Count of Toreno ({{langx, es, conde de Toreno)

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is a

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in the

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. The title was first bestowed on Álvaro Queipo de Llano by

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in 1657.

List of counts of Toreno

* Álvaro Queipo de Llano, 1st Count of Toreno * Fernando Queipo de Llano, 2nd Count of Toreno * Fernando Queipo de Llano, 3rd Count of Toreno * Fernando Ignacio José Queipo de Llano, 4th Count of Toreno * José Joaquín Queipo de Llano, 5th Count of Toreno (1728–1792) * José Marcelino Queipo de Llano, 6th Count of Toreno *

José María Queipo de Llano, 7th Count of Toreno José María Queipo de Llano y Ruiz de Saravia, 7th Count of Toreno, GE (25 November 178616 September 1843), was a nineteenth-century Spanish politician and historian, who was Prime Minister of Spain. In Spain, he is simply known as ''Conde de ...

(1786–1843) * Francisco de Borja Queipo de Llano, 8th Count of Toreno (1840–1890) *

Álvaro de Borja Queipo de Llano, 9th Count of Toreno Álvaro or Álvar (, , ) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese male given name and surname of Germanic Visigothic origin. The patronymic surname derived from this name is Álvarez. Given name Artists *Álvaro Carrillo, Afro-Mexican songwriter. ...

(1864–1938) * Francisco de Borja Queipo de Llano, 10th Count of Toreno (1898–1954) * Francisco de Borja Queipo de Llano, 11th Count of Toreno (1927–2002) * Francisco de Borja Queipo de Llano, 12th Count of Toreno (born 1956) *The heir apparent is the present holder’s son, Francisco de Borja Queipo de Llano (b. 1987), and is the current VI marquess of Guadiaro

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Genealogy of the Counts of Toreno

Toreno Toreno () is a village and municipality located in the region of El Bierzo (province of León, Castile and León, Spain) . According to the 2004 census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, ...

Lists of counts 1657 establishments in Spain