The Spanish noble title Count of Chinchón

Chinchón

Chinchón is a Spanish town 50 km southeast of Madrid. It is part of the Comarca de Las Vegas.-Overview:The Plaza Mayor is roughly circular, surrounded by 15th-17th century galleried houses and cafés and is used as a temporary bullring. The church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción was built in...

was initially created by Charles I of Spain on 9 May 1520, granting the title to Fernando de Cabrera y Bobadilla. The title remained under the Cabrera family until 1683 when the Italian aristocratic Savelli family acquired the county.

In 1738, Giuseppe Sforza-Cesarini, 9th Count of Chinchón sold the territory to King Philip V of Spain

Philip V of Spain

Philip V was King of Spain from 15 November 1700 to 15 January 1724, when he abdicated in favor of his son Louis, and from 6 September 1724, when he assumed the throne again upon his son's death, to his death.Before his reign, Philip occupied an exalted place in the royal family of France as a...

's son, Philip

Philip, Duke of Parma

Philip of Spain was Duke of Parma from 1748 to 1765. He founded the House of Bourbon-Parma , a cadet line of the Spanish branch of the dynasty...

. Philip then ceded the county to his younger brother, Luis on 28 May 1761. However, Luis and his successors would lose the rights to the Spanish throne following a battle of succession amongst his brothers (Carlos

Charles III of Spain

Charles III was the King of Spain and the Spanish Indies from 1759 to 1788. He was the eldest son of Philip V of Spain and his second wife, the Princess Elisabeth Farnese...

 was the victor). The county remains in Bourbon-Faronese hands until 1828 when Countess María Teresa de Borbón died, her daughter Carlota de Godoy succeeding her. The Italian Ruspoli

Ruspoli

The Ruspoli are an old and noble Italian family .The origins of the family can be traced back to the Ruspolis of Florence in the 13th Century and through the family's claimed direct descent from Marius Scotus in the 8th Century and the Marescottis of Bologna...

 family eventually acquired the county through marriage with Carlota de Godoy.

Counts

• Fernando de Cabrera y Bobadilla, 1st Count of Chinchón (1520–1521)
• Pedro de Cabrera y de la Cueva, 2nd Count of Chinchón (1521–1575)
• Diego Fernández de Cabrera y Mendoza, 3rd Count of Chinchón (1575-?)
• Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera y Pacheco, 4th Count of Chinchón
• Francisco Fernández de Cabrera y Enríquez de Rivera, 5th Count of Chinchón (?-1665)
• Inés de Castro y Cabrera, 6th Countess of Chinchón (1665)
• Francisca de Cárdenas y Castro, 7th Countess of Chinchón (1665–1669)
• Francisca de Castro y Cabrera, 8th Countess of Chinchón (1669–1683)
• Giulio Savelli, 9th Count of Chinchón (1683–1712)
• Gian Giorgio Sforza-Cesarini, 10th Count of Chinchón (1712–1729)
• Giuseppe Sforza-Cesarini, 11th Count of Chinchón (1729–1738)
• Felipe de Borbón y Farnesio
  Philip, Duke of Parma
  Philip of Spain was Duke of Parma from 1748 to 1765. He founded the House of Bourbon-Parma , a cadet line of the Spanish branch of the dynasty...
  
  , 12th Count of Chinchón (1738–1761)
• Luis de Borbón y Farnesio, 13th Count of Chinchón (1738–1761)
• Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga, 14th Count of Chinchón (1738–1761)
• María Teresa de Borbón, 15th Countess of Chinchón (1823–1828)
• Carlota Luisa de Godoy y Borbón, 16th Countess of Chinchón (1828–1886)
• Carlos Rúspoli y Álvarez de Toledo
  Carlos Ruspoli, 3rd Duke of Alcudia and Sueca
  Don Carlos Luis Ruspoli y Álvarez de Toledo, de Godoy y Silva-Bazán, dei Principi Ruspoli was an Italian and Spanish aristocrat, son of Adolfo Ruspoli y Godoy, 2nd Duke of Alcudia, and wife Dona Rosalia Álvarez de Toledo y Silva-Bazán, de Palafox-Portocarrero y...
  
  , 17th Count of Chinchón (1886–1936)
• Camilo Carlos Rúspoli y Caro, 18th Count of Chinchón (1936–1975)
• Carlos Oswaldo Rúspoli y Morenés, 19th Count of Chinchón (1975–present)