Marquess of Priego
Marqués de Priego de Córdoba
Marquess of Priego (Spanish: marqués de Priego) is a hereditary noble title of the Kingdom of Spain that Ferdinand the Catholic granted on 9 December 1501 to Pedro Fernández de Córdoba y Pacheco, 7th Lord of Aguilar in Córdoba, of the house of Córdoba.
It is one of the most important noble titles in Spain, and was made a first class grandee in 1520 by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
The name comes from the Andalusian municipality of Priego de Córdoba in the province of Córdoba.
The Marquessate of Montalbán belongs to the same noble house, and both titles today are held by the House of Medinaceli.
List of title holders
Marquesses
Pedro Fernández de Córdoba y Pacheco (died 24 January 1517), I Marquess of Priego, Alguacil mayor of Córdoba, married Elvira Enríquez. Succeeded by his daughter.
Catalina Fernández de Córdoba y Enríquez (died 13 July 1569), II Marchioness of Priego. Married 15 August 1518 to Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa, III Count of Feria. She was succeeded by her granddaughter, daughter of Pedro Fernández de Córdoba y Figueroa and Ana de la Cruz Ponce de León, daughter of Rodrigo Ponce de León y Ponce de León, I Duke of Arcos.
Catalina Fernández de Córdoba y Ponce de León, III Marchioness of Priego (died 28 September 1574), married on 8 January 1560 to her uncle, Alfonso Fernández de Córdoba y Figueroa, also called Alonso de Aguilar, I Marquess of Villafranca.
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