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The title
Count of Mértola (
Conde de Mértola) was granted to
General SchombergFriedrich Hermann , 1st Duke of Schomberg , was both a marshal of France and a General in the English Army....
by
Afonso VI of PortugalAfonso VI , or Affonso , was the twenty-second king of Portugal and the Algarves, the second of the House of Braganza, known as "the Victorious" .At the age of three, Afonso suffered an illness that left him...
, in 1663, in reward to the former's services with the
PortuguesePortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east...
army. The title has passed through female lines various times and is usually held concurrently by the Barons
Darcy de KnaythThe title Baron Darcy de Knayth is an ancient one in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1332 for John Darcy. At the death of the sixth baron, the barony fell into abeyance, which the Sovereign terminated in 1641 in favour of Conyers Darcy. The next baron, also named Conyers, was granted the...
and
ConyersThe title Baron Conyers was created in the Peerage of England on 17 October 1509 for William Conyers, the son-in-law of William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent. The abeyance after the death of the 3rd baron was terminated for the 7th Baron Darcy de Knayth, these baronies were held together until the...
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Counts of Mértola (1663)
- Frederick Schomberg, 1st Count of Mértola
Friedrich Hermann , 1st Duke of Schomberg , was both a marshal of France and a General in the English Army....
(1615-1690)
- Meinhardt Schomberg, 2nd Count of Mértola
Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, 1st Duke of Leinster KG was a general in the service of Prince William of Orange, later King William III of England, whose father was also a famous military officer.Schomberg's father, Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg was King William III's...
(1641-1719)
- Frederica Darcy, 3rd Countess of Mértola
Frederica Susanna Mildmay, Countess FitzWalter was a British peeress.Frederica was the eldest surviving daughter of Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg and his second wife, Karoline, a daughter of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine. On 26 May 1715, she married the 3rd Earl of Holderness and...
(1688-1751)
- Robert Darcy, 4th Count of Mértola
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness PC , known before 1721 as Lord Darcy and Conyers, was a British diplomatist and politician. From 1744 to 1746 he was ambassador at Venice and from 1749 to 1751 he represented his country at The Hague...
(1718-1778)
- Amelia Osborne, 5th Countess of Mértola
Amelia Osborne, Marchioness of Carmarthen and de jure 12th Baroness Darcy de Knayth and 9th Baroness Conyers and 5th Countess of Mértola was a British peeress and a Portuguese countess....
(1754-1784)
- George Osborne, 6th Count of Mértola
George William Frederick Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds KG was the son of Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds and his first wife, Amelia....
(1775-1838)
- Francis D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Count of Mértola
Francis George Godolphin D'Arcy D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds was a British peer and politician. He was styled Earl of Danby from birth until 1799 and Marquess of Carmarthen from 1799 until 1838....
(1798-1859)
- Sackville Lane-Fox, 8th Count of Mértola
Sackville George Lane-Fox, 15th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 12th Baron Conyers was a British peer and soldier....
(1827-1888)
- Marcia Pelham, 9th Countess of Mértola
Marcia Amelia Mary Pelham, Countess of Yarborough and 13th Baroness Conyers and 7th Baroness Fauconberg, OBE was a British peeress.Marcia was the eldest daughter of the 12th Baron Conyers and his wife, Mary...
(1863-1926)
- Sackville Pelham, 10th Count of Mértola
Sackville George Pelham, 5th Earl of Yarborough, MC was a British peer and soldier, known as Lord Worsley from 1914-1926 and Lord Conyers from 1926 until his accession to the earldom in 1936....
(1888-1948)
- Diana Miller, 11th Countess of Mértola
Lady Diana Mary Miller is the eldest daughter of Sackville Pelham, 5th Earl of Yarborough.On the death of Lady Diana's father in 1948, she inherited the Portuguese countship of Mértola, while she and her sister, Lady Wendy became co-heirs to the baronies of Fauconberg and Conyers. On 15 November...
(b. 1920)
- Heir Presumptive: Anthea Lycett (b. 1954)