County of Villamediana
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The County of Villamediana (Spanish: Condado de Villamediana) was a title in the Spanish nobility given to Juan de Tassis y Acuña on 12 October 1603 by King Philip III. Tassis had acquired the town of Villamediana in 1600.
List of counts
Juan de Tassis y Acuña (1603–1607)
Juan de Tassis y Peralta (1607–1622), famous poet
Íñigo Vélez de Guevara y Tassis (1622–1658)
Catalina Vélez Ladrón de Guevara y Manrique de la Cerda (1658–1684)
Íñigo Manuel Vélez Ladrón de Guevara (1684–1699)
Diego Gaspár Vélez de Guevara (1699–1725)
Melchora de la Trinidad Vélez de Guevara (1725–1727)
José de Guzmán y Guevara (1727–1781)
Diego Ventura de Guzmán y Fernández de Córdoba (1781–1805)
Diego Isidro de Guzmán y de la Cerda (1805–1849)
María del Carmen de Guzmán y Caballero (1850–1882)
Diego del Alcázar Guzmán y Vera de Aragón (1883–1922)
Diego del Alcázar y Roca de Togores (1922–1965)
Diego del Alcázar y Caro (1965–1994)
Pedro del Alcázar y Narváez (1996– )
References
Further reading
Soler Salcedo, Juan Miguel (2020). Nobleza Española. Grandezas Inmemoriales (2nd ed.). Madrid: Visión Libros.
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