Duke of Arcos

Dukedom of Arcos
Creation date20 January 1493
Created byIsabella I
PeeragePeerage of Spain
First holderRodrigo Ponce de León, 1st Duke of Arcos
Present holderMaría Cristina de Ulloa y Ponce de León, 18th Duchess of Arcos

Duke of Arcos (Spanish: Duque de Arcos) is an hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, granted by Isabella I in 1493 to Rodrigo Ponce de León, then 4th Count of Arcos. The dukedom is among the first 25 titles which reached the rank of Grandee of Spain 1st Class, in 1520. Nowadays however, all Grandees are of the same class.

The title makes reference to the town of Arcos de la Frontera in Cádiz.

The 4th Duke of Arcos was a character in the opera called Salvator Rosa (1874) by Antônio Carlos Gomes.

1620 Lithograph of the 1st Duke of Arcos, Biblioteca Nacional

Counts of Arcos (1431)

  • Pedro Ponce de León, 1st Count of Arcos
  • Juan Pérez Ponce de León, 2nd Count of Arcos
  • Rodrigo Ponce de León, 3rd Count of Arcos
  • Francisca Ponce de León, 4th Countess of Arcos:
  • Rodrigo Ponce de León, 5th Count of Arcos (1488–1493). 1st Duke of Arcos (since 1493)

Dukes of Arcos (1493)

See also


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