Herzog de Abrantes is a Spanish noble title created on March 23, 1642 by King Philip IV for Portuguese aristocrat Alfonso Lancaster and Lancaster Enriquez de Chiron (1597-1564), 1st Marquis of Puerto Seguro . He was the second son of Alvaro de Lancaster, 3rd Duke de Aveiro (1540-1626) and grandson of Jorge de Lancaster, Duke de Combra (1481-1550), illegitimate son of the King of Portugal, João II (1455-1495). Together with the ducal title of Alfonso de Lancaster and Lancaster, Enriquez de Chiron received the title of Marquis de Sarduale . On September 2, 1650, Alfonso Lancaster, 1st Duke de Abrantes, received the title of Grandeur of Spain .
| Dukes of Abrantes | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms of the dukes of abrantes | |
| Period | March 23, 1642 - present |
| Ancestor | Alfonso de Lancaster and Lancastre Henriquez de Chiron |
| Motherland | Portugal |
| Allegiance | Spain |
Coat of arms of the city of Abrantes in Portugal.
Castle Abrentes , Portugal .
Abrantes Palace in Jerez .
The name of the ducal title comes from the name of the Portuguese municipality of Abrantes (the outdated name is Abrantes), Santarem district, Media-Tejo , Central Region of Portugal . Previously, he was part of the province of Ribatejo .
Other titles
There were also two other titles of the dukes de Abrantes:
- The title of Duke Abrantes was created in 1753 by the King of Portugal, Jose I, for Anna Maria de Lorena (1691-1761), who became the 1st Duchess de Abrantes. In 1756, after the death of her brother, she inherited the title of 3rd Marquise de Abrantes. Her daughter, Maria Margarita de Lorena , 2nd Duchess de Abrantes and 4th Marquis de Abrantes (1713-1780), became her successor. After the death of the latter in 1780, the ducal title was interrupted.
- The title of Duke d'Abrantes was created in 1809 by the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte for his divisional general Jean Juigno (1771-1813), who led the French conquest of Portugal and the capture of Lisbon. After the fall of Napoleon, Laura Junot , wife of General Junot, used this title as a literary pseudonym.
Spanish Dukes de Abrantes
| Title | Period | |
|---|---|---|
| Creation created by Philip IV | ||
| I | Alfonso de Lancaster and Lancastre Henriquez de Chiron (June 18, 1597-1554), second son of Alvaro de Lancaster, 3rd Duke de Aveiro (1540-1626) | 1642-1654 |
| II | Agustin de Lancaster and Sande (December 12, 1639-1720), the eldest son of the previous and Ana de Sande Padilla, 2nd Marquise de Valdefuentes (c. 1610-1659) | 1654-1720 |
| III | Juan Manuel de Lancaster and Noronha (died in October 1733), the third son of the previous one and Joan de Noronha (c. 1640—1690) | 1720-1733 |
| IV | Juan Antonio de Carvajal and Lancaster (May 22, 1688 - August 2, 1747), son of Bernardino de Carvajal, 2nd Earl of Enjarada (1668–1728), and Maria Josefa de Lancaster and Noronha ( | 1733-1747 |
| V | Manuel Bernardino de Carvajal and Zúñiga (December 13, 1739 - December 4, 1783), the only son of the previous and Francisca de Paula de Zúñiga and Fernández de Córdoba (c. 1690–1742) | 1747-1783 |
| VI | Angel Maria de Carvajal and Gonzaga (March 2, 1771–1793), son of the previous and Maria Michaela Gornzaga and Caracciolo (1745–1777) | 1783-1793 |
| VII | Manoul Guillermo de Carvajal and Ferdnandez de Córdoba (1790–1816), eldest son of the previous and Vicente Fernandez de Córdoba and Pimentel (1768–1827) | 1793-1816 |
| Viii | Angel Maria de Carvajal and Fernandez de Córdoba (September 17, 1793 - April 20, 1839), the youngest son of Angel Maria de Carvajalay and Gonzaga, 6th Duke de Abrantes, and Vicente Fernandez de Córdoba and Pimentel (1768-1827) | 1816-1838 |
| Ix | Angel Maria de Carvajal and Telles-Giron (November 20, 1815 - January 3, 1890), the eldest son of the previous one and Maria Manuela Isidra Telles-Giron and Alonso-Pimentel (1794–1838) | 1839-1890 |
| X | Angel Luis de Carvajal and Fernandez de Cordoba and Telles-Giron (1841 - March 4, 1898), the eldest son of the previous and Maria de Afrika Josefa Fernandez de Cordoba (1812–1866) | 1890-1898 |
| Xi | Manuel Bernardino de Carvajal and Gutierrez de la Concha (September 9, 1868 - April 24, 1902), the only son of the previous and Petra Gutierrez de la Concha and Tovar, Countess de Cancelada and de Lences, Marquise de Revilla and del Duero (died 1908) | 1898-1902 |
| Xii | Carmen de Carvajal and del Alcazar (September 14, 1901 - January 7, 1938), the only daughter of the previous ones, and Maria del Carmen del Alcazar and Roca de Togorez (1881–1924) | 1903-1939 |
| XIII | Diego de Suleta and Carvajal (August 6, 1923–1939), the eldest son of the previous and | 1939 |
| Xiv | Jose Manuel Suleta and Carvajal (December 20, 1927 - October 15, 1992), son of Carmen de Carvajal and del Alcazar (1901–1938), 12th Duchess de Abrantes, and Francisco de Suleta-Reales and Cape de Llano, Count de Belalcazar ( 1896-1961), younger brother of the previous one | 1939-1992 |
| Xv | Jose Manuel Suleta and Alejandro (born December 8, 1960), the eldest son of the previous one and Virginia Alejandro and García (born 1936) | 1997 - present |