Count of Bañares

The Count of Bañares is a nobility title of the Kingdom of Spain, created by Enrique IV of Castile in 1469 and confirmed by the Catholic Monarchs in 1485 in favor of Álvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán, I Duke of Arévalo, I Duke of Béjar and I Duke of Plasencia (title granted over the previous Count of Plasencia, of which he was its II Count).

His name refers to the municipality of Bañares, in La Rioja.

The title was reinstated by King Alfonso XIII in 1917, in favor of María de las Mercedes de Arteaga y Echagüe, XVII Marquise of Argüeso, XIV Marquise of Campoo, XIV Countess of Villada.

Additional sources

 * AER Archivo SNAHN, Signatura OSUNA,C.221,D.71-80
 * ibídem, CP.88,D.2
 * Vilar y Pascual, Pág. 481
 * AER Archivo SNAHN, Signatura OSUNA,C.122,D.39-47