Duke of Riánsares

Duke of Riánsares
Creation date23 June 1844
Created byIsabella II
PeerageSpanish nobility
First holderAgustín Fernando Muñoz y Sánchez, 1st Duke of Riánsares
Present holderMaría de la Consolación Muñoz y Santa Marina, 6th Duchess of Riánsares
Remainder toheirs of the body of the grantee according to absolute primogeniture
Subsidiary titlesMarquess of San Agustín
StatusExtant

Duke of Riánsares (Spanish: Duque de Riánsares) is a hereditary title of Spanish nobility, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee. It was created on 23 June 1844 by Queen Isabella II in favor of Agustín Fernando Muñoz y Sánchez, second husband of the Queen Mother, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies.

Name

The name refers both to the Riánsares River, which runs near the town of Tarancón in the province of Cuenca, where the grantee was from, and to the Virgin of Riánsares, patron saint of said town of which the Queen Mother was very devoted.

Dukes of Riánsares

  1. Agustín Fernando Muñoz y Sánchez, 1st Duke of Riánsares (1844–1873)
  2. Fernando María Muñoz y Borbón, 2nd Duke of Riánsares (1876–1910)[1]
  3. Fernando Muñoz y Bernaldo de Quirós, 3rd Duke of Riánsares (1911–1913)
  4. Fernando Muñoz y Canga-Argüelles, 4th Duke of Riánsares (1917–1925)
  5. José Bernardo Muñoz y Acebal, 5th Duke of Riánsares (1954–2008)[2]
  6. María de la Consolación Muñoz y Santa Marina, 6th Duchess of Riánsares (since 2009)[3]

Line of succession

References

  1. ^ "Resúmen de las resoluciones adoptadas por el Presidente del Poder Ejecutivo en el personal de la administración de Justicia, Procuradores y títulos nobiliarios en las fechas que se expresan" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). 12 December 1874.
  2. ^ "Decreto de 24 de septiembre de 1954 por el que se convalida, la sucesión en el título de Duque de Riansares, con Grandeza de España, a favor de don José Muñoz y Acebal" (PDF). www.boe.es. 9 October 1954. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  3. ^ Ministry of Justice (8 January 2009). "Orden JUS/3896/2008, de 17 de diciembre, por la que se manda expedir, sin perjuicio de tercero de mejor derecho, Real Carta de Sucesión en el título de Duque de Riánsares, con Grandeza de España, a favor de doña María de la Consolación Muñoz Santa Marina". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-18.