Count of Elda

Count of Elda (Spanish: Conde de Elda) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of Grandee, granted in 1577 by Philip II to Juan Coloma, who was Viceroy of Sardinia.[2][3][4]

Countship of Elda
Creation date14 May 1577
Created byPhilip II
PeeragePeerage of Spain
First holderJuan Coloma y Cardona, 1st Count of Elda
Present holderEnrique Falcó y Carrión, 15th Count of Elda[1]

The name makes reference to the town of Elda in Alicante.

Counts of Elda (1577)
  • Juan Coloma y Cardona, 1st Count of Elda (1522-1586)
  • Antonio Coloma y de Saá, 2nd Count of Elda (1555-1619), son of the 1st Count
  • Juan Coloma y Mendoza, 3rd Count of Elda (1591-1638), son of the 2nd Count
  • Juan Andrés Coloma, 4th Count of Elda (1621-1694), son of the 3rd Count
  • Francisco Coloma y Pujadas, 5th Count of Elda (1656-1712), son of the 4th Count
  •  Francisco Coloma y de la Cerda, 6th Count of Elda (1698-1729), son of the 5th Count
  • Gonzalo Arias Dávila y Coloma, 7th Count of Elda (1666-1738), grandson of the 4th Count
  • Diego Arias Dávila, 8th Count of Elda (d. 1751), son of the 7th Count
  • Francisco Arias Dávila, 9th Count of Elda (d. 1783), son of the 8th Count
  • Laura Castellví de Alagón y Coloma, 10th Countess of Elda (d. 1799), great-granddaughter of the 6th Count
  • Felipe Carlos Osorio y Castellví, 11th Count of Elda (1758-1815), son of the 10th Countess
  • Felipe Osorio y de la Cueva, 12th Count of Elda (1795-1859), son of the 11th Count
  • María del Pilar Osorio y Gutiérrez de los Ríos, 13th Countess of Elda (1829-1921), daughter of the 12th Count
  • José Falcó y Álvarez de Toledo, 14th Count of Elda (1898-1983), grandson of the 13th Countess
  • Enrique Falcó y Carrión, 15th Count of Elda (b. 1933), son of the 14th Count

See also

References
  1. Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) - 8 February 1984
  2. Real Academia de la Historia (DBE) Biografías: Juan Coloma y Cardona
  3. Hidalgos de España 2018, p. 343.
  4. Search of title "Elda, conde de"

Bibliography
  • Hidalgos de España, Real Asociación de (2018). Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles. Ediciones Hidalguía. ISBN 978-84-94841-02-6.
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