Duke of Montalto (defunct)

For the extant title with the same name, see Duke of Montalto (title).
Dukedom of Montalto
Creation date27 May 1507
Created byFerdinand II
PeeragePeerage of Spain
First holderFernando de Aragón y Guardato, 1st Duke of Montalto
Last holderJoaquin Alvarez de Toledo y Caro, 17th Duke of Montalto
Extinction date1955

Duke of Montalto (Spanish: Duque de Montalto) was a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1507 by Ferdinand II to his nephew Fernando de Aragón y Guardato, who was an illegitimate son of Ferdinand I of Naples.[1]

In 1958, Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia, daughter of the last Duke, requested the rehabilitation of the Dukedom with the denomination of "Montalto de Aragón", so to differentiate it from the existing Dukedom of Montalto also granted in 1507 by Ferdinand II.[2] The Francoist Government did not accept this request for unknown reasons, and so the title became extinct.

Miniature showing Ferdinand I of Naples, father of the 1st Duke of Montalto, wearing the robes of the Order of the Golden Fleece
  1. ^ "Paolo P. Abate, Casabona, vicende storiche di un antico borgo feudale calabrese, (Catanzaro: Cittàcalabria Edizioni) p. 132" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  2. ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) - 5 May 1958