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Duke of Moctezuma de Tultengo Creation date October 11, 1865 Created by Isabella II of Spain Peerage Peerage of Spain First holder Antonio María Marcilla de Teruel-Moctezuma y Navarro, descendant of Pedro Tesifón de Moctezuma y de la Cueva, 1st Count of Moctezuma (1627-1639) Present holder Juan José Marcilla de Teruel-Moctezuma y Jiménez Heir apparent José Juan Marcilla de Teruel-Moctezuma y Valcárcel, 16th Marquis of Tenebrón (since 2004) Remainder to 
The Palace of Moctezuma, Ciudad Rodrigo, one of many palaces erected by the descendants of Moctezuma II.
Duke of Moctezuma de Tultengo (Spanish: Duque de Moctezuma de Tultengo) is a hereditary title in the Spanish nobility held by a line of descendants of Emperor Moctezuma II, the ninth Tlatoani, or ruler, of Tenochtitlan. Since 1766 the title has been attached to a Grandeza de España, or a place in the Spanish peerage — the highest honor accorded to Spanish nobility. (See also Mexican nobility)
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The title was granted to Antonio María Marcilla de Teruel-Moctezuma y Navarro, 14th Count of Moctezuma de Tultengo and 11th Marquis of Tenebrón on October 11, 1865 by Isabella II of Spain as Duke of Moctezuma (without the qualification of 'de Tultengo') to elevate his status from Count to Duke.
The original title of Count of Moctezuma, from which it descends, was given by Philip IV of Spain in 1627 to Pedro Tesifón Moctezuma de la Cueva, 1st Viscount of Ilucán, Lord of Tula and Peza, a Knight of Santiago and a great-grandson of Moctezuma II through his son Pedro de Moctezuma Tlacahuepan. Charles II of Spain later granted the second holder of this title the qualification of de Tultengo, in reference to a town in the Mexican state of Hidalgo which was part of the inheritance of Moctezuma's son Pedro. All subsequent holders from 1635-1865 used the title, "Count of Moctezuma de Tultengo" until the advancement to the rank of duke removed de Tultengo.
The current holder of the title is Juan José Marcilla de Teruel-Moctezuma y Jiménez, 5th Duke of Moctezuma de Tultengo, 15th Marquis of Tenebrón and Viscount of Ilucán, who assumed the title and was regranted the qualification of de Tultengo (as the second Count of Moctezuma was in 1639) by Juan Carlos I of Spain in 1992.
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Counts of Moctezuma and Counts of Moctezuma de Tultengo
Titular Period Created by Philip IV of Spain Counts of Moctezuma I Pedro Tesifón de Moctezuma y de la Cueva 1627–1639 Counts of Moctezuma de Tultengo Designated by Charles II of Spain II Diego Luis de Moctezuma y Porres 1639–1680 III Jerónima María de Moctezuma y Jofré de Loaysa 1680–1692 IV Fausta Dominga Sarmiento de Vallardares y Moctezuma 1692–1697 V Melchora Juana Sarmiento de Valladares y Moctezuma 1697–1717 VI María Teresa Nieto de Silva y Moctezuma 1717 or 1735-unknown VII Jerónimo María de Oca Nieto de Silva Cisneros y Moctezuma VIII Joaquín Ginés de Oca Moctezuma y Mendoza unknown-1795 IX Clara de Oca Moctezuma y Mendoza 1795–1799 X José Antonio Marcilla de Teruel y Oca Moztezuma 1799-unknown XI Mariana Josefa Marcilla de Teruel Moctezuma y García de Alcaraz XII Alonso Marcilla de Teruel Moctezuma y Calatayud unknown-1836 XIII Pedro Nolasco Marcilla de Teruel y Oca Moctezuma 1836–1849 XIV Antonio María Marcilla de Teruel-Moctezuma y Navarro 1849–1865 Last Count of Moctezuma de Tultengo, 1st Duke of Moctezuma Dukes of Moctezuma and Dukes of Moctezuma de Tultengo
Titular Period Dukes of Moctezuma Created by Isabel II of Spain I Antonio María Marcilla de Teruel-Moctezuma y Navarro 1865–1890 II Luis María Moctezuma-Marcilla de Teruel y Liñán 1890–1929 III Luis María Moctezuma-Marcilla de Teruel y Gómez de Arteche 1929–1936 IV Fernando Moctezuma-Marcilla de Teruel y Gómez de Arteche 1940–1985 Dukes of Moctezuma de Tultengo Designated by Juan Carlos I of Spain V José Juan Marcilla de Teruel-Moctezuma y Jiménez 1992-Titular holder Bibliography
- GONZÁLEZ ACOSTA, Alejandro. “Los herederos de Moctezuma”. Boletín Millares Carlo. ISSN 0211-2140, Nº. 20, 2001. Págs. 151-158.
- ÁLVAREZ NOGAL, Carlos. “El Conde de Moctezuma en el Reino de Granada.” El reino de Granada y el Nuevo Mundo. V Congreso Internacional de Historia de América, mayo de 1992, Vol. 2, 1994. ISBN 84-7807-110-5. Págs. 105-116.
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