{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.duke-of-the-infantado","code":"thing-q724968","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q724968/","name":"Duke of the Infantado","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Cross-cutting context","entryKind":"thing","plane":"XCT","domain":["XCT.QLT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"Duke of the Infantado is a hereditary Spanish title of nobility, first granted in 1475 to Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, and denotes a dignity held by successive people rather than one individual.","purpose":"Enable an agent to identify the Spanish hereditary title Duke of the Infantado, distinguish it from its holders, and assess succession and usage claims against dated evidence.","scope":{"in":["Canonical title and documented Spanish and English variants","Creation and subsequent instruments affecting the title","Holder relationships with dates and evidential qualifications","Succession claims, recognition events and disputes","Association with Grandeza de España and documented forms of address"],"out":["Complete biographies of individual dukes and duchesses","The House of Infantado as a family or institution","Ownership and management of palaces, estates and collections","Portraits, books and other works named after titleholders","Other noble titles held by the same person"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["The referent persists across changes of holder; an individual duke or duchess has a separate personal identity.","An identifying document must name the Infantado title specifically; a matching surname or another title held by the same person is insufficient.","The masculine registry label does not restrict holder identity to men: a 2018 order names Almudena de Arteaga y del Alcázar as the beneficiary of a succession instrument. [BOE succession order](https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2018-15717)","A reference to the Infantado palace, family or portrait requires an explicit relationship to this title rather than automatic identity matching.","Genealogical descent, an application for succession and an official recognition instrument are distinguishable evidence states."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"infantado-title-identity","name":"Infantado title identity","description":"Establish the continuing title denoted by the registry label.","layers":[{"id":"registered-referent","name":"Registered referent","description":"Resolve the registry entry to the title while preserving classification discrepancies.","findings":[{"id":"title-not-holder","name":"Title versus holder","description":"Treat title identity separately from each person bearing it and document the basis for resolving this registry entry.","questions":[{"text":"Which upstream identifier and authoritative description confirm that vr.tr.duke-of-the-infantado denotes the noble title?","id":"title-not-holder-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What explains the supplied INF / INF.MED classification and the different classification in the local registry?","id":"title-not-holder-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"infantado-designations","name":"Infantado designations","description":"Control language variants and references using masculine or feminine forms.","findings":[{"id":"designation-equivalence","name":"Designation equivalence","description":"Link documented forms of the Infantado title without interpreting grammatical gender as a separate title.","questions":[{"text":"Which sources establish equivalence among Duke of the Infantado, Duque del Infantado and Duquesa del Infantado?","id":"designation-equivalence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"When does an occurrence of Infantado designate this title rather than a family, place or property?","id":"designation-equivalence-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"grant-and-dignity","name":"Grant and dignity","description":"Establish the title's foundation and its association with Grandeza de España.","layers":[{"id":"founding-instrument","name":"Founding instrument","description":"Locate evidence for creation, recipient and original conditions.","findings":[{"id":"creation-evidence","name":"Creation evidence","description":"Separate an original grant from later transcriptions and retrospective summaries.","questions":[{"text":"Which surviving instrument or archival copy establishes the Infantado title's creation, grantor and first recipient?","id":"creation-evidence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What date and succession conditions can be established directly from that evidence?","id":"creation-evidence-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"grandeza-association","name":"Grandeza association","description":"Track evidence for the dignity attached to the title without assuming an unchanged historical scope.","findings":[{"id":"dated-grandeza-evidence","name":"Dated Grandeza evidence","description":"The 2018 order identifies the Infantado title with Grandeza de España; this anchors a dated association, not its entire history. [BOE succession order](https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2018-15717)","questions":[{"text":"Which instrument establishes when Grandeza became associated with the Infantado title?","id":"dated-grandeza-evidence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which distinctions in rank, dignity and treatment must remain separate in historical descriptions?","id":"dated-grandeza-evidence-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"holders-and-tenures","name":"Holders and tenures","description":"Represent the people linked to the title and the periods supported by evidence.","layers":[{"id":"holder-identification","name":"Holder identification","description":"Disambiguate personal names, holder ordinals and additional titles.","findings":[{"id":"person-title-link","name":"Person-title link","description":"Attach each holder claim to a separately identified person rather than using the title as their personal identifier.","questions":[{"text":"Which personal identifiers distinguish each Infantado holder from relatives with similar names?","id":"person-title-link-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which sources support each holder's ordinal, and do published sequences disagree?","id":"person-title-link-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"tenure-chronology","name":"Tenure chronology","description":"Preserve dated events and uncertainty in the sequence of holders.","findings":[{"id":"tenure-boundaries","name":"Tenure boundaries","description":"Keep death, application, order, publication and instrument dates distinct until their significance is established.","questions":[{"text":"Which event supports the start and end of each recorded Infantado tenure?","id":"tenure-boundaries-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"How should gaps or overlapping claims be displayed when a continuous succession cannot be established?","id":"tenure-boundaries-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"infantado-succession","name":"Infantado succession","description":"Connect succession claims to applicable rules and title-specific administrative evidence.","layers":[{"id":"succession-basis","name":"Succession basis","description":"Identify the documentary and genealogical basis asserted for a transfer.","findings":[{"id":"claim-basis","name":"Claim basis","description":"Record the relationship and governing provisions cited for each Infantado succession without calculating entitlement from unsupported assumptions.","questions":[{"text":"Which grant provisions and rules were applied to the particular Infantado succession under examination?","id":"claim-basis-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which documents establish the claimant's relationship to the preceding holder?","id":"claim-basis-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"recognition-and-challenges","name":"Recognition and challenges","description":"Distinguish administrative recognition steps from unresolved or competing rights.","findings":[{"id":"qualified-recognition","name":"Qualified recognition","description":"The 2018 order directs issuance of a succession charter to Almudena de Arteaga y del Alcázar following her father's death, subject to payment and a third party's better right. [BOE succession order](https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2018-15717)","questions":[{"text":"What evidence establishes completion of the steps ordered in 2018 and any later change affecting the title?","id":"qualified-recognition-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What qualification must accompany a holder claim when issuance, a challenge or a subsequent decision remains unverified?","id":"qualified-recognition-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"title-use-and-neighbours","name":"Title use and neighbours","description":"Support accurate reference and prevent unsupported transfer of attributes from related entities.","layers":[{"id":"dated-title-use","name":"Dated title use","description":"Choose an evidenced designation appropriate to person, date and context.","findings":[{"id":"supported-address","name":"Supported address","description":"Generate title references using attested forms and a dated holder relationship.","questions":[{"text":"Which designation and form of address are documented for the relevant Infantado holder and period?","id":"supported-address-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"When should an agent use the neutral title name because the holder at the requested date remains uncertain?","id":"supported-address-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"associated-entities","name":"Associated entities","description":"Separate titleholding from ownership, family membership and depiction.","findings":[{"id":"bounded-associations","name":"Bounded associations","description":"Link the title to the House of Infantado, palaces, collections or other titles only through explicitly evidenced relationships.","questions":[{"text":"Does a source concerning an Infantado palace or collection establish ownership by a person, a family relationship or merely a historical name?","id":"bounded-associations-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What independent evidence is required before associating property, authority or another title with an Infantado holder?","id":"bounded-associations-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Duke of the Infantado this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Duke of the Infantado this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Duke of the Infantado this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Duke of the Infantado this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Duke of the Infantado this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe the title, its history and its holders from reliable historical and official sources.","Distinguish the title from the persons who have held it."],"mustNot":["Claim, sell or confer the title, or present a person as its holder without official recognition.","Assist in forging documents of nobility or succession.","Publish private details of living holders and their families beyond what is public.","State a succession dispute as settled when it is not."],"requiresHuman":["Commenting on a contested succession to the title.","Contacting a living holder or their family."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Titles carry family identity and sometimes legal or ceremonial standing.","Hereditary rules have excluded women and others, which remains a moral debate."],"affectedParties":["Holders and claimants","Their families","Historians"]},"owners":{"steward":"The current lawful holder; 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