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

TitleYear of creationFirst holderCurrent holderHouseHeld since
Viscount of la Alborada2 June 1849Fernando María Muñoz y BorbónFlorencio Gavito y MariscalGavito2007
Viscount del Castillo de Almansa3 December 1773Miguel de Almansa y UriarteMiguel de Almansa y Moreno-BarredaAlmansa1979

Baronies

Lordships

TitleDate of creationDate of Grandeeship conferralArmsCurrent holderHeld since
Lord of Casa Lazcano17801780Almudena Arteaga y del Alcázar2018
Lord of Casa Rubianes15351761Beatriz Ozores y Rey2009
Lord of Meirás19751975Francisco Franco y Martínez-Bordiú1988

Non-titled

There are also 7 non-title attached Grandeeships that are individual. These are still hereditary and transmissible just like regular titles.
TitleYear of Grandeeship conferralArmsCurrent holderHeld sinceHouses
Grandee of Spain
1640
Michel de Ligne2009Ligne
Grandee of Spain
1707
Mariana de Fontcuberta y Juncadella2002
Grandee of Spain
1817
Ramón de Sarriera y Fernández de Muniaín1987
Grandee of Spain
1903
Jaime María Mariátegui y Valdés2002
Grandee of Spain
1919
Juan María Güell y Martos1981
Grandee of Spain
1920
Luis Morenés y Sánchiz2000
Grandee of Spain
1964
Manuel de Soroa y Suárez de Tangil2012