Duke of Sotomayor

Duke of Sotomayor (Spanish: Duque de 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.^[1]

Dukedom of Sotomayor
Creation date	25 April 1703
Created by	Philip V of Spain
First holder	Fernando Yáñez Álvarez de Sotomayor y Lima
Present holder	Carlos Martinez de Irujo and Crespo

History

The name of the title refers to the Lordship of Sotomayor, a Galician municipality in the current Province of Pontevedra.^[2][3][4]

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.^[5]

Dukes of Sotomayor

The Castle of Sotomayor, which was in the possession of the family until the 4th Duchess lost it in a lawsuit, after which it passed to the Marquesses of Mos

	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	[6]
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–