# Señorío de Sanlúcar

The Señorío de Sanlúcar or Lordship of Sanlúcar was an independent Christian lordship in the Kingdom of Castile located in and around the modern day city of Sanlúcar de Barrameda. It was taken from the Kingdom of Granada in 1295.

## History
### Establishment

The Señorío de Sanlúcar was a Spanish Lordship located in the Kingdom of Seville which in turn belonged at the time of its formation to the Kingdom of Castile. The Señorío was created by order of King Sancho IV of Castile on 4 April 1295 and granted to Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno for services rendered to the Castilian crown, specifically, his heroic defence of Tarifa during the Spanish Reconquista. Although Sancho IV died before handing over control officially to Guzmán el Bueno, his son, Ferdinand IV of Castile confirmed the handover to Guzmán as follows La Villa de Sanlúcar con todos sus pobladores, términos y pertenencias, y los pechos y derechos que allí tenía y deber había (En: The Lordship of the town of Sanlúcar with all its people, income and belongings and the rights which this land held and should hold). The handover was signed at Toro on 13 October 1297 and the original documents are archived at the Archive of the House of Medina Sidonia. Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno and his descendants used the denomination Señor de Sanlúcar as the first and most prestigious of their noble titles.

### Early years

In its inception, the Señorío de Sanlúcar included the town of Sanlúcar which is today the city of Sanlúcar de Barrameda and its surrounding lands which included the Port of Barrameda, Trebujena, Chipiona and Rota. These four supplementary towns which originally formed the Señorío de Sanlúcar were separated from the Señorío as part of the dowry of Isabel Pérez de Guzmán, one of the daughters of Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno who went on to marry Fernán Ponce de Léon. Thereafter, these towns were incorporated into the collective holdings of the House of Ponce de León a branch of the House of Arcos.

### Control to the House of Medina Sidonia

Trebujena was made into an independent town chartae populationis on 21 April 1494 by order of Juan Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y de Ribera, the III Duke of Medina Sidonia.
The Señorío de Sanlúcar was the power base of the House of Medina Sidonia until 1645 when Sanlúcar de Barrameda was incorporated into the Spanish crown. This occurred in the aftermath of the Andalusian independentist conspiracy, an effort by the House of Medina Sidonia to consolidate power at the expense of the Spanish crown. As a result, much of their holdings were confiscated by the crown. Today, the Costa Noroeste de Cádiz roughly encapsulates the former extent of the original Señorío de Sanlúcar.

### The Señors de Sanlúcar

| | Señor de Sanlúcar | Period | Notes |
| | Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno | 1297 - 1309 | I Señor de Sanlúcar |
| | Juan Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Coronel | 1309 - 1351 | II Señor de Sanlúcar |
| | Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Ponce de León | 1351 - 30 May 1365 | III Señor de Sanlúcar |
| | Juan Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Osorio | 1365 - 5 October 1396 | IV Señor de Sanlúcar |
| | Enrique Pérez de Guzmán y Castilla | 1396 - 31 October 1436 | V Señor de Sanlúcar |
| | Juan Alonso de Guzmán y Suárez de Figueroa Orozco | 1436 - December 1468 | VI Señor de Sanlúcar, I Duke of Medina Sidonia |
| | Enrique Pérez de Guzmán y Fonseca | 1468 - 1492 | VII Señor de Sanlúcar, II Duke of Medina Sidonia, I Marqués de Gibraltar |
| | Juan Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y de Ribera | 1492 - 1507 | VIII Señor de Sanlúcar, III Duke of Medina Sidonia, I Marqués de Cazaza |
| | Enrique Pérez de Guzmán y Fernández de Velasco | 1507 - 1512 | IX Señor de Sanlúcar, IV Duke of Medina Sidonia |
| | Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Pérez de Guzmán (Aragonese) | 1512 - 1518 | X Señor de Sanlúcar, V Duke of Medina Sidonia |
| | Juan Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Pérez de Guzmán | 1518 - 26 November 1558 | XI Señor de Sanlúcar, VI Duke of Medina Sidonia |
| | Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor | 1558 - 26 July 1615 | XII Señor de Sanlúcar, VII Duke of Medina Sidonia |
| | Manuel Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Gómez de Silva | 1615 - 1636 | XIII Señor de Sanlúcar, VII Duke of Medina Sidonia |
| | Gaspar Pérez de Guzmán y Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas | 1636 - 1645 | XIV Señor de Sanlúcar, IX Duke of Medina Sidonia |
| | Philip IV of Spain | 1645 - December 1665 | Title taken by Monarchy - King of Spain |
| | Charles II of Spain | 1665 - 1700 | King of Spain |
| | Philip V of Spain | 1700 - 1724 | King of Spain |
| | Louis I of Spain | 1724 - 1724 | King of Spain |
| | Philip V of Spain | 1724 - 1746 | King of Spain |
| | Ferdinand VI of Spain | 1746 - 1759 | King of Spain |
| | Charles III of Spain | 1759 - 1788 | King of Spain |
| | Charles IV of Spain | 1788 - 1808 | King of Spain |
| | Ferdinand VII of Spain and Joseph Bonaparte | 1808 - 1833 1808 - 1814 | King of Spain |
| | Isabella II of Spain | 1833 - 1868 | Queen of Spain Deposed |
| | Amadeo I of Spain | 1870 - 1873 | King of Spain |
| | Alfonso XII of Spain | 1874 - 1885 | King of Spain |
| | Alfonso XIII of Spain | 1886 - 1931 | King of Spain |
| | King Juan Carlos I of Spain | 1975–Present Day | King of Spain, House of Borbon |