Duke of Sotomayor

Duke of Sotomayor () is a title of Spanish nobility that was created, with Grandee of Spain, on 25 April 1703 by King Philip V in favor of Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor y Lima, 2nd Marquess of Tenorio, 2nd Count of Crecente and Lord of Sotomayor.Juan Martina Torres, The History of Spanish Nobility, 1500–present (Madrid 2009), for the: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) (translated title)

History The name of the title refers to the Lordship of Sotomayor, a Galician municipality in the current Province of Pontevedra.

The Lordship and Castle of Sotomayor was in the possession of the Dukes until the end of the 18th century, when it was lost to Benito Fernández Correa y Sotomayor, 4th Marquess of Mos, who won the lawsuit for a better right that his father, Pelayo Antonio Correa Sotomayor, had initiated on 14 May 1773, on the lands of the Sotomayor estate.

Dukes of Sotomayor

Holder of Title Period Notes Created by King Philip V of Spain 1 Fernando Yáñez Álvarez de Sotomayor y Lima 1703–1705 2 María de Sotomayor y Lima 1705–1726 3 Félix Fernando Sotomayor Masones de Lima 1726–1767 4 Ana María de Masones de Sotomayor y Lima 1767–1789 5 Ignacio Jaime de Sotomayor Margens de Nin y Zatrillas 1798–1835 6 Mariana Nin y Zatrillas y Sotomayor 1835–1844 7 Gabriela del Alcázar y Vera de Aragón 1844–1889 Married to the 2nd Marquess of Casa Irujo 8 Carlos Martínez de Irujo y del Alcázar 1889–1909 9 Pedro Martínez de Irujo y Caro 1910–1957 10 Ignacio Martínez de Irujo y Artázcoz 1959–2011 11 Carlos Martínez de Irujo y Crespo 2012–

See also List of dukes in the peerage of Spain

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