Duke of Gor

Duke of Gor (Spanish: Duque de Gor) is a title of Spanish nobility, granted on 10 July 1803 by King Charles IV of Spain to a Field Marshal of the Royal Spanish Armies, Nicolás Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques, who was the 12th Lord of Gor, as well as the 6th Marquess of Trujillos and 5th Count of Torrepalma.

Dukedom of Gor
Creation date	10 July 1803
Monarch	Charles IV of Spain
Peerage	Spain
First holder	Nicolás Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques y Vélez Ladrón de Guevara
Present holder	Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques y Silva[1]
Heir apparent	Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques y Álvarez de Toledo
Seat(s)	Palace of the Dukes of Gor (Granada) Castle of Olmillos de Sasamón

Nicolás Mauricio was son of Alonso Diego Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques y Verdugo, 11th Lord of Gor, 5th Marquess of Trujillos, 4th Count of Torrepalma, and of María Fausta Vélez Ladrón de Guevara y Enríquez, Countess of Canillas de los Torneros de Enríquez.

The title's name refers to the town of Gor in the province of Granada.

List of Dukes de Gor

	Titular	Periodo
Lords of Gor First concession by the Catholic Monarchs in 1492
I	Juan de Almaraz	1492–1494
Second concession by the Catholic Monarchs in 1494
II	Sancho of Castile y Fernández Bernal	1494–1495
III	Sancho of Castile y Enríquez	1495–1505
IV	Diego of Castile y Enríquez	1505-
V	Sancho of Castile y Mendoza
VI	Diego of Castile y Manrique
VII	Juan of Castile y Benavides
VIII	Diego of Castile y La Madrid
IX	Sancho of Castile y de la Cueva
X	María Antonia Verdugo y of Castilla
XI	Alonso Diego Álvarez de Bohorques y Verdugo
XII	Nicolás Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques	¿?-1803
Elevation to Duchy by Charles IV in 1803
I	Nicolás Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques	1803–1825
II	Mauricio Nicolás Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques y Chacón	1825–1851
III	Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques y Guiráldez	1851–1877
IV	Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques y Ponce de León	1877–1930
V	Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques y Goyeneche	1930–1963
VI	Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques y Silva	1963-actual titular

History of the Dukes of Gor

Castle of Olmillos de Sasamón (Province of Burgos).

• I duke: Nicolás Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques y Vélez Ladrón de Guevara (b.1741-d.1825), I duke of Gor, VI Marquess of the Trujillos, V, Count of Torrepalma, VII Count of Canillas de los Torneros de Enríquez, was Marshal of the king.

He married first, María Teresa Péerez de Barradas y Fernández de Henestrosa, with whom he had no male succession, and secondly with María del Carmen Chacón y Carrillo de Albornoz Medrano y Jácome de Lienden. From his second marriage, he had son:

• II duke: Mariano Nicolás Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques y Chacón Carrillo de Albornoz y Guevara (b. 1799, d. 1851), II Duke of Gor, VII Marquess of Trujillos, VI count of Torrepalma, VIII count of Canillas de los Torneros de Enríquez, viscount of Caparacena, and of Abusejo.

He married María de la O Jacoba Guiráldez y Cañas, VIII Viscountess of Valoria, daughter of Jaime Guiráldez y Mendoza. By way of this marriage all the domains and possessions of the Valoria family, including the castle of Olmillos de Sasamón, province of Burgos, and all their fiefs were incorporated into the duchy of Gor. His son succeeded him:

• III duke: Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques y Guiráldez (b.1819-d.1877), III Duke of Gor, VIII Marquis of the Trujillos, VI count of Torrepalma, IX Count of Canillas de los Torneros de Enríquez.

He died unmarried, without issue, and was succeeded by his nephew:

• IV duke: Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques y Ponce de León (b.1864-d.1930), IV Duke of Gor, IX Marquess of Trujillos, Count of Canillas de los Torneros de Enríquez.

He married Rosa de Goyeneche y de la Puente, daughter of the Count of Guaqui and the Marchioness de Villafuerte. He was the first Spaniard to participate in the Olympic Games, competing in 1900 with the foil, sword and saber. His son succeeded him:

• V duke: Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques y Goyeneche, V Duke of Gor, XI Count of Canillas de los Torneros de Enríquez.

He married Beatriz de Silva y Mitjans, daughter of Jaime de Silva y Campbell, XV Duke of Lécera and XI Duke of Bournonville. His son succeeded him:

• VI duke: Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques y Silva, VI Duke of Gor, Viscount of Caparacena.

He married Isabel Álvarez de Toledo y Urquijo, daughter of Alonso Álvarez de Toledo y Cabeza de Vaca, XI Marquis of Villanueva de Valdueza, XI Viscount of the Armeria.

Library

The first duke, Nicolás Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques, lived in Granada in a palace later renovated by Francisco Giménez, and acquired a library containing 6,000 manuscripts, books and Arabic documents dating from the 14th and 15th century, from the time of the Emirate of Granada. Arevalo was acquainted with American writer Washington Irving, later Minister to Spain (1842 to 1845); Irving stayed with the duke of Gor during his first visit to Spain, in 1829, and used the duke's library for his Chronicles of the Conquest of Granada (1829).[2]

The collection was acquired in 1962 by the multimillionaire banker Bartolomé March, one of General Francisco Franco's financial advisers. The Dukes of Gor's collection, which formed the largest and most important part of March's collection, was catalogued in 1907.[3]

One notable book in the duke's library was a first edition of Gaspar Correia's Lendas da Índia.[4]

References

1. BOE
2. Jones, Brian Jay (2011). Washington Irving: An American Original. Skyhorse. p. 207. ISBN 9781611453546.
3. Kristeller, Paul Oskar (1989). Iter Italicum. Iter Italicum: A Finding List of Uncatalogued Or Incompletely Catalogued Humanistic Manuscripts of the Renaissance in Italian and Other Libraries. 4. Brill. p. 591. ISBN 9789004077195.
4. Corrêa, Gaspar (1869). Henry E. J. Stanley (ed.). The Three Voyages of Vasco de Gama, and His Viceroyalty: From the Lendas Da India of Gaspar Corrêa. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society. 42. Hakluyt Society. p. iv.