Count of Alcoutim
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Count of Alcoutim (in Portuguese Conde de Alcoutim) was a Portuguese title of nobility, subsidiary to the one of Marquis of Vila Real, created by a royal decree, dated from November 15, 1496, by King John II of Portugal, and granted to Dom , also known as Ferdinand II of Menezes, 2nd Marquis of Vila Real, 4th Count of Vila Real and 2nd Count of Valença.
Ferdinand of Menezes had married Dona Maria Freire de Andrade, Lady of Alcoutim, and through her wife he inherited these estates.
List of the Counts of Alcoutim[]
- (1463- ? ), also known as Ferdinand II of Menezes, 4th Count of Vila Real
- (1486- ? ), also known as Peter III of Meneses, 5th Count of Vila Real
- (1520- ? ), also known as Michael I of Menezes, 6th Count of Vila Real
- Manuel de Meneses, 5th Marquis of Vila Real (1530- ? ), also known as Manuel of Menezes, 1st Duke of Vila Real and 7th Count of Vila Real;
- (1565-1637), also known as Michael II of Menezes, 1st Duke of Caminha and 8th Count of Vila Real;
- (1570- ? ), also known as Louis of Menezes, 9th Count of Vila Real
The Spanish Counts of Alcoutim[]
When the 7th Marquis of Vila Real, 6th Count of Alcoutim, along with his son the Duke of Caminha, was executed in Portugal for high treason in 1641, his daughter, Beatrice of Menezes, married to the Spanish Count of Medellin, remained in Spain.
To reward her fidelity towards the Spanish Habsburgs, King Philip IV of Spain gave her, the 23 March 1660, the title of Countess of Alcoutim as a Spanish title with, included today among the titles of the House of Medinaceli.
Beatrice of Menezes never returned to her homeland and this title was never recognized in Portugal
Counts of Alcoutim (1660-)[]
- (1614-1668)
- (1640-1704), eldest son of the 1st Countess.
- (1641-1705), elder surviving daughter of the 1st Countess.
- (1671-1727), eldest son of the 3rd Countess.
- (1707-1756), eldest daughter of the 4th Count.
- (1730-1789), eldest son of the 5th Countess.
- (1749-1806), eldest son of the 6th Count.
- (1780-1840), eldest son of the 7th Count.
- (1813-1873), elder son of the 8th Count.
- (1851-1879), elder son of the 9th Count.
- Luis Fernández de Córdoba, 17th Duke of Medinaceli and 11th Count of Alcoutim (1880-1956), elder son of the 10th Count.
- Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli and 12th Countess of Alcoutim (1917-2013), eldest daughter of the 11th Count.
- (1940-2012).
- Princess Victoria of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 20th Duchess of Medinaceli, Current Countess of Alcoutim (b.1997)[1]
See also[]
- Duke of Vila Real
- Duke of Caminha
- Marquis of Vila Real
- Count of Vila Real
- Count of Valença
- List of Portuguese Dukedoms
- List of Marquesses in Portugal
- List of Countships in Portugal
External links[]
Bibliography[]
”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. II, page 220. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.
References[]
- Countships of Portugal
- 1496 establishments in Portugal