Grandees of Spain

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The Grandees of Spain are the highest-ranking members of the Spanish nobility, historically granted special honors, privileges, and proximity to the monarchy.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Grandees of Spain canonical 18
Spanish nobility 4
Grandeeship of Spain 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary title ⓘ
noble rank ⓘ
appliesTo Spanish nobility ⓘ
associatedWith House of Bourbon ⓘ
House of Habsburg ⓘ
Spanish monarchy ⓘ
canBeHeldWith count ⓘ
duke ⓘ
marquess ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
formalizedInReignOf Charles I of Spain ⓘ
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
governedBy Spanish nobility laws ⓘ
grantedBy King of Spain ⓘ
Queen of Spain ⓘ
Spanish monarch ⓘ
hasCollectiveBody Council of Grandees (historical) ⓘ
hasGenderForm Granda (archaic feminine) ⓘ
Grande (masculine) ⓘ
Grande de España (common form) ⓘ
hasNotableFamily House of Alba ⓘ
House of Alba de Tormes ⓘ
House of Benavente ⓘ
House of Frías ⓘ
House of Infantado ⓘ
House of Lerma ⓘ
House of Medina Sidonia ⓘ
House of Medina de Rioseco ⓘ
House of Medinaceli ⓘ
House of Osuna ⓘ
House of Villahermosa ⓘ
hasPrivilege precedence over other nobles ⓘ
proximity to the monarch ⓘ
right to be addressed as cousin by the monarch ⓘ
right to remain covered in presence of the king ⓘ
special honors ⓘ
hasRankType first-class grandees ⓘ
second-class grandees ⓘ
third-class grandees ⓘ
historicalRole formed the highest social and political elite in Spain ⓘ
often served as high officers of the Crown ⓘ
often served as viceroys and governors in the Spanish Empire ⓘ
influencedBy Castilian nobility traditions ⓘ
isHereditary true ⓘ
isSeparateFrom the underlying noble title ⓘ
isSubsetOf Spanish peerage ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
modernStatus purely honorific rank ⓘ
originatedInPeriod late Middle Ages ⓘ
positionInNobility highest rank of Spanish nobility ⓘ
recognizedBy Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
titleStyle Excelentísima Señora ⓘ
Excelentísima Señora Duquesa ⓘ
Excelentísimo Señor ⓘ
Excelentísimo Señor Duque ⓘ
usedIn Kingdom of Spain ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Alba → socialStatus → Grandees of Spain ⓘ
Manuel Godoy → memberOf → Spanish nobility ⓘ
linked to: Grandees of Spain
Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca → partOf → Spanish nobility ⓘ
linked to: Grandees of Spain
Duke of Escalona → hasCategory → Grandees of Spain ⓘ
Conde (Spain, Portugal) → partOf → Spanish nobility ⓘ
linked to: Grandees of Spain
Carmen Polo → memberOf → Spanish nobility ⓘ
linked to: Grandees of Spain
Fitz-James Stuart family → nobleStatus → Grandees of Spain ⓘ
Álvarez de Toledo family → titleStyle → Grandees of Spain ⓘ
House of Alba → nobleFamilyType → Grandees of Spain ⓘ
subject linked to: Alba
House of Zúñiga → historicalStatus → Grandees of Spain ⓘ
House of Alburquerque → aristocraticRank → Grandees of Spain ⓘ
House of Montijo → nobleRank → Grandees of Spain ⓘ
Duchess of Montoro → titleHolderClass → Grandees of Spain ⓘ
House of Lerma → nobleStatus → Grandees of Spain ⓘ
Marquess of Villafranca del Bierzo → category → Grandees of Spain titles ⓘ
linked to: Grandees of Spain
House of Pimentel → historicalRole → Grandees of Spain ⓘ
Álvarez de Toledo → associatedWithInstitution → Spanish Grandees ⓘ
linked to: Grandees of Spain
Dukes of Villahermosa → titleHolderClass → Grandees of Spain ⓘ
Peerage of Spain → relatedConcept → Grandeeship of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Grandees of Spain
Dukes of the Infantado → nobleFamilyType → Grandees of Spain ⓘ
House of Velasco → nobleRank → Grandees of Spain ⓘ
House of Toledo → nobleRank → Grandees of Spain ⓘ
Duke of the Infantado → nobilityType → Grandeeship of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Grandees of Spain