Count of Pozos Dulces

Count of Pozos Dulces is a Spanish title created on 24 June 1790, along with the viscountcy of la Albufera, by Charles IV of Spain for Melchor Jacot y Ortiz Rojano,[1] son of José Jacot y Ruiz de la Escalera (1702–1738.)[2]

Count of Pozos Dulces
Creation date	24 June 1790
Peerage	Spanish nobility
First holder	Melchor Jacob y Ortiz-Rojano
Present holder	Vacant[1]
Subsidiary titles	Viscount of la Albufera

Melchor Jacot y Ortiz-Rojano was Robed Minister of the 'Consejo Supremo de las Indias', First Regent of Lima's Audience, and Knight of the Order of Carlos III.

According to the Diputación Permanente y Consejo de la Grandeza de España, the title "has been vacant for more than 200 years".[3]

List of the Counts of Pozos Dulces

	Holder	Period
Created by King Carlos IV of Spain
I	Melchor Jacot y Ortiz-Rojano	1790–1807
II	María Luisa López de Maturana y Eguilar (1759–1832)	1808–1832
III	Bernarda Josefa Jacot y Martínez-Heto, Ortiz-Rojano y Ávila (born 1773)	1834–1845
IV	Francisco María Sánchez de Frías y Jacot (1809–1877)[4]	1845–1877
Present – Vacant[1]

References

1. Cadenas López, Ampelio Alonso de; Cadenas y Vicent, Vicente (1995). Blasonario de la consanguinidad ibérica (1994-1995) (in Spanish). Madrid: Ediciones Hidalguía. Instituto Salazar y Castro. p. 64. ISBN 84-87204-71-6.
2. Record of the Ministry of Justice of Spain
3. "Nacho Jacob: el falso conde que organiza los Dedales de Oro (falso)". EL MUNDO (in Spanish).
4. "Francisco de Frías y Jacott (1809-1877) Conde de Pozos Dulces". www.filosofia.org. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

Further reading

• A. Pérez, Louis (2014). "Political Chronology". Cuba: Between Reform and Revolution. I. Oxford University Press. p. 496.
• F. Crowin, Arthur (2014). "A United Front in Cuba". Spain and the Abolition of Slavery in Cuba, 1817–1886. I. University of Texas Press. p. 406.