| Creation Date: | 1485 |
| Peerage: | • Zúñiga (House of Béjar and Plasencia) • Pimentel (House of Benavente) • Téllez-Girón (House of Osuna) • Arteaga, marquises of Argüeso (minor line of the dukes of El Infantado, former marquises of Valmediano) • Morenés, marquises of Bassecourt (minor line of the barons of the Cuatro Torres) • Ruspoli, princes of Holy Roman Empire (minor line of the princes of Cerveteri, with the Barony of Marescotti, of the Count house of Vignanello, and Ruspoli junction, with the Marquisate of Cerveteri) |
| First Holder: | Álvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán |
| Present Holder: | Enrique Rúspoli y Morenés, (XIX Count since 1995) |
The Count of Bañares is a nobility title of the Kingdom of Spain, created by Enrique IV of Castile in 1469 and confirmed by the Catholic Monarchs in 1485 in favor of Álvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán, I Duke of Arévalo, I Duke of Béjar and I Duke of Plasencia (title granted over the previous Count of Plasencia, of which he was its II Count).[1]
His name refers to the municipality of Bañares, in La Rioja.[2]
The title was reinstated by King Alfonso XIII in 1917, in favor of María de las Mercedes de Arteaga y Echagüe, XVII Marquise of Argüeso, XIV Marquise of Campoo, XIV Countess of Villada.[3] [4]
| Holder | Time period | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Concessed by the Catholic Monarchs | |||
| I | 1469-1478 | ||
| II | 1478-1484 | ||
| III | 1484-1532 | ||
| IV | 1532-1565 | ||
| V | 1565-1591 | ||
| VI | 1591-1601 | ||
| VII | 1601-1619 | ||
| VIII | 1619-1636 | ||
| IX | 1636-1660 | ||
| X | 1660-1664 | ||
| XI | 1664-1686 | ||
| XII | 1686-1747 | ||
| XIII | 1747-1777 | ||
| XIV | María Josefa Pimentel y Téllez-Girón | 1777-1834 | |
| XV | Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin | 1834-1844 | |
| XVI | Mariano Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin | 1844-1882 | |
| Rehabilitation by Alfonso XIII | |||
| XVII | 1917-1934 | ||
| XVIII | 1934-1995 | ||
| XIX | present holder | ||