Count of Cabra is a Spanish noble title created by King
Henry IV of Castile
Henry IV of Castile (Spanish language, Castilian: ''Enrique IV''; 5 January 1425 – 11 December 1474), nicknamed the Impotent, was King of Kingdom of Castile, Castile and Kingdom of León, León and the last of the weak late-medieval kings of Ca ...
on 2 November 1455 for
Diego Fernandez de Cordova and Montemayor, 1st Viscount of Iznájar.
The titleholder is a
Grandee of Spain
Grandee (; , ) is an official royal and noble ranks, aristocratic title conferred on some Spanish nobility. Holders of this dignity enjoyed similar privileges to those of the peerage of France during the , though in neither country did they ha ...
, the third oldest such title in Spain.
The name refers to the
Andalusia
Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ...
n 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
Henry II (13 January 1334 – 29 May 1379), called Henry of Trastámara or the Fratricidal (''el Fratricida''), was the first List of Castilian monarchs, King of Castile and List of Leonese monarchs, León from the House of Trastámara. He became ...
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
Duke of Medina Sidonia () is a peerage grandee title of Spain in Medina-Sidonia, holding the oldest extant dukedom in the kingdom, first awarded by King John I of Castile in 1380. His father, Henry II of Castile (c.1334-1379), had an illegiti ...
.
Count of Cabra, Second creation (1455)
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