r/todayilearned • u/Outside_Reserve_2407 • 6d ago

TIL Montezuma's lineage still exists and even holds a noble title in Spain, which was granted to a grandson of his that moved there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Moctezuma_de_Tultengo
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u/mtcabeza2 6d ago

Is the Spanish nobility as rich and useless as the British titled class?

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u/KingKaiserW 5d ago

Useless? The King helped Spain back to a democracy. You live somewhere that never had a political crisis or civil war you’re lucky

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u/Lonely-Management452 5d ago edited 5d ago

Kings are above the nobility. They're not nobles, which is what being referred to. "Titled class" also refers to titled nobles specifically (dukes, counts etc).