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
Creation1442
Created byJohn II of Castile
PeerageZúñiga (Houses of Béjar and Plasencia)
First holderPedro de Zúñiga y Leiva
Second concession of the nobility title
Creation date1611
Created byPhilip III of Spain
Peerage• Lanuza
• Perellós
• Marimón
• Arróspide
First holderPedro Lanuza y Ximénez de Urrea
Present holderCristina 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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "El Condado de Plasencia". Tierra para vivir. Archived from the original on September 6, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
  • Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles. Instituto "Salazar y Castro", C.S.I.C.
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