Dukedom of Amalfi

Ducal arms of Amalfi

The Duke of Amalfi is a Spanish ducal title first created in 1639 by King Philip IV for Prince Ottavio Piccolomini, a Holy Roman Imperial Army Field Marshal.

Of noble Tuscan descent, two Popes were scions of the Piccolomini family, and the 1st duke's younger brother Dom. Ascanio served as Archbishop of Siena.from 1628 until 1671.

King Alfonso XIII revived the dukedom in 1902.[1]

List of title holders

Title Period
Created by Philip IV
I Ottavio Piccolomini 1639-1656
Revived by Alfonso XIII
II Enrique Fulgencio Fuster y López 1902-1912
III Antonio de Zayas-Fernández de Córdoba y Beaumont 1912-1945
IV Luis Moreno y de Zayas 1945-1959
V María del Carmen Cotoner y Cotoner 1959-1996
VI Íñigo Seoane y Cotoner 1996-2004
VII Íñigo Seoane-García y Ramírez 2004–present

Succession

As with other Spanish noble titles, the dukedom of Amalfi descended according to cognatic primogeniture, meaning that females could inherit the title if they had no brothers (or if their brothers had no issue). That changed in 2006, since when the eldest child (regardless of gender) can automatically succeed to noble family titles.

See also

Referencias

  1. ↑ Almanach de Gotha (2014)

External links

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