Duke of Alba de Tormes

E278986

Spanish noble title hereditary title

The Duke of Alba de Tormes is a hereditary Spanish noble title historically associated with one of Spain’s most powerful aristocratic families, renowned for their military, political, and courtly influence from the 16th century onward.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Duke of Alba	19
Duke of Alba de Tormes canonical	3
1st Duke of Alba	1
Duke of Alba (through later descendants)	1
Duque de Alba de Tormes	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish noble title ⓘ hereditary title ⓘ
associatedEstate	House of Alba ⓘ surface form: House of Alba estates
associatedTown	Alba de Tormes, Salamanca ⓘ
associatedWith	Alba de Tormes ⓘ House of Alba ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Eighty Years' War ⓘ surface form: Dutch Revolt Italian Wars ⓘ
associatedWithMonarch	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ Philip II of Spain ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
createdBy	Henry IV of Castile ⓘ
creationDate	1472 ⓘ
currentHolder	Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 19th Duke of Alba ⓘ
firstHolder	Álvarez de Toledo ⓘ surface form: García Álvarez de Toledo y Carrillo de Toledo
firstHolderTitle	Duke of Alba de Tormes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1st Duke of Alba
genderForm	Duchess (female) ⓘ Duke ⓘ surface form: Duke (male)
hasCoatOfArms	Coat of arms of the House of Alba ⓘ
hasPrivilege	Grandee of Spain ⓘ
hasSubsidiaryTitles	Count of Lerín ⓘ Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares ⓘ surface form: Count-Duke of Olivares Duke of Berwick ⓘ Duke of Huéscar ⓘ Marquess of Coria ⓘ
historicalRole	courtly influence at the Spanish royal court ⓘ high political office in Spain ⓘ military leadership in service of the Spanish Crown ⓘ
historicalSeat	Palace of Monterrey in Salamanca ⓘ surface form: Palace of Monterrey, Salamanca Palace of the Dukes of Alba in Alba de Tormes ⓘ
inheritanceRule	primogeniture ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Spanish ⓘ
nobleFamily	Fitz-James Stuart family ⓘ surface form: House of Fitz-James Stuart Álvarez de Toledo family ⓘ surface form: House of Álvarez de Toledo
notableHolder	Antonio Álvarez de Toledo, 5th Duke of Alba ⓘ Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba ⓘ Fernando Álvarez de Toledo ⓘ surface form: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba ⓘ María del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva Álvarez de Toledo, 13th Duchess of Alba ⓘ surface form: María del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba
periodOfProminence	16th century ⓘ Habsburg Spain ⓘ
rank	Grandee of Spain ⓘ
realm	Crown of Castile ⓘ
region	Castile and León ⓘ
seat	Liria Palace ⓘ surface form: Palace of Liria
shortForm	Duke of Alba de Tormes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Duke of Alba
socialStatus	high aristocracy of Spain ⓘ
titleHolderStyle	Duke ⓘ
titleInSpanish	Duke of Alba de Tormes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Duque de Alba de Tormes

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fernando Álvarez de Toledo → nobleTitle → Duke of Alba de Tormes ⓘ

subject surface form: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba

Duke of Alba (governor-general) → nobleTitle → Duke of Alba de Tormes ⓘ