Count of Fontanar explained

Countship of Fontanar
Creation Date:	17 February 1645
First Holder:	Cristóbal Benavente y Benavides, 1st Count of Fontanar
Present Holder:	Juan Carvajal y Argüelles, 13th Count of Fontanar^[1]

Count of Fontanar (Spanish; Castilian: Conde de Fontanar) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, granted in 1645 by Philip IV to Cristóbal Benavente, Ambassador in France, Venice and England.^[2]

Counts of Fontanar (1645)

• Cristóbal Benavente y Benavides, 1st Count of Fontanar
• Melchor Benavente y Benavides, 2nd Count of Fontanar
• Teresa de Benavente y Benavides, 3rd Countess of Fontanar
• Alejo de Guzmán y Pacheco, 4th Count of Fontanar
• Ignacio Pimentel y Borja, 5th Count of Fontanar
• Francisco de Borja Téllez-Girón y Pimentel, 6th Count of Fontanar
• Pedro de Alcantara Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin, 7th Count of Fontanar
• Mariano Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin, 8th Count of Fontanar
• Francisco Carvajal y Hurtado de Mendoza, 9th Count of Fontanar
• Francisco de Borja Carvajal y Xifré, 10th Count of Fontanar
• Ignacio Juan Carvajal y Urquijo, 11th Count of Fontanar
• Francisco de Borja Carvajal y Argüelles, 12th Count of Fontanar
• Juan Carvajal y Argüelles, 13th Count of Fontanar

Bibliography

• Book: Hidalgos de España, Real Asociación de. Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles. 2018. Ediciones Hidalguía. 978-84-94841-02-6.

Notes and References

1. https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2018/08/01/pdfs/BOE-A-2018-10969.pdf Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) - 1 August 2018
2. http://www.diputaciondelagrandeza.es/guiadetitulo/ Search of title "Fontanar, conde de"