Duke of Moctezuma de Tultengo
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Spanish nobility
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held by a line of descendants of Emperor Moctezuma II
Moctezuma II
Moctezuma , also known by a number of variant spellings including Montezuma, Moteuczoma, Motecuhzoma and referred to in full by early Nahuatl texts as Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin, was the ninth tlatoani or ruler of Tenochtitlan, reigning from 1502 to 1520...
, the ninth Tlatoani, or ruler, of Tenochtitlan. Since 1766 the title has been attached to a Grandeza de España
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, or a place in the Spanish peerage — the highest honor accorded to Spanish nobility
Spanish nobility
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. (See also Mexican nobility
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)
History
The title was granted to Antonio María Marcilla de Teruel-Moctezuma y Navarro, 14th Count of Moctezuma de Tultengo and 11th Marquis of Tenebrón on October 11, 1865 by Isabella II of SpainIsabella II of Spain
Isabella II was the only female monarch of Spain in modern times. She came to the throne as an infant, but her succession was disputed by the Carlists, who refused to recognise a female sovereign, leading to the Carlist Wars. After a troubled reign, she was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of...
as Duke of Moctezuma (without the qualification of 'de Tultengo') to elevate his status from Count
Count
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to Duke
Duke
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.
The original title of Count of Moctezuma, from which it descends, was given by 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...
in 1627 to Pedro Tesifón Moctezuma de la Cueva, 1st Viscount of Ilucán, Lord of Tula and Peza, a Knight of Santiago
Order of Santiago
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and a great-grandson of Moctezuma II through his son Pedro de Moctezuma Tlacahuepan
Pedro Moctezuma
Don Pedro Moctezuma Tlacahuepan Ihualicahuaca was a son of the Aztec emperor Moctezuma II and María Miyahuaxochtzin, the daughter of Ixtlilcuecahuacatzin, ruler of Tollan....
. Charles II of Spain
Charles II of Spain
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later granted the second holder of this title the qualification of de Tultengo, in reference to a town in the Mexican state of Hidalgo which was part of the inheritance of Moctezuma's son Pedro. All subsequent holders from 1635-1865 used the title, "Count of Moctezuma de Tultengo" until the advancement to the rank of duke removed de Tultengo.
The current holder of the title is Juan José Marcilla de Teruel-Moctezuma y Jiménez, 5th Duke of Moctezuma de Tultengo, 15th Marquis of Tenebrón and Viscount of Ilucán, who assumed the title and was regranted the qualification of de Tultengo (as the second Count of Moctezuma was in 1639) by Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I |Italy]]) is the reigning King of Spain.On 22 November 1975, two days after the death of General Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos was designated king according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco. Spain had no monarch for 38 years in 1969 when Franco named Juan Carlos as the...
in 1992.
Counts of Moctezuma and Counts of Moctezuma de Tultengo
| Titular | Period | |
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| Created by 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... |
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| Counts of Moctezuma | ||
| I | Pedro Tesifón de Moctezuma y de la Cueva | 1627–1639 |
| Counts of Moctezuma de Tultengo | ||
| Designated by Charles II of Spain Charles II of Spain Charles II was the last Habsburg King of Spain and the ruler of large parts of Italy, the Spanish territories in the Southern Low Countries, and Spain's overseas Empire, stretching from the Americas to the Spanish East Indies... |
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| II | Diego Luis de Moctezuma y Porres | 1639–1680 |
| III | Jerónima María de Moctezuma y Jofré de Loaysa | 1680–1692 |
| IV | Fausta Dominga Sarmiento de Vallardares y Moctezuma | 1692–1697 |
| V | Melchora Juana Sarmiento de Valladares y Moctezuma | 1697–1717 |
| VI | María Teresa Nieto de Silva y Moctezuma | 1717 or 1735-unknown |
| VII | Jerónimo María de Oca Nieto de Silva Cisneros y Moctezuma | |
| VIII | Joaquín Ginés de Oca Moctezuma y Mendoza | unknown-1795 |
| IX | Clara de Oca Moctezuma y Mendoza | 1795–1799 |
| X | José Antonio Marcilla de Teruel y Oca Moztezuma | 1799-unknown |
| XI | Mariana Josefa Marcilla de Teruel Moctezuma y García de Alcaraz | |
| XII | Alonso Marcilla de Teruel Moctezuma y Calatayud | unknown-1836 |
| XIII | Pedro Nolasco Marcilla de Teruel y Oca Moctezuma | 1836–1849 |
| XIV | Antonio María Marcilla de Teruel-Moctezuma y Navarro | 1849–1865 |
| Last Count of Moctezuma de Tultengo, 1st Duke of Moctezuma | ||
Dukes of Moctezuma and Dukes of Moctezuma de Tultengo
| Titular | Period | |
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| Dukes of Moctezuma | ||
| Created by Isabel II of Spain | ||
| I | Antonio María Marcilla de Teruel-Moctezuma y Navarro | 1865–1890 |
| II | Luis María Moctezuma-Marcilla de Teruel y Liñán | 1890–1929 |
| III | Luis María Moctezuma-Marcilla de Teruel y Gómez de Arteche | 1929–1936 |
| IV | Fernando Moctezuma-Marcilla de Teruel y Gómez de Arteche | 1940–1985 |
| Dukes of Moctezuma de Tultengo | ||
| Designated by Juan Carlos I of Spain Juan Carlos I of Spain Juan Carlos I |Italy]]) is the reigning King of Spain.On 22 November 1975, two days after the death of General Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos was designated king according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco. Spain had no monarch for 38 years in 1969 when Franco named Juan Carlos as the... |
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| V | José Juan Marcilla de Teruel-Moctezuma y Jiménez | 1992-Titular holder |