Count of Cabra explained

Native Name Lang:Count of Cabra
Other Names:Conde de Cabra
Coat Of Arms:File:COA Count of Cabra.svg
Parent Family:Córdoba
Country:Spain
Founded: by Henry IV of Castile
Founder:Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Montemayor
Current Head:Álvaro Francisco López Becerra de Solé y Casanova

Count of Cabra is a Spanish noble title created by King Henry IV of Castile on 2 November 1455 for Diego Fernandez de Cordova and Montemayor, 1st Viscount of Iznájar. The titleholder is a Grandee of Spain, the third oldest such title in Spain.

The name refers to the Andalusian municipality of Cabra in the province of Córdoba. The title is carried by the head of the House of Cabra.

Count of Cabra, First creation (1380)

Prior to the concession of the countship of Cabra to Diego Fernández de Córdoba and Montemayor, Henry II of Castile had granted the title to Henry of Castile (1378–1404), his natural son with Juana de Sousa of Córdoba, who died without descendants as the 1st Duke of Medina Sidonia.

Count of Cabra, Second creation (1455)

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Title holder Period
I Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Montemayor 1455–1481
II Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Carrillo de Albornoz 1481–1487
III 1487–1525
IV 1525–1526
V 1526–1578
VI Francisca Fernández de Córdoba y Fernández de Córdoba 1578–1597
VII 1597–1606
VIII Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Aragón 1606–1642
IX Antonio Fernández de Córdoba y Rojas 1642–1659
X Francisco Fernández de Córdoba y Pimentel
(also known as Francisco Fernández de Córdoba Folc de Cardona y Aragón)
1659–1681
XI Francisco Fernández de Córdoba y Fernández de Córdoba 1681–1685
XII Félix Fernández de Córdoba y Cardona 1685–1709
XIII Francisco Fernández de Córdoba y Aragón 1709–1710
XIV Francisco Javier Fernández de Córdoba y Aragón 1710–1735
XV Ventura Francisca Fernández de Córdoba y Folch de Cardona y Aragón 1735–1768
XVI Ventura Osorio de Moscoso y Fernández de Córdoba 1768–1776
XVII 1783–1816
XVIII 1816–1837
XIX 1837–1864
XX 1864–1881
XXI Luis Osorio de Moscoso y Borbón 1881–1924
XXII Francisco Osorio de Moscoso y Jordán de Urríes 1924–1925
XXIII Ramón Osorio de Moscoso y Taramona 1925–1936
XXIV María del Perpetuo Socorro Osorio de Moscoso y Reynoso 1939–1952
XXV Fernando Barón y Osorio de Moscoso 1952–1978
XXVI María del Pilar Paloma de Casanova y Barón 1978-2012
XXVII Álvaro Francisco López Becerra de Solé y Casanova 2012–present