Chinchón county
The county of Chinchón is a territorial unit about 40 kilometers south and west of Madrid founded by the Spanish King Charles I on May 9, 1520 , which is based on an already existing manorial rule ( señorio ). The county is named after the city of the same name (approx. 45 kilometers southeast of Madrid), but it did not play a major role in the life of the future counts.
history
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The Comuneros uprising (1520–1522) was an uprising carried out by parts of the population and the nobility against the Habsburg and thus alien King Charles I, who - much to the displeasure of many Spaniards - a year earlier as Charles V as Holy Roman Emperor Reich had been elected. In the context of the uprising, which was limited to the region around Madrid, castles were destroyed and looted, but also towns and villages. Chinchón Castle was also destroyed, but rebuilt by Fernando de Cabrera y Bobadilla , a loyal follower of the king during this difficult time. As a reward for his services he was given the hereditary title of 'Count of Chinchón'.
The title remained in the hands of his descendants until 1683; then he went on to an extension line of the traditional Italian family Savelli, who just could not really get a foothold in Spain and wanted, so the county in 1738 by Philip , son of the Spanish King Philip V was reacquired. Since the ducal dignity of Parma was more important to this, he sold the county of Chinchón in 1761 to his younger brother, the Infante Luis de Borbón y Farnesio , who became the 13th Count of Chinchón. With his young wife María Teresa de Vallabriga , he founded the Borbón y Vallabriga house , which has been awarded the title of count to this day.
Counts of Chinchón
| Title holder | Period | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernando de Cabrera y Bobadilla | 1520-1521 |
| 2 | Pedro de Cabrera y la Cueva | 1521-1575 |
| 3 | Diego Fernández de Cabrera y Mendoza | 1575–? |
| 4th | Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera y Pacheco | ? -1647 |
| 5 | Francisco Fausto Fernández de Cabrera y Enríquez de Rivera | 1647-1665 |
| 6th | Inés de Castro y Cabrera | 1665-1665 |
| 7th | Francisca de Cárdenas y Castro | 1665-1669 |
| 8th | Francisca de Castro y Cabrera | 1669-1683 |
| 9 | Giulio Savelli-Peretti | 1683-1712 |
| 10 | Gian Giorgio Sforza-Cesarini | 1712-1729 |
| 11 | Sforza Giuseppe Sforza-Cesarini | 1729-1738 |
| 12 | Felipe de Borbon y Farnesio | 1738-1761 |
| 13 | Luis de Borbon y Farnesio | 1761-1785 |
| 14th | Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga | 1794-1803 |
| 15th | Maria Teresa de Borbon y Vallabriga | 1803-1828 |
| 16 | Carlota Luisa de Godoy y Borbon | 1828-1886 |
| 17th | Carlos Luis Rúspoli y Álvarez de Toledo | 1886-1936 |
| 18th | Camilo Carlos Adolfo Rúspoli y Caro | 1936-1975 |
| 19th | Carlos Oswaldo Rúspoli y Morenés | 1975-2016 |
literature
- Jaime de Salazar y Acha: Los Grandes de España (Siglos XV-XXI). Ediciones Hidalguía, Madrid 2012, ISBN 978-84-939313-9-1 .
Web links
- List of the Counts of Chinchón (Spanish)