) was a Spanish general and statesman. He led military campaigns during the Conquest of Granada and the Italian Wars, after which he served as Viceroy of Naples. For his e ...
), a general who negotiated the
Surrender of Granada and led the Spanish to victory in the
Italian Wars
The Italian Wars were a series of conflicts fought between 1494 and 1559, mostly in the Italian Peninsula, but later expanding into Flanders, the Rhineland and Mediterranean Sea. The primary belligerents were the House of Valois, Valois kings o ...
. It is a
victory title
A victory title is an honorific title adopted by a successful military commander to commemorate his defeat of an enemy nation. The practice is first known in Ancient Rome and is still most commonly associated with the Romans, but it was also adop ...
, making reference to the town of
Terranova Sappo Minulio
Terranova Sappo Minulio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about northeast of Reggio Calabria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of ...
in the
province of Reggio Calabria
The province of Reggio Calabria () was a province in the Calabria region of Italy. It was the southernmost province in mainland Italy and is separated from the island of Sicily by the Strait of Messina. The capital was the city of Reggio.
It w ...
, Italy.
After the death of the 1st Duke, Ferdinand II prohibited the inheritance and use of the Dukedoms of Terranova,
Andría and
Montalto and thus the title was unofficially held by some of his
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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descendants for more than 300 years. However, on 22 July 1893,
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 ...
formally rehabilitated the title on behalf of Alfonso Osorio de Moscoso, a more legitimate descendant who legally became the 2nd Duke of Terranova.
Luis M. Linde, ''Don Pedro Girón, Duque de Osuna: La Hegemonía Española en Europa a Comienzos del Siglo XVII'', (Madrid, 2005) p. 201
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Dukes of Terranova
1502
* Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba y Enríquez de Aguilar, 1st Duke of Terranova
1893
*Alfonso Osorio de Moscoso y Osorio de Moscoso, 2nd Duke of Terranova
*María Rafaela Osorio de Moscoso y López, 3rd Duchess of Terranova
*Gonzalo de la Cierva y Moreno, 4th Duke of Terranova
See also
*List of dukes in the peerage of Spain
This is a list of the 149 present and extant royal and non-royal dukes in the peerage of the Spain, Kingdom of Spain.
The oldest six titles – created between 1380 and 1476 – were Duke of Medina Sidonia (1380), Duke of Alburquerque (1464), D ...
*List of current grandees of Spain
Grandees of Spain () are the highest-ranking members of the Spanish nobility. They comprise nobles who hold the most important historical landed titles in Spain or its Spanish Empire, former colonies. Many such hereditary titles are held by extend ...
References
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Dukedoms of Spain
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