Count of Velayos

{{Short description|Spanish hereditary title}}

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| creation_date = 22 August 1709

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| first_holder = Fernando de Torres y Messía, 1st Count of Velayos

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| present_holder = Álvaro de Figueroa y Domecq, 9th Count of Velayos[https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2005/10/25/pdfs/A34935-34935.pdf Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) - 25 October 2005]

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Count of Dehesa de Velayos ({{langx|es|Conde de la Dehesa de Velayos}}), commonly known as Count of Velayos is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, granted in 1709 by Philip V to Fernando de Torres, governor of Potosí in the Viceroyalty of Peru.[https://www.edicioneshidalguia.es/?product=elenco-de-grandezas-y-titulos-nobiliarios-espanoles-2018 Real Asociación de Hidalgos de España, Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles, Ediciones Hidalguía, Vol. 50 (Madrid, 2018), p. 333]

At the death of the 5th count, the title became vacant until Alfonso XIII rehabilitated it on behalf of Luis de Figueroa y Alonso-Martínez, son of the Count of Romanones and a descendant of the last count.

Counts of Dehesa de Velayos (1709)

  • Fernando de Torres y Messía, 1st Count of Velayos (b. 1660)
  • Miguel de Torres-Messía y Vivanco, 2nd Count of Velayos (b. 1680), son of the 1st Count
  • Carlos Fernando de Torres-Messía y Pérez-Manrique, 3rd Count of Velayos (d. 1780), son of the 2nd Count
  • Juan Félix Tello de Guzmán y Torres-Messía, 4th Count of Velayos (b. 1734), nephew of the 3nd Count
  • Juan Félix Tello de Guzmán y Ceballos, 5th Count of Velayos (1772-1813), son of the 4th Count

Counts of Dehesa de Velayos (1914)

  • Luis de Figueroa y Alonso-Martínez, 6th Count of Velayos (1890-1963), direct descendant of the 5th Count
  • Luis de Figueroa y Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Count of Velayos (1918-1987), son of the 6th Count
  • Álvaro de Figueroa y Griffith, 8th Count of Velayos (b. 1949), son of the 7th Count
  • Álvaro de Figueroa y Domecq, 9th Count of Velayos (b. 1980), son of the 8th Count

See also

References

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Category:Counts of Spain

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