Count of Bañares

Count of Bañares
Creation date1485
Created byCatholic Monarchs of Spain
Peerage• Zúñiga (House of Béjar and Plasencia)
• Pimentel (House of Benavente)
• Téllez-Girón (House of Osuna)
• Arteaga, marquises of Argüeso (minor line of the dukes of El Infantado, former marquises of Valmediano)
• Morenés, marquises of Bassecourt (minor line of the barons of the Cuatro Torres)
• Ruspoli, princes of Holy Roman Empire (minor line of the princes of Cerveteri, with the Barony of Marescotti, of the Count house of Vignanello, and Ruspoli junction, with the Marquisate of Cerveteri)
First holderÁlvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán
Present holderEnrique Rúspoli y Morenés, (XIX Count since 1995)

The Count of Bañares is a nobility title of the Kingdom of Spain, created by Enrique IV of Castile in 1469 and confirmed by the Catholic Monarchs in 1485 in favor of Álvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán, I Duke of Arévalo, I Duke of Béjar and I Duke of Plasencia (title granted over the previous Count of Plasencia, of which he was its II Count).[1]

His name refers to the municipality of Bañares, in La Rioja.[2]

The title was reinstated by King Alfonso XIII in 1917, in favor of María de las Mercedes de Arteaga y Echagüe, XVII Marquise of Argüeso, XIV Marquise of Campoo, XIV Countess of Villada.[3][4]

Don Quixote dedicated to the Count of Bañares.[2]

Counts of Bañares

Holder Time period
Concessed by the Catholic Monarchs
I Álvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán 1469-1478
II Pedro de Zúñiga y Manrique de Lara 1478-1484
III Álvaro de Zúñiga y Pérez de Guzmán 1484-1532
IV Teresa de Zúñiga y Manrique de Lara 1532-1565
V Francisco de Zúñiga y Sotomayor 1565-1591
VI Francisco Diego López de Zúñiga Sotomayor y Mendoza 1591-1601
VII Alfonso López de Zúñiga y Pérez de Guzmán 1601-1619
VIII Francisco López de Zúñiga y Mendoza 1619-1636
IX Alfonso López de Zúñiga y Mendoza 1636-1660
X Juan Manuel López de Zúñiga y Mendoza 1660-1664
XI Manuel López de Zúñiga y Sarmiento de Silva 1664-1686
XII Juan Manuel López de Zúñiga y Castro 1686-1747
XIII Joaquín López de Zúñiga y Castro 1747-1777
XIV María Josefa Pimentel y Téllez-Girón 1777-1834
XV Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin 1834-1844
XVI Mariano Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin 1844-1882
Rehabilitation by Alfonso XIII
XVII María de las Mercedes de Arteaga y Echagüe 1917-1934
XVIII María Belén Morenés y Arteaga 1934-1995
XIX Enrique Rúspoli y Morenés present holder

Family tree

Álvaro de Zúñiga,
1st Duke of Béjar and Plasencia
1410–1588
Pedro de Zúñiga,
2nd Count of Bañares
(1430-1484)
Álvaro de Zúñiga,
2nd Duke of Béjar, 3rd Count of Bañares
1455–1531		Francisco de Zúñiga,
1st Marquis of Ayamonte
d. 1525
Teresa de Zúñiga,
3rd Duchess of Béjar, 5th Count of Bañares
1502-1565
Francisco de Zúñiga Sotomayor,
4th Duke of Béjar, 5th Count of Bañares
1530-1591
Francisco Diego de Zúñiga,
5th Duke of Béjar, 6th Count of Bañares
1560-1601
Alfonso Diego de Zúñiga,
6th Duke of Béjar, 7th Count of Bañares
1578-1619
Francisco Diego de Zúñiga,
7th Duke of Béjar, 8th Count of Bañares
1596-1636
Alfonso de Zúñiga,
8th Duke of Béjar, 9th Count of Bañares
1621-1660		Juan Manuel de Zúñiga,
9th Duke of Béjar, 10th Count of Bañares
1622-1660
Manuel Diego de Zúñiga,
10th Duke of Béjar and 11th Count of Bañares
1657-1668		Manuela de Zúñiga,
Countess Duchess of Benavente
d. 1712
Juan Manuel de Zúñiga,
11th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia, 12th Count of Bañares
1680-1747		Antonio Francisco Pimentel,
10th Count Duke of Benavente
d. 1743
Joaquín de Zúñiga,
12th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia, 13th Count of Bañares
1715-1771		Francisco Pimentel,
11th Count Duke of Benavente
1707-1763
María Josefa Pimentel,
Duchess of Osuna,
12th Countess Duchess of Benavente,
13th Duchess of Béjar and Plasencia, 14th Countess of Bañares
1752-1834
María Joaquina Téllez-Girón, Marchioness of Santa Cruz
1784–1817		Francisco de Borja Téllez-Girón,
10th Duke of Osuna
1785-1820		Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón,
2nd Prince of Anglona
1786–1851
With succession to Dukes of Osuna and Béjar.
Fernanda de Silva, Marchioness of Valmediano
1808-1879		Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón,
11th Duke of Osuna,
14th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia, 15th Count of Bañares
1810-1844		Mariano Téllez-Girón,
12th Duke of Osuna,
15th Duke of Béjar and Plasencia, 16th Count of Bañares
1814-1882		Tirso Téllez-Girón,
Duke of Uceda
1817–1871
Andrés Avelino de Arteaga,
XVI Duke of El Infantado
(1833-1910)
María de las Mercedes de Arteaga,
XVIII Marchioness of Argüeso,
XVII Countess of Bañares
(1869-1948)		Joaquín de Arteaga,
XVII Duke of El Infantado
(1870-1947)
With succession in the Duchy of El Infantado.
María Belén Morenés,
Duchess of Sueca,
XVIII Countess of Bañares
(1906-1999)
(1869-1948)		Luis Morenés,
XIX Marquis of Argüeso
(b. 1903)
With succession in the marquises of Argüeso.
Carlos Rúspoli,
V Duke of Alcudia and Sueca
(b. 1932)		Luis Ruspoli y Morenés,
VI Marquis of Boadilla del Monte
(1933-2011)		Enrique Rúspoli y Morenés,
XIX Count of Bañares
(b. 1935)
Luis Rúspoli y Sanchiz,
VI Duke of Sueca
(b. 1963)
Carlos Rúspoli y Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques,
VII Duke of Alcudia
(n. 1993)

References

  1. ^ "Álvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán - I Duque de Béjar". Fundación Casa Ducal de Medicelo. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b "La historia de Bañares". Bañares (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  3. ^ "OSUNA,F.3,SF.07 -". PARES. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  4. ^ DE SALAZAR Y ACHA, Jaime (2008). "La nobleza titulada medieval en la Corona de Castilla" (PDF). Anales de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía (in Spanish). 11: 7–94. ISSN 1133-1240.

Additional sources

  • AER Archivo SNAHN, Signatura OSUNA,C.221,D.71-80
  • ibídem, CP.88,D.2
  • Vilar y Pascual, Pág. 481
  • AER Archivo SNAHN, Signatura OSUNA,C.122,D.39-47