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Count of Salvatierra

Spanish noble title referring to Salvaterra de Miño

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ112073495 ↗
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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.

The title's name refers to the municipality of Salvaterra de Miño in Galicia, Spain.

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This entry incorporates text from “Count of Salvatierra” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.