Duke of la Alcúdia

Dukedom of la Alcúdia Ducado de la Alcúdia (in Spanish)

Creation date	July 4, 1792
Monarch	Charles IV of Spain
Peerage	Spain
First holder	Manuel de Godoy
Present holder	Prince Carlos Rúspoli
Subsidiary titles	Duke of Sueca Count of Chinchón. Count of Évoramonte Baron of Mascalbó

The duchy of Alcudia is a Spanish nobility title created by King Carlos IV of Spain for Manuel Godoy and Álvarez-Faria.

Its name refers to the town of La Alcudia, in the province of Valencia (Spain).

The same king granted to him the Duchy of Sueca, the Barony of Mascalbó and the title of Prince of the Peace. The granting of the latter was an exception in Spanish nobility history; since the Middle Ages, no one had held the princely dignity in Spain except the heir of the crown, who did so through three titles: Prince of Asturias, Gerona and Of Viana. Fernando VII, in 1808, deprived the valid of his parents of the principality by expropriation.

Godoy was also, by papal concession, Prince of Bassano, title obtained after acquiring the Italian fief of Bassano di Sutri, located between Rome and Viterbo, during his long exile in Rome.

He was also granted the Portuguese county of Évoramonte.

It was because of her marriage to the consort of Chinchón.

It seems that it was also "Marqués de Álvarez", as they name it in different documents (see references), although it is a title that have never led their successors, nor has attempted to rehabilitate anyone, nor is it stated in the Cast of Greatness and Titles Nobiliarios Españoles or in the Directory of the Diputación de la Grandeza. He was also "Lord of Soto of Rome" 2 and "Viscount of High Andalusia." 3

Title holders

Palace of Infante don Luis in Boadilla. Made by Ventura Rodriguez.

	Title	Period
Created by Charles IV
I	Manuel Godoy y Álvarez-Faria	1792-1851
II	Adolfo Rúspoli y Godoy	1855-1914
III	Carlos Rúspoli y Álvarez de Toledo	1914-1936
IV	Carlos Rúspoli y Caro	1936-1958
V	Carlos Rúspoli y Morenés	1958-2016

History of the Dukes of Alcudia and Sueca

HSH Manuel Godoy. Prince of the Peace, Duke of Alcudia and Sueca, Count of Evoramonte, Baron of Mascalbo. Prime minister of Charles IV of Spain

I Duke: Manuel Godoy, I Duke of Alcudia, and later, I Duke of Sueca, and I Baron of Mascalbo. He also received the title Prince of the Peace, which was expropriated by King Ferdinand VII in 1808, Prince of Bassano (pontifical), and I Count of Evoramonte (Portuguese title). He married: Doña María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga, daughter of the Cardinal-Infante Don Luis de Borbon and Farnesio, was the XV Countess of Chinchón. His grandson succeeded him:

II Duke: Adolfo Ruspoli y Godoy, Khevenhuller Metsch and Bourbon (1822-1914), II Duke of Alcudia, Grandee of Spain 1st class and III Count of Evoramonte, in Portugal. He married in 1857 with Rosalía Álvarez de Toledo y Silva, daughter of the Dukes of Medina Sidonia. His son succeeded him:

III Duke: Carlos Rúspoli and Álvarez de Toledo, Godoy and Silva-Bazán (1858-1936), III Duke of Alcudia, III Duke of Sueca, XVII Count of Chinchón, IV Count of Evoramonte, in Portugal. Grandee of Spain 1st class. He married Carmen Caro and Caro, of the Marquesses of the Romana. His son succeeded him:

IV Duke: Camilo Rúspoli and Caro, Alvarez de Toledo and Caro (1904-1975), who reunites all the titles, both of Manuel Godoy, and of the Infanta Maria Teresa, by which he becomes the, IV Duke of Alcudia, IV Duke of Sueca, XVIII Count of Chinchón , and VI Marquess of Boadilla del Monte, Grandee of Spain 1st class. He married Belén Morenés and Arteaga, XVIII Countess of Bañares. His son succeeded him:

V Duke: Carlos Rúspoli and Morenés, Caro and Artega (1932-2016), V Duke of Alcudia, V Duke of Sueca, XIX Count of Chinchón. Grandee of Spain 1st class. without issue.

Family tree

Grandee's coronet

Manuel Godoy and Álvarez de Faria Prince of the Peace, I Duke of la Alcudia, I Duke of Sueca, I Baron of Mascalbó, I Prince of Bassano, I Count of Évoramonte (1767-1851)



Carlota de Godoy and Borbón, II Duchess of Sueca, II Marchioness of Boadilla del Monte, XVI Count of Chinchón, II Countess of Évoramonte (1800-1886)



Adolfo Ruspoli and Godoy, II Duke of la Alcudia, III Count of Évoramonte (1822-1914)



Carlos Ruspoli and Álvarez de Toledo, III Duke of la Alcudia and Sueca, XVII Count of Chinchón, III Count of Évoramonte (1858-1936)



Carlos Ruspoli and Caro, IV Duke of la Alcudia and Sueca, VI Marquiss of Boadilla del Monte, XVIII Count of Chinchón (1904-1975)



Carlos Ruspoli and Morenés , V Duke of la Alcudia and Sueca, XIX Count of Chinchón (1932-2016)

References

External links

Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Españoles. Instituto "Salazar y Castro" C.S.I.C.

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