# Duke of Nájera

Duke of Nájera (Spanish: Duque de Nájera) is a hereditary title in the peerage of Spain, which was bestowed by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain on 30 August 1482 to Don Pedro Manrique de Lara, II Count of Treviño and Ricohombre de Castilla, as a reward for his services to the Crown. By birth, he was member of an old Castilian House of Lara. In 1520, King Charles I supplemented the title of Duke with that of Grandee of Spain.
The title refers to the town of Nájera in the La Rioja region.
The Dukes of Nájera ruled Nájera until the year 1600, when the last Duke in the male line died without a son. The title passed to his daughter Luisa.

## Dukes of Nájera

| | Holder | Period | Remarks |
| Created by the Catholic Monarchs ||||
| i | Pedro Manrique de Lara y Sandoval | 1482–1515 | |
| ii | Antonio Manrique de Lara y Castro | 1515–1535 | son. Order of the Golden Fleece |
| iii | Juan Esteban Manrique de Lara y Cardona | 1535–1558 | son. Order of the Golden Fleece |
| iv | Juan Esteban Manrique de Lara Acuña y Manuel | 1558–1600 | son. Viceroy of Valencia |
| v | Luisa Manrique de Lara y Girón | 1600–1627 | daughter. Married Bernardino de Cárdenas, 3rd Duke of Maqueda |
| vi | Jorge de Cárdenas y Manrique de Lara | 1627–1644 | son. Governor of Oran |
| vii | Jaime Manuel de Cárdenas Manrique de Lara | 1644–1652 | brother |
| viii | Francisco María de Monserrate Manrique de Cárdenas y Lara | 1652–1656 | son. No issue |
| ix | Teresa Antonia Hurtado de Mendoza y Manrique de Cárdenas | 1656–1657 | cousin. No issue |
| x | Antonio de Velasco Manrique de Mendoza Acuña y Tejada | 1657–1676 | son of her sister Nicolasa |
| xi | Francisco Miguel Manrique de Velasco | 1676–1678 | son. no issue |
| xii | Nicolasa Manrique de Mendoza Velasco Acuña y Manuel | 1678–1709 | sister, married Beltrán Vélez de Guevara |
| xiii | Ana Micaela Guevara Manrique de Velasco | 1709–1729 | daughter, married Gaspar Portocarrero y Bocanegra, Marqués de Almenara |
| xiv | Joaquín María Portocarrero Manrique de Guevara | 1729–1731 | son, died aged 3. |
| xv | Joaquín Cayetano Ponce de León y Spínola | 1731–1743 | distant cousin, VIII Duke of Arcos |
| xvi | Manuel Ponce de León y Spínola | 1743–1744 | brother |
| xvii | Francisco Cayetano Ponce de León y Spínola | 1744–1763 | brother |
| xviii | Antonio Ponce de León y Spínola | 1763–1780 | brother, Order of the Golden Fleece |
| xix | María Isidra de la Cruz de la Cerda y Manrique de Lara | 1780–1811 | distant cousin, married Diego Ventura de Guzmán, Marqués de Montealegre |
| xx | Diego Isidro de Guzmán y de la Cerda | 1811–1849 | son, Order of the Golden Fleece |
| xxi | Carlos Luis de Guzmán y la Cerda | 1850–1880 | son |
| xxii | Juan Bautista de Guzmán y Caballero | 1881–1890 | brother |
| xxiii | José Reinaldo de Guzmán y de la Cerda | 1890–1891 | brother |
| xxiv | Juan de Zavala y Guzmán | 1892–1910 | son of his sister and Juan de Zavala (1804–1879) |
| xxv | Luis de Zavala y Guzmán | 1911–1913 | brother |
| xxvi | María del Pilar de Zavala y Guzmán | 1913–1915 | sister, married Ventura García-Sancho |
| xxvii | María del Pilar García-Sancho y Zavala | 1916–1916 | daughter, married Leopoldo de Travesedo Fernández |
| xxviii | Juan Bautista de Travesedo y García-Sancho | 1917–1965 | son |
| xxix | Juan de Travesedo y Martínez de las Rivas | 1967–1996 | son |
| xxx | Juan de Travesedo y Colón de Carvajal | 2000–actual holder | son of his brother |

## Sources

* Salazar y Acha, Jaime de (2012). Los Grandes de España (siglos XV-XVI). Ediciones Hidalguía. ISBN 978-84 939313-9-1.
* Geneanet