Marquess of Moya

The Marquess of Moya is a title of Spanish nobility that was created on 4 July 1480 by Queen Isabella I in favor of, the Lord of Moya and Chinchón.

History

Andrés Cabrera, Lord of Moya and Chinchón, Knight of the Order of Santiago, steward, advisor and treasurer of King Henry IV of Castile, and supporter of Isabella the Catholic in the War of the Castilian Succession, who had custody of the Alcázar of Segovia and was at odds with the Arias-Dávila brothers, especially with the Bishop of Segovia Juan Arias Dávila, paternal uncle of Pedrarias Dávila.
Its name refers to the Cuenca town of Moya, whose Lordship had been given to her by Henry IV in 1463, and his wife was Beatriz Fernández de Bobadilla, head chambermaid and great friend of Isabella the Catholic, of whom it was said that "after the queen of Castile, the Bobadilla".
Beatriz died in Madrid on 17 January 1511 and, months later, on 4 October 1511, her husband died.
Its current title holder is Carlos Fitz-James Stuart y Martínez de Irujo, 19th Duke of Alba.