Dukedom of Segorbe


Duke of Segorbe is a Spanish peerage title created by King Juan II de Aragón in 1469 for Enrique de Aragón, son of Infante Henry, Duke of Villena and Beatriz de Pimentel, from whom the ducal house of Medinaceli descends.

Current Duke of Segorbe

Ignacio Medina y Fernández de Córdoba succeeded in 1969 as 19th Duke of Segorbe before marrying Princess Maria da Glória de Orléans-Braganza in 1985.
The Duke and Duchess of Segorbe have two daughters:
As with other Spanish noble titles, the dukedom of Segorbe descended according to cognatic primogeniture, meaning that females could inherit the title if they had no brothers. That changed in 2006, since when the eldest child can automatically succeed to noble family titles.

List of titleholders