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Duke of Arcos

Hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Duke of Arcos
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Duke of Arcos (Spanish: Duque de Arcos) is an hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, granted by Isabella I in 1493 to Rodrigo Ponce de León, then 4th Count of Arcos.[2][3] The dukedom is among the first 25 titles which reached the rank of Grandee of Spain 1st Class, in 1520. Nowadays however, all Grandees are of the same class.

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The title makes reference to the town of Arcos de la Frontera in Cádiz.

The 4th Duke of Arcos was a character in the opera called Salvator Rosa (1874) by Antônio Carlos Gomes.[4]

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1620 Lithograph of the 1st Duke of Arcos, Biblioteca Nacional
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Counts of Arcos (1431)

  • Pedro Ponce de León, 1st Count of Arcos
  • Juan Pérez Ponce de León, 2nd Count of Arcos
  • Rodrigo Ponce de León, 3rd Count of Arcos
  • Francisca Ponce de León, 4th Countess of Arcos:
  • Rodrigo Ponce de León, 5th Count of Arcos (1488–1493). 1st Duke of Arcos (since 1493)

Dukes of Arcos (1493)

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