Count of Elda ( es, Conde de Elda) is a hereditary title in the
Peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of
Grandee
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, granted in 1577 by
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to
Juan Coloma, who was
Viceroy of Sardinia
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Aragonese Viceroys
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1. Lluís de Pontons (1418-1419)
2. Joan de Corbera (1419-14 ...
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The name makes reference to the town of Elda in Alicante
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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
*List of current Grandees of Spain
Grandees of Spain ( es, Grandes de España) are the highest-ranking members of the Spanish nobility. They comprise nobles who hold the most important historical landed titles in Spain or its former colonies. Many such hereditary titles are held b ...
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