The title duke of Caminha

Caminha

Caminha is a municipality in the north-west of Portugal, 21 km north from Viana do Castelo, located in the Viana do Castelo District.The municipality has a total area of 137.4 km² and 16,839 inhabitants ....

(in Portuguese Duque de Caminha) was created by royal decree, dated from 14 December 1620, by King Philip III of Portugal (also known as Philip IV of Spain

Philip IV of Spain

Philip IV was King of Spain between 1621 and 1665, sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands, and King of Portugal until 1640...

), to Dom Miguel Luís de Menezes, 6th Marquis

Marquis

Marquis is a French and Scottish title of nobility. The English equivalent is Marquess, while in German, it is Markgraf.It may also refer to:Persons:...

 of Vila Real

Vila Real, Portugal

Vila Real is a city in Vila Real Municipality, Trás-os-Montes, northern Portugal.According to the 2001 census, the city had a total of 24,481 inhabitants.- History :...

 and 8th Count

Count

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 of Vila Real

Vila Real, Portugal

Vila Real is a city in Vila Real Municipality, Trás-os-Montes, northern Portugal.According to the 2001 census, the city had a total of 24,481 inhabitants.- History :...

.

The title was later passed on to his nephew Miguel Luís II, 2nd Duke of Caminha, who was executed for high treason, by King John IV of Portugal

John IV of Portugal

|-|John IV was the King of Portugal and the Algarves from 1640 to his death. He was the grandson of Catherine, Duchess of Braganza, who had in 1580 claimed the Portuguese crown and sparked the struggle for the throne of Portugal. John was nicknamed John the Restorer...

 instructions, for supporting the right of the Spanish Habsburg Kings to the Portuguese throne after the revolution of 1640.

List of the dukes of Caminha

1. Miguel Luís de Menezes, 1st Duke of Caminha (1565-1637), also 6th Marquis of Vila Real
   Marquis of Vila Real
   Marquis of Vila Real was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from March 1, 1489, by King John II of Portugal, and granted to Dom Pedro de Menezes, also known as Peter II of Menezes, 3rd Count of Vila Real.The House of Vila Real was the most powerful aristocratic House...
   
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2. Miguel Luís de Menezes, 2nd Duke of Caminha (1614-1641).

The dukes of Camiña (Spanish Title)

When the 2nd. Duke of Caminha was executed in Portugal for high treason in 1641, his younger sister, Beatrice of Menezes, married to the Spanish Count of Medellin, remained in Spain.

To reward her fidelity towards the Spanish Habsburgs, King Philip IV of Spain

Philip IV of Spain

Philip IV was King of Spain between 1621 and 1665, sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands, and King of Portugal until 1640...

 gave her, the 23 March 1660, the title of Duchess of Camiña (Spanish spelling) as a Spanish title with Grandeeship of Spain

Grandee

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, included today among the titles of the House of Medinaceli.

Beatrice of Menezes never returned to her homeland and this title was never recognized in Portugal

Portugal

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Dukes of Camiña (1660-)

• Beatriz de Meneses, 1st Duchess of Camiña (1614-1668)
• Pedro Damián Portocarrero, 9th Count of Medellín and 2nd Duke of Camiña (1640-1704), eldest son of the 1st Duchess.
• Luisa Feliciana Portocarrero, 10th Countess of Medellín and 3rd Duchess of Camiña (1641-1705), elder surviving daughter of the 1st Duchess.
• Guillén Ramón de Moncada, 6th Marquis of Aitona and 4th Duke of Camiña (1671-1727), eldest son of the 3rd Duchess.
• María Teresa de Moncada, 7th Marquise of Aitona and 5th Duchess of Camiña (1707-1756), eldest daughter of the 4th Duke.
• Pedro de Alcántara Fernández de Córdoba, 12th Duke of Medinaceli and 6th Duke of Camiña (1730-1789), eldest son of the 5th Duchess.
• Luis Fernández de Córdoba, 13th Duke of Medinaceli and 7th Duke of Camiña (1749-1806), eldest son of the 6th Duke.
• Luis Fernández de Córdoba, 14th Duke of Medinaceli and 8th Duke of Camiña (1780-1840), eldest son of the 7th Duke.
• Luis Fernández de Córdoba, 15th Duke of Medinaceli and 9th Duke of Camiña (1813-1873), elder son of the 8th Duke.
• Luis Fernández de Córdoba, 16th Duke of Medinaceli and 10th Duke of Camiña (1851-1879), elder son of the 9th Duke.
• Luis Fernández de Córdoba, 17th Duke of Medinaceli and 11th Duke of Camiña (1880-1956), elder son of the 10th Duke.
• Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli and 12th Duchess of Camiña
  Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli
  Doña Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba y Fernández de Henestrosa, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli, Grandee of Spain, , was born in Madrid, on April 16, 1917...
  
   (b. 1956), eldest daughter of the 11th Duke.

The heiress apparent

Heir apparent

An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....

 is Ana Luisa de Medina, Marquise of Navahermosa (b. 1940).

External links

• Genealogy of the Dukes of Caminha, in Portuguese