List of current Grandees of Spain
Grandees of Spain are the highest-ranking members of the Spanish nobility. They comprise nobles who hold the most important historical landed titles in Spain or its former colonies. Many such hereditary titles are held by heads of families, having been acquired via strategic marriages between landed families.
All Grandees, of which there were originally three ranks, are now deemed to be of equal status ; this designation is nowadays titular, conveying neither power nor legal privileges.
A grandeza can be held regardless of possession of a title of nobility, however each grandeza was normally granted in conjunction with a noble title. Almost without exception, grandezas have been granted with Spanish ducal titles.
Grandees, their consorts and first-born heirs are entitled to the honorific prefix of "The Most Excellent", abbreviated Excmo. Sr., or Excelentísima Señora. In written form, their names are followed by the post-nominals GE.
The following is an incomplete list of extant Spanish noble titles that are held in conjunction with a Grandeeship:
Dukedoms
Marquessates
Countships
Viscountcies
Title | Year of creation | First holder | Current holder | House | Held since |
Viscount of la Alborada | 2 June 1849 | Fernando María Muñoz y Borbón | Florencio Gavito y Mariscal | Gavito | 2007 |
Viscount del Castillo de Almansa | 3 December 1773 | Miguel de Almansa y Uriarte | Miguel de Almansa y Moreno-Barreda | Almansa | 1979 |
Baronies
Lordships
Title | Date of creation | Date of Grandeeship conferral | Arms | Current holder | Held since |
Lord of Casa Lazcano | 1780 | 1780 | Almudena Arteaga y del Alcázar | 2018 | |
Lord of Casa Rubianes | 1535 | 1761 | Beatriz Ozores y Rey | 2009 | |
Lord of Meirás | 1975 | 1975 | Francisco Franco y Martínez-Bordiú | 1988 |
Non-titled
There are also 7 non-title attached Grandeeships that are individual. These are still hereditary and transmissible just like regular titles.Title | Year of Grandeeship conferral | Arms | Current holder | Held since | Houses |
Grandee of Spain | Michel de Ligne | 2009 | Ligne | ||
Grandee of Spain | Mariana de Fontcuberta y Juncadella | 2002 | |||
Grandee of Spain | Ramón de Sarriera y Fernández de Muniaín | 1987 | |||
Grandee of Spain | Jaime María Mariátegui y Valdés | 2002 | |||
Grandee of Spain | Juan María Güell y Martos | 1981 | |||
Grandee of Spain | Luis Morenés y Sánchiz | 2000 | |||
Grandee of Spain | Manuel de Soroa y Suárez de Tangil | 2012 |