Duke Gandia

The title of duke of Gandia comes from the lord of Gandia, created in 1323 by the King of Aragon Jaime II for his son Pedro de Aragon and Anjou (1305-1380). In 1399, King Martin of Aragon (1356-1410) elevated Senoria Gandia to the rank of duchy. After the death of Pedro de Aragon and Anjou, he was succeeded by his eldest son, Alfonso de Aragon and Veyoh the Elder (1332-1412), who also bore the titles of Count Ribagorsa (from 1361), Marquis of Vilhenas (from 1369 ), Count of Dénia and Baron Polop .

His eldest son and successor, Alphonse de Aragon and Jimenez the Younger (c. 1358–1422), built the ducal palace in Gandia, the monastery of San Jeronimo de Cotalba, and reformed his colleague Santa Maria in Gandia. Poets Mark Auzias, Juanot Marturel and Joan Rois de Corella lived in Gandia at his court.

In 1425, after the death of the childless Alphonse, 3rd Duke of Gandia, the ducal title passed to Hugo de Cardon and Gandia (1405-1470), the lord de Guadalest , the grandson of Alfonso's maternal line, the 1st duke of Gandia. He was the son of Count Cardona Juan Ramon Folk and de Cardona (1375-1441) and Juana de Gandia. In 1433, the ducal title was transferred to the Aragon Infanta Juan (1398-1479), who in 1439 granted him to his son, Prince Karl Viansky (1421-1461). In 1461, after the death of Charles of Vian, the duchy of Gandia was ceded to the Aragonese crown.

In 1483, the Duchy of Gandia purchased Cardinal Rodrigo de Borja (future Pope Alexander VI) from the King of Aragon Ferdinand the Catholic for his eldest son Pedro Luis de Borja (c. 1458-1888). After the death of Pedro Luis de Borja in 1488, his half-brother, Giovanni Borja, 2nd Duke of Gandia (1474-1497), who in September 1483 married his brother's bride, Maria Enriquez de Luna, to the cousin of King Aragon Ferdinand, inherited the ducal title. II Catholic . From this marriage was born Juan de Borja Enriquez de Luna, 3rd Duke of Gandia (1494–1543), who, after the death of his father in Rome, inherited the ducal title.

Juan de Borja and Enriquez de Luna in 1509 married Juan de Aragon and Gurrea (died 1510 ), the daughter of Alonso of Aragon (1470–1520), the Archbishop of Zaragossa and the illegitimate son of King Ferdinand II. They were the parents of the Catholic saint Francisco de Borja (1510–1572).

Francisco de Borja, 4th Duke of Gandia , who inherited the ducal title after the death of his father, in 1529 married the Portuguese Leonor de Castro (1512-1546), daughter of Alvaro de Castro "Elder", captain-general of Africa under King Manuel I , and Isabel de Melo Barreto and Meneses.

On July 7, 1530, King Carlos I of Spain created the title of Marquis de Lombay for the eldest son and heir to the duke of Gandia. Francisco de Borja and Aragon (1510–1572) became the first Marquis de Lombay.

In 1550, four years after the death of his wife, Francisco de Borja gave up the ducal title and joined the Society of Jesus ( Order of the Jesuits ), becoming in 1565 his third general. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Carlos de Borja and Castro (1530–1592), 5th Duke de Gandia. He married Magdalena de Centelles and Folk de Cardona (d. 1596 ), 5th Countess de Oliva.

In 1740, after the death of Luis Ignacio, Francisco de Borja and Centelles Fernandez de Cordoba, 11th Duke of Gandia (1673-1740), who left no descendants, Francisco Jose de Borja and Paz Duque de Estrada claimed the ducal title (in 1693 in Riobamba, Ecuador ), a direct descendant of Juan de Borja, 3rd Duke of Gandia, and the sister of the deceased, Maria Ana Anthony Luis de Borja Aragon and Senthelles (1676-1748). The Supreme Council of Castilla recognized the legitimate successor of the late Duke to his sister Maria Anu Antony de Borja Aragon and Centelles, who became the 12th Duchess de Gandia. She was married three times. Her first husband was Diego de Benavides and Aragon, 3rd Marquis de Soler (died 1693 ), she again married his brother Luis Francisco de Benavides and Aragon, 4th Marquis de Soler (died 1706). Her third husband was Juan Manuel de Zúñiga Sotomayor and Castro, 11th Duke de Bejar (c. 1670–1747).

After the death of Maria Ana Antonia Luisa de Borja Aragon and Senteles, 12th Duchess of Gandia, in 1748 on the dukedom claimed Lucas Vicente Joaquin de Borja, the Count-Duke of Benavente, the Duke of Villahermosa, Marquis Alcañices and Marquis Ariza, who was represented by several branches of the family Borja.

In 1748, after the death of the 12th Duchess of Gandia, the ducal title was inherited by Francisco de Borja Alfonso Pimentel and Borja, the 11th Duke de Benavente and the 14th Earl de Benavente (1706–1763), the eldest son of Antonio Francisco Alfonso Pimentel de Quinones Lopez de Zúñiga Sotomayor and Mendoza (1678–1725) and Maria Ignacia Juana Magdalena Borja Aragon and Centelles (1677–1721), sisters of the late duchess.

He was succeeded by his only daughter, Maria Josefa de la Soledad Alfonso-Pimentel dde Borja Zúñiga Enriquez Ponce de Leon, 12th Duchess de Arcos (1752—1834). In 1774, she married Pedro de Alcantara Telles-Chiron and Pacheco, 9th Duke of Osun (1755-1807). Currently, the title of the Duke of Gandia also are representatives of the house of Osuna .

• 1399-1412: Alfonso de Aragon and Veija the Elder , Marquis de Vilhenet, 1st Duke de Gandia, Comte de Denay and Ribagors, Baron de Polop (c. 1332-1412)
• 1412-1422: Alfonso de Aragon and Jimenez "The Younger" (c. 1358-1422)
• 1425-1434: Hugo de Cardona and Gandia (c. 1405-1470)
• 1434–1439: Juan II (1398–1479)
• 1439–1461: Carlos Viansky (1421–1461)
• 1461–1483: Ferdinand II Catholic (1452–1516)

Hereditary Dukes:

• Borgia
• List of grandees of Spain in 1520
• San Jeronimo de Cotalba
• Ducal Palace in Gandia
• Duke Benavente
• Duke of Osuna

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