Count of Cabra

Count of Cabra is a Spanish noble title created by King Henry IV of Castile on 2 November 1455 for Diego Fernandez de Cordova and Montemayor, 1st Viscount of Iznájar. The titleholder is a Grandee of Spain, the third oldest such title in Spain.

Count of Cabra
Conde de Cabra
Vicente Joaquín Osorio de Moscoso, conde de Altamira by Goya
Parent familyCórdoba
CountrySpain
FoundedNovember 2, 1455 (1455-11-02) by Henry IV of Castile
FounderDiego Fernández de Córdoba y Montemayor
Current headÁlvaro Francisco López Becerra de Solé y Casanova

The name refers to the Andalusian municipality of Cabra in the province of Córdoba. The title is carried by the head of the House of Cabra.

Count of Cabra before 1455

Prior to the concession of the countship of Cabra to Diego Fernández de Córdoba and Montemayor, Henry II of Castile had granted the title to Henry of Castile (1380–1404), his natural son with Juana de Sousa of Córdoba, who died without descendants as gthe 1st Duke of Medina Sidonia.

Counts of Cabra from 1455

#Title holderPeriod
IDiego Fernández de Córdoba y Montemayor1455–1481
IIDiego Fernández de Córdoba y Carrillo de Albornoz1481–1487
IIIDiego Fernández de Córdoba y Mendoza1487–1525
IVLuis Fernández de Córdoba y Zúñiga1525–1526
VGonzalo II Fernández de Córdoba1526–1578
VIFrancisca Fernández de Córdoba y Fernández de Córdoba1578–1597
VIIAntonio Fernández de Córdoba y Cardona1597–1606
VIIILuis Fernández de Córdoba y Aragón1606–1642
IXAntonio Fernández de Córdoba y Rojas1642–1659
XFrancisco Fernández de Córdoba y Pimentel
(also known as Francisco Fernández de Córdoba Folc de Cardona y Aragón)
1659–1681
XIFrancisco Fernández de Córdoba y Fernández de Córdoba1681–1685
XIIFélix Fernández de Córdoba y Cardona1685–1709
XIIIFrancisco Fernández de Córdoba y Aragón1709–1710
XIVFrancisco Javier Fernández de Córdoba y Aragón1710–1735
XVVentura Francisca Fernández de Córdoba y Folch de Cardona y Aragón1735–1768
XVIVentura Osorio de Moscoso y Fernández de Córdoba1768–1776
XVIIVicente Joaquín Osorio de Moscoso y Guzmán1783–1816
XVIIIVicente Isabel Osorio de Moscoso y Álvarez de Toledo1816–1837
XIXVicente Pío Osorio de Moscoso y Ponce de León1837–1864
XXJosé María Osorio de Moscoso y Carvajal1864–1881
XXILuis Osorio de Moscoso y Borbón1881–1924
XXIIFrancisco Osorio de Moscoso y Jordán de Urríes1924–1925
XXIIIRamón Osorio de Moscoso y Taramona1925–1936
XXIVMaría del Perpetuo Socorro Osorio de Moscoso y Reynoso1939–1952
XXVFernando Barón y Osorio de Moscoso1952–1978
XXVIMaría del Pilar Paloma de Casanova y Barón1978-2012
XXVIIÁlvaro Francisco López Becerra de Solé y Casanova[1]2012-present

Notes

    1. , Por distribución de su madre, doña Pilar Paloma de Casanova y Barón, "Orden JUS/211/2012, de 26 de enero, por la que se manda expedir, sin perjuicio de tercero de mejor derecho, Real Carta de Sucesión en el título de Conde de Cabra, con Grandeza de España, a favor de don Álvaro López Becerra y de Casanova" (PDF), Boletín Oficial del Estado, Madrid (34), p. 11677, 9 February 2012, retrieved 21 May 2019CS1 maint: others (link)

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