Duke of Benavente
Hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain
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Duke of Benavente (Spanish: Duque de Benavente) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1473 by Henry IV to Rodrigo Alonso Pimentel, 4th Count of Benavente.[2][3] It had been granted before to Fradique of Castille, bastard son of Henry II.[4]
Creation date1378
Created byHenry II
PeeragePeerage of Spain
First holderFradique of Castille, 1st Duke of Benavente
| Dukedom of Benavente | |
|---|---|
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| Creation date | 1378 |
| Created by | Henry II |
| Peerage | Peerage of Spain |
| First holder | Fradique of Castille, 1st Duke of Benavente |
| Present holder | Ángela María de Solís-Beaumont y Téllez-Girón, 18th Duchess of Benavente[1] |
Since the Countship of Benavente was not revoked after the concession of the dukedom, the holders of the distinction are technically Count-Dukes of Benavente, similar to the Count-Dukes of Olivares.
Duke of Benavente, created by Henry II (1378)
- Fradique of Castille, 1st Duke of Benavente (1378-1394)
Counts of Benavente (1398)
- Juan Alonso Pimentel, 1st Count of Benavente (1396-1420)
- Rodrigo Alonso Pimentel, 2nd Count of Benavente (1420-1440)
- Alonso Pimentel y Enríquez, 3rd Count of Benavente (1440-1461)
- Rodrigo Alonso Pimentel, 4th Count-Duke of Benavente (1461-1499).
Dukes of Benavente, created by Henry IV (1473)
- Rodrigo Alonso Pimentel, 1st Duke of Benavente (1473-1499)
- Alonso Pimentel y Pacheco, 2nd Duke of Benavente (1499-1530)
- Antonio Alonso Pimentel y Herrera de Velasco, 3rd Duke of Benavente (1530-1575)
- Luis Alonso Pimentel Herrera y Enríquez de Velasco, 4th Duke of Benavente (1575-1576)
- Juan Alonso Pimentel Herrera y Enríquez de Velasco, 5th Duke of Benavente (1576-1621)
- Antonio Alonso Pimentel y Quiñones, 6th Duke of Benavente (1621-1633)
- Juan Francisco Pimentel y Ponce de León, 7th Duke of Benavente (1633-1652)
- Antonio Alonso Pimentel y Herrera Zúñiga, 8th Duke of Benavente (1652-1677)
- Francisco Casimiro Pimentel de Quiñones y Benavides, 9th Duke of Benavente (1677-1709)
- Antonio Francisco Pimentel de Zúñiga y Vigil de Quiñones, 10th Duke of Benavente (1709-1743)
- Francisco Alonso Pimentel Vigil de Quiñones Borja Aragón y Centelles, 11th Duke of Benavente (1743-1763)
- María Josefa Pimentel, 12th Duchess of Benavente (1763-1834)
- Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Beaufort-Spontin, 13th Duke of Benavente (1834-1844)
- Mariano Téllez-Girón y Beaufort-Spontin, 14th Duke of Benavente (1845-1882)
- Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Fernández de Santillán, 15th Duke of Benavente (1882-1898)
- María Dolores Téllez Girón y Dominé, 16th Duchess of Benavente (1901-1939)
- Ángela María Téllez-Girón y Duque de Estrada, 17th Duchess of Benavente (1952-2015)
- Ángela María de Solís-Beaumont y Téllez-Girón, 18th Duchess of Benavente (2016-)