Duke of Sessa

The Neapolitan title of Duke of Sessa was since the beginning of the 15th century in the possession of the Counts of Squillace from the family Marzano, which became extinct at the beginning of the 16th century with the 4th Duke of Sessa. This was the title free for Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba y Aguilar (1435-1515), known as El Gran Capitán, who was named five times to the Duke in his life:

The appointments were all held by the Catholic Monarchs in Naples, ie, that it is a priori are Italian title of nobility. The third Duke of Sessa was on the other tracks, so that the title of Duke of Sessa was recognized as Castilian title. The titles were stored 1893-1919 by King Alfonso XIII. renewed.

Dukes of Sessa

  • Giacomo Marzano, 4th Conte de Squillace, 1st Duca di Sessa; ∞ Caterina Sanseverino, daughter of Ruggero, 1st Conte de Mileto e Terra Nuova
  • Giovanni Antonio Marzano, † 1453, whose son, 2nd Duke of Sessa, 5th Conte de Squillace; ∞ I Covella Ruffo, Contessa di Montalto, daughter of Carlo Ruffo, Conte di Montalto e Corigliano; II ∞ Maria Francesca Orsini, daughter of Giovanni Orsini, Conte di Manupello
  • Giovanni Francesco Mariano / Marino Marzano († 1494), whose son, 1st Principe di Rossano, 3rd Duke of Sessa, 1st Duca di Squillace,
  • Giovanni Battista Marzano († 1508), whose son, 4th Duke of Sessa, 2nd Duca di Squillace etc. ∞ Constanza d' Avalos, Principessa di Francavilla, widow of Francesco Del Balzo, Principe di Altamura e Duca di Andria
  • Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba y Aguilar (1435-1515), son of Pedro II Fernández de Córdoba, 1497 1st Duke of Santangelo, 1502 1st Duca di Terra Nuova, 1507 1st Duca di Sessa, 1st Duke of Andria and 1 Duca di Torre Maggiore, ∞ I Isabel de Sotomayor, daughter of Luis Méndez de Sotomayor; ∞ II María Manrique, daughter of Fadrique Manrique de Castilla,
  • Elvira de Córdoba ( † 1524), whose daughter, 2 Duchessa di Sant'Angelo, 2.Duchessa di Sessa, 2 Duchessa di Andria, 2nd Duchess of Terra Nuova, ∞ Luis Fernández de Córdoba, 4th Count de Cabra
  • Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1520-1578), whose son, 3rd Duque de Sessa, 3 Duca di Terra Nuova, 3rd Duke of Andria, 3 Duca di Sant'Angelo; ∞ María Sarmiento de Mendoza, sister of Diego de los Cobos y Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Marqués de Camarasa
  • Francisca Fernández de Córdoba y de la Cerda (1521-1597), whose sister, 2nd Duquesa de Baena, 4 Duquesa de Sessa; ∞ Álvaro de Zúñiga Sotomayor, 4th Marqués de Gibraleón,

House Folch de Cardona

  • Luis de Cardona y Córdoba (1548-1574), his nephew, 3rd Duque de Soma
  • Antonio Fernández de Córdoba Folch de Cardona y Aragón Requqenses, whose brother, 4th Duke of Soma, 5th Duke of Sessa; ∞ Juana de Córdoba Cardona y Aragón, daughter of Diego Fernández de Córdoba, El Africano, 3rd Marquis of Comares,
  • Luis Fernández de Córdoba Folch de Cardona y Aragón Requesens (1582-1642), 6th Duke of Sessa, 4th Duque de Baena; ∞ I Mariana de Rojas y Córdoba, 4th Marquesa de Poza, daughter of Francisco de Rojas y Córdoba, 3, Marqués de Poza; ∞ II Francisca Luisa Portocarrero, 6 marquesa de Villanueva del Fresno, daughter of Alonso Portocarrero II, 5th Marquis de Villanueva del Fresno
  • Antonio Fernández de Córdoba Folch de Cardona y Aragón y Anglesola Requesens II (1600-1659), whose son, 7th Duque de Sessa, fifth Duque de Baena, ∞ Teresa Pimentel y Ponce de León, daughter of Antonio Alonso- Pimentel de Quiñones, 9th Conde- Duque de Benavente,
  • Francisco Fernández de Córdoba Folch de Cardona y Aragón Requesens (1626-1688), whose son, 8 Duque de Sessa, 6 Duque de Baena, 7th Duque de Soma, 1669-1673 Viceroy of Catalonia; ∞ I Isabel Fernández de Córdoba y Figueroa, daughter of Alfonso Fernández de Córdoba y Figueroa, el Mudo, 5th Marquis of Priego, fifth Duque de Feria; ∞ II Ana María Enríquez de Guzmán Pimentel de Córdoba, 6 Marquesa de Tavara, daughter of Enrique Enríquez Pimentel y Osorio, 5th Marqués de Tavara
  • Félix Fernández de Córdoba Cardona y Requesens (1654-1709), whose son, 9 Duque de Sessa, 8 Duque de Baena, 8th Duke of Soma; ∞ I Francisca Fernández de Córdoba y Manrique Rojas y Portocarrero, 3rd Countess de Casa Palma, daughter of José Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Manrique Rojas Portocarrero, 2nd Conde de Casa Palma; ∞ II Margarita de Aragón y Benavides, daughter of Luis Ramón Folch de Cardona y de Aragón de Córdoba III, 6th Duke of Segorbe, 7th Duque de Cardona
  • Francisco Javier Fernández de Córdoba Cardona y Requesens (also: Fernández de Córdoba y Aragón Folch de Cardona y Anglesola Requesens ) ( 1687-1750 ), whose son, 10th Duque de Sessa, 8 Duque de Baena, 9th Duke of Soma
  • Ventura Fernández de Córdoba Folch de Cardona y de Aragón Requesens, al Fernández de Córdoba Folch de Cardona y Anglesola Requesens (1712-1768), whose daughter, 11 Duquesa de Sessa, 9 Duquesa de Baena, 9 Duquesa de Soma; ∞ I Buenaventura Antonio Osorio de Moscoso Felipe de Guzmán Dávila y Aragón, 9 Conde de Altamira; ∞ II José de Guzmán y de Vélez de Guevara Ladrón Tassis 12 Conde de Oñate,

Other families

  • Ventura Osorio de Moscoso y Fernández de Córdoba ( * 1731), whose son from his first marriage, 12th Duque de Sessa, 7th Duque de Sanlúcar la Mayor, fifth Duque de Medina de la Torres, fifth Duque de Artisco 12 Duque de Sessa, 10th Duque de Baena, 10, Duque de Soma, ∞ María de la Concepción de Guzmán y Fernández de Córdoba, daughter of José de Guzmán y Guevara, 6th Marqués de Montelaegre
  • Vicente Joaquín Osorio de Moscoso y Guzmán (1756-1816), 8 ( 9 ) Duke of Sanlucar la Mayor, 7th Duque de Medina de la Torres, 6th Duke of Atrisco, 11th Duque de Baena, 13, Duque de Sessa, 12th Duque de Soma, 15, Duque de Maqueda; ∞ I María Ignacia Álvarez de Toledo y Gonzaga, daughter of Antonio María José Alvarez de Toledo y Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno, 10th Marquis of Villafranca del Bierzo; ∞ II María Magdalena Fernández de Córdoba y Ponce de León, daughter of Joaquin Fernández de Córdoba, 3rd Marqués de la Puebla de los Infantes
  • Isabel Vicente Osorio de Moscoso y Álvarez de Toledo (1777-1837), whose son, 10, Duque de Sanlúcar la Mayor, 7th Duque de Atrisco, 8th Duque de Medina de los Torres, 14th Duque de Sessa, 13th Duque de Soma, 12th Duque de Baena, 16, Duque de Maqueda; ∞ María del Carmen Ponce de León y Carvajal, 7 Marquesa de Castro Monte Duquesa de Montemar, daughter of Antonio María Ponce de León Dávila y Carrillo de Albornoz, 3 duque de Montemar
  • Vicente Pio de Osorio Moscoso y Ponce de León (1801-1864), 8th Duke of Atrisco, 10 ( 11 ) Duque de Sanlúcar la Mayor, 9th Duke of Medina de la Torre's 15 Duque de Sessa, 14 Duque de Soma, 13th Duque de Baena, 17, Duque de Maqueda, fifth Duque de Montemar; ∞ Maria Luisa Carvajal - Vargas y Queralt, daughter of José Miguel de Carvajal - Vargas y Manrique de Lara, Duke of San Carlos ( the Duke titles to son and three daughters of the couple distributed )
  • José Maria Osorio de Moscoso y Carvajal (1828-1881), whose son, 16, Duque de Sessa, 6 Duque de Montemar; ∞ Luisa Maria Teresa de Borbon y Borbon Dos Sicilias, Infanta of Spain, daughter of Francisco de Paula Antonio Maria de Borbón, Infante of Spain
  • Francisco de Asis Osorio de Moscoso y de Borbón (1847-1924), whose son, 17th Duque de Sessa, 18th Duque de Maqueda, 7th Duque de Montemar; ∞ I María de los Dolores de Reynoso y Queralt, 11 Condesa de Fuenclara, daughter of Federico Reynoso y Muñoz de Velasco, 7th Marqués del Pico de Velasco de Augustina; ∞ II María de los Dolores de Taramona y Díez de Entresoto, daughter of Manuel de Taramona y Sainz
  • María del Perpetuo Socorro Osorio de Moscoso y Reinoso (1899-1980), whose daughter, 20th Duquesa de Sessa, 21 Duquesa de Maqueda, Duquesa de Santangelo; ∞ Leopoldo Barón y Torres
  • Leopoldo Barón y Osorio de Moscoso (1920-1974), whose son, 1955 20th Duque de Sessa; ∞ María Cristina Gavito y Jáuregui, daughter of Florencio Gavito y Bustillo
  • Gonzalo Barón y Gavito ( b. 1948 ), whose son, 21, 1974 Duque de Sessa, 1976 13th Duque de Atrisco, ∞ Susana Carral y Pinson, daughter of Luis Carral
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