Count of Villacieros

Countship of Villacieros
Creation date	9 February 1980
Created by	Juan Carlos I
Peerage	Peerage of Spain
First holder	Antonio Villacieros y Benito, 1st Count of Villacieros
Present holder	Álvaro Villacieros y Zunzunegui, 3rd Count of Villacieros [1]

Count of Villacieros (Spanish : Conde de Villacieros) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, granted in 1980 by Juan Carlos I to Antonio Villacieros, Spanish ambassador, introducer of ambassadors and chief of protocol of the Royal Household of Spain. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Counts of Villacieros (1980)

• Antonio Villacieros y Benito, 1st Count of Villacieros (1900-1983)
• Francisco Javier Villacieros y Machimbarrena, 2nd Count of Villacieros (1928-2016), eldest son of the 1st Count
• Álvaro Villacieros y Zunzunegui, 3rd Count of Villacieros (b. 1955), only son of the 2nd Count

See also

• Spanish transition to democracy
• Spanish nobility

References

1. Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) - 9 February 2017
2. Hidalgos de España 2018, p. 983.
3. Search of title "Villacieros, conde de"
4. Real Academia de la Historia (DBE) Biografías: Antonio Villacieros Benito

Bibliography

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