Duke of Ciudad Real

Dukedom of Ciudad Real
Creation date1613
Created byPhilip III
PeeragePeerage of Spain
First holderAlonso de Idiázquez y Butrón, 1st Duke of Ciudad Real
Present holderAlexander Gonzalo de Hohenlohe-Langenburg y Schmidt-Polex, 14th Duke of Ciudad Real[1]

Duke of Ciudad Real (Spanish: Duque de Ciudad Real) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of Grandee, granted in 1613 by Philip III to Alonso de Idiázquez, 1st Count of Aramayona and Viceroy of Navarre.[2][3][4]

Contrary to common belief, the title makes reference to the municipality of Cittareale in the province of Rieti, and not to the city of Ciudad Real in Spain. The first duke was granted fiefdom over Cittareale in the Kingdom of Naples, hence the translation in Spanish to "Ciudad Real".[5]

Portrait of the 1st Duke of Ciudad Real by Otto van Veen, ca. 1589
  1. ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) - 22 February 2018
  2. ^ Diputación de la Grandeza y Títulos Nobiliarios del Reino - Guía de títulos
  3. ^ Vanity Fair: De la veinteañera con 40 títulos nobiliarios a la marquesa de Valencina: el club de jóvenes aristócratas al que se unirá Tamara Falcó - 13 October 2020
  4. ^ Revista Hidalguía 64 (1964), pp. 351-352
  5. ^ Museo del Prado: Alonso de Idiázquez, duque de Ciudad Real (Cittá-Reale en Nápoles)