Count of Plasencia
The Count of Plasencia is a Spanish nobility title, created in 1611 by King Philip III, in favor of Pedro Lanuza y Ximénez de Urrea.
| First concession of the nobility title | |
|---|---|
| Creation | 1442 |
| Created by | John II of Castile |
| Peerage | • Zúñiga (Houses of Béjar and Plasencia) |
| First holder | Pedro de Zúñiga y Leiva |
| Second concession of the nobility title | |
|---|---|
| Creation date | 1611 |
| Created by | Philip III of Spain |
| Peerage | • Lanuza • Perellós • Marimón • Arróspide |
| First holder | Pedro Lanuza y Ximénez de Urrea |
| Present holder | Cristina de Arróspide y Núñez |
The title was granted in memory of the ancient dominion that the Lanuza family had exercised in the 16th century on Plasencia de Jalón, until it was dispossessed of it by Philip II, when his brother Juan de Lanuza was beheaded, for having supported Antonio Pérez, his secretary, who had invoked the Fueros of Aragon, to avoid being tried for the murder in El Escorial of Escobedo (secretary of Don Juan de Austria).[1] Granted the Grandee of Spain on August 18, 1707.
Its denomination, of the current title in force, refers to the town of Plasencia de Jalón, in the province of Zaragoza.[1]
Background
The title of Count of Plasencia (in the kingdom of Castile), had been created for the first time in 1442, by John II of Castile, referring to Plasencia (locality of Extremadura) for Pedro de Zúñiga y Leiva, in exchange for the lordship of Trujillo, who transmitted it to his son Álvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán who was the II and last Count of Plasencia, of this first concession.
The primitive county of Plasencia was extinguished in 1476, when the Catholic Monarchs elevated this county to a duchy with the same denomination, in favor of Álvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán, in compensation for the loss of the Duchy of Arévalo, which reverted to the Crown.
Counts of Plasencia
| Holder | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| First concession by John II of Castile | ||
| I | Pedro de Zúñiga y Leiva | 1442-1453 |
| II | Álvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán | 1453-1476 |
| Holder | Time | |
| First concession by Philip III of Spain | ||
| I | Pedro Lanuza y Ximénez de Urrea | 1611- |
| II | Ferrer de Lanuza y Silva | - 1643 |
| III | José de Lanuza y de Rocabertí | ? -1688 |
| IV | Juan de Lanuza y de Oms | ? -1723 |
| V | Francisco de Lanuza y de Gilabert | |
| VI | Juan Antonio de Lanuza y de Boxadors | ? -1770 |
| VII | María Helena de Lanuza y de Boxadors | ? -1806 |
| VIII | Josefa Rabasa de Perellós y Lanuza | |
| IX | María Dolores de Marimón Queri | |
| X | José María de Arróspide y Marimón | ? -1893 |
| XI | José María de Arróspide y Álvarez | 1893-1936 |
| XII | Francisco de Arróspide y Arróspide | |
| XIII | Íñigo de Arróspide y Valera | -1983 |
| XIV | Álvaro de Arróspide y López de Letona | 1983-2012 |
| XV | Cristina de Arróspide y Núñez | 2012 - at present |
References
- "El Condado de Plasencia". Tierra para vivir. Archived from the original on September 6, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
Other references:
- Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles. Instituto "Salazar y Castro", C.S.I.C.