Count of Salvatierra

Count of Salvatierra (Spanish: Conde de Salvatierra) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1613 by Philip III to Diego Sarmiento de Sotomayor, Lord of Salvaterra and of the Castle of Sobroso.[2][3]

Countship of Salvatierra
Creation date20 February 1613
MonarchPhilip III
PeeragePeerage of Spain
First holderDiego Sarmiento de Sotomayor y Mendoza, 1st Count of Salvatierra
Present holderCayetano Martínez de Irujo y Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Count of Salvatierra[1]
Heir apparentLuis Martínez de Irujo y Casanova

The title makes reference to the town of Salvaterra de Miño, in the Province of Pontevedra.

Counts of Salvatierra
  1. Diego Sarmiento de Sotomayor y Mendoza, 1st Count of Salvatierra
  2. García Sarmiento de Sotomayor y Luna, 2nd Count of Salvatierra
  3. Diego Sarmiento de Sotomayor y Luna, 3rd Count of Salvatierra
  4. José Salvador Sarmiento de Sotomayor e Isasi, 4th Count of Salvatierra
  5. José Francisco Sarmiento de Sotomayor y Velasco, 5th Count of Salvatierra
  6. Ana Sarmiento de Sotomayor y Córdoba, 6th Countess of Salvatierra
  7. José María Fernández de Córdoba y Sarmiento de Sotomayor, 7th Count of Salvatierra
  8. Juana Nepomucena Fernández de Córdoba y Villaroel, 8th Countess of Salvatierra
  9. Agustín de Silva y Bernuy, 9th Count of Salvatierra
  10. Andrés Avelino de Silva y Fernández de Córdoba, 10th Count of Salvatierra
  11. Alfonso de Silva y Campbell, 11th Count of Salvatierra
  12. Alfonso de Silva y Fernández de Córdoba, 12th Count of Salvatierra
  13. Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, 13th Countess of Salvatierra
  14. Cayetano Martínez de Irujo y Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Count of Salvatierra

See also

References
  1. Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) - 26 January 1994
  2. Real Asociación de Hidalgos de España, Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles, Ediciones Hidalguía, Vol. 50 (Madrid, 2018)
  3. Search of title "Salvatierra, conde de"


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