Count of Villacieros explained

Countship of Villacieros
Creation Date:	9 February 1980
First Holder:	Antonio Villacieros y Benito, 1st Count of Villacieros
Present Holder:	Álvaro Villacieros y Zunzunegui, 3rd Count of Villacieros^[1]

Count of Villacieros (Spanish; Castilian: Conde de Villacieros) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, granted in 1980 by Juan Carlos I to Antonio Villacieros, Spanish Ambassador and Chief of Protocol of the Royal Household of Spain.^{[2] [3]}

Counts of Villacieros (1980)

• Antonio Villacieros y Benito, 1st Count of Villacieros (1900-1983)
• Francisco Javier Villacieros y Machimbarrena, 2nd Count of Villacieros (1928-2016), eldest son of the 1st Count
• Álvaro Villacieros y Zunzunegui, 3rd Count of Villacieros (b. 1955), only son of the 2nd Count

See also

• Spanish transition to democracy
• Spanish nobility

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/2017/02/09/pdfs/BOE-A-2017-1310.pdf Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) - 9 February 2017
2. http://www.diputaciondelagrandeza.es/guiadetitulo/ Search of title "Villacieros, conde de"
3. http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/62966/antonio-villacieros-y-benito Real Academia de la Historia (DBE) Biografías: Antonio Villacieros Benito