Duque de Sessa
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Duke of Sessa is a Spanish noble title awarded in 1507 to Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba known as The Great Captain, Duke of Terranova and Santangelo, Andria, Montalto and Sessa, also known as Gonzalo de Córdoba, Italian: Gonsalvo or Consalvo Ernandes di Cordova was a Spanish general fighting in the times of the Conquest of Granada and the Italian Wars...

 y Herrera by Queen Isabella I
Isabella I of Castile
Isabella I was Queen of Castile and León. She and her husband Ferdinand II of Aragon brought stability to both kingdoms that became the basis for the unification of Spain. Later the two laid the foundations for the political unification of Spain under their grandson, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor...

 and King Ferdinand V of Castile
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ferdinand the Catholic was King of Aragon , Sicily , Naples , Valencia, Sardinia, and Navarre, Count of Barcelona, jure uxoris King of Castile and then regent of that country also from 1508 to his death, in the name of...

. Its territorial designation refers to an Italian municipality.

Like all Spanish titles, it used to descend according to male-preference cognatic primogeniture. Therefore, it was held by several women. It now descends according to absolute cognatic primogeniture, meaning that the eldest child (regardless of gender) succeeds to the dukedom upon the death of the previous holder.
Holder Period
Created by Isabella I
Isabella I of Castile
Isabella I was Queen of Castile and León. She and her husband Ferdinand II of Aragon brought stability to both kingdoms that became the basis for the unification of Spain. Later the two laid the foundations for the political unification of Spain under their grandson, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor...

 and Ferdinand V of Castile
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ferdinand the Catholic was King of Aragon , Sicily , Naples , Valencia, Sardinia, and Navarre, Count of Barcelona, jure uxoris King of Castile and then regent of that country also from 1508 to his death, in the name of...

I Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba y Herrera
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba known as The Great Captain, Duke of Terranova and Santangelo, Andria, Montalto and Sessa, also known as Gonzalo de Córdoba, Italian: Gonsalvo or Consalvo Ernandes di Cordova was a Spanish general fighting in the times of the Conquest of Granada and the Italian Wars...

 
1507-1515
II Elvira Fernández de Córdoba y Manrique
Elvira Fernández de Córdoba y Manrique
Elvira Fernández de Córdoba y Manrique , was a Spanish noblewoman, the only daughter of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, a Spanish general involved with the Italian Wars and Viceroy of Naples in 1503–1507....

 
1515-1524
III Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba y Fernández de Córdoba  1524-1578
IV Francisca Fernández de Córdoba y Fernández de Córdoba  1578-1597
V Antonio Fernández de Córdoba y Cardona
Antonio Fernández de Córdoba y Cardona
Antonio Fernández de Córdoba y Cardona, 5th Duke of Sessa, , was a Spanish nobleman...

 
1597-1606
VI Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Aragón  1606-1642
VII Antonio Fernández de Córdoba y Rojas  1642-1659
VIII Francisco Fernández de Córdoba y Pimentel  1659-1688
IX Félix Fernández de Córdoba y Fernández de Córdoba  1688-1709
X Francisco Fernández de Córdoba y Aragón  1709-1750
XI Ventura Francisca Fernández de Córdoba y Aragón  1750-1768
XII Ventura Osorio de Moscoso y Fernández de Córdoba  1768-1783
XIII Vicente Osorio de Moscoso y Guzmán  1783-1816
XIV Vicente Osorio de Moscoso y Álvarez de Toledo  1816-1837
XV Vicente Osorio de Moscoso y Ponce de León  1837-1864
XVI José María Osorio de Moscoso y Carvajal  1864-1881
XVII Francisco de Asís Osorio de Moscoso y Borbón  1881-1924
XVIII Francisco Osorio de Moscoso y Jordán de Urríes  1924-1952
XIX María del Perpetuo Socorro Osorio de Moscoso y Reynoso  1952-1955
XX Leopoldo Barón y Osorio de Moscoso  1955-1974
XXI Gonzalo Barón y Gavito present holder
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