Baron of Santa Pau
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Baron of Santa Pau (Spanish: Barón de Santa Pau) is a hereditary title in the Spanish nobility created in Catalonia on an unknown date, though believed to have been made before 1070, as at that time, in Girona, there are records of a knight named Almérico I de Santa Pau as the lord of this barony,[1] being the first person recorded as such. After that, the title is lost, until it is once again mentioned in 1360, without mention of who the baron was.[2]
Barony of Santa Pau | |
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Creation date | before 1070 |
Peerage | Spanish nobility |
Present holder | Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada y Sentmenat |
Heir apparent | Tristán Jerónimo Ramírez Ruiz de la Prada |
Former seat(s) | Castle of Santa Pau |
The title was re-created by Alfonso XIII in 1916 in favour of Carlos de Sentmenat y Sentmenat, 9th Marquess of Castelldosrius, 2nd Marquess of Oris (re-created in 1915).
The title is currently held by Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada y Sentmenat,[3] who also holds the title of Marchioness of Castelldosrius, which has a Grandeeship attached.[4]