County of Miraflores de los Angeles
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The County of Miraflores de los Angeles ( Condado de Miraflores de los Ángeles) is a county
granted by Charles II of Spain
on 28 November 1689 to Juan de Torres de Navarra y de la Vega Ponce de León (died 1719), with the previous title Vizconde de la Vega. Its name refers to Miraflores de los Ángeles, a district of the town of Málaga
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County
A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...
granted by Charles II of Spain
Charles II of Spain
Charles II was the last Habsburg King of Spain and the ruler of large parts of Italy, the Spanish territories in the Southern Low Countries, and Spain's overseas Empire, stretching from the Americas to the Spanish East Indies...
on 28 November 1689 to Juan de Torres de Navarra y de la Vega Ponce de León (died 1719), with the previous title Vizconde de la Vega. Its name refers to Miraflores de los Ángeles, a district of the town of Málaga
Málaga
Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...
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Counts of Miraflores de los Ángeles
- Juan de Torres de Navarra y de la Vega Ponce de León, 1st count of Miraflores de los Ángeles (died 1719);
- [...], 2nd count of Miraflores de los Ángeles;
- Bartolomé de Torres de Navarra y Ponce de León, 3rd count of Miraflores de los Ángeles (a quién en 1729 Felipe V le confirmó el título como hereditario perpetuo);
- [...], 4th count of Miraflores de los Ángeles;
- Ignacio de Torres de Navarra Ponce de León y Villalón (died 1852), 5th count of Miraflores de los Ángeles, son of María Josefa Villalón and Auñón, married Mª del Carmen Auñón y Angulo. Succeeded by his son:
- Francisco Javier de Torres de Navarra y Auñón, 6th count of Miraflores de los Ángeles, born 1805, married his first cousin Mª Josefa de León y Villalón. Succeeded by:
- Andrés Villalón-Daoiz y Torres de Navarra, 7th count of Miraflores de los Ángeles. Succeeded by his son:
- Fernando Villalón-Daoiz y Halcón (1881-1930)Fernando VillalónFernando Villalón Daoíz y Halcón, conde de Miraflores de los Ángeles was a Spanish poet and farmer.-Life:...
, 8th count of Miraflores de los Ángeles, poet. Succeeded by his brother: - Jerónimo Villalón-Daoiz y Halcón, 9th count of Miraflores de los Ángeles. Marquessate of Villar del Tajo revived for him 9 April 1921. Married Mª Teresa Sánchez de Ibargüen y Villalón-Daoiz. Elder brother of the Real Maestranza de Caballería de SevillaReal Maestranza de Caballería de SevillaThe Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla is a noble guild created in 1670 from the remnants of the preceding Cofradía de San Hermenegildo...
; - Ignacio Sánchez de Ibargüen y Benjumea, current count of Miraflores de los Ángeles, from 29 November 1995.