Count of Chinchón
The county Chinchón is one on May 9, 1520, launched by the Spanish King Charles I. territorial unit about 40 kilometers south and west of Madrid, which is based on a previously existing basic rule ( señorio ). The county is named though (about 45 kilometers southeast of Madrid) after the city, but this has no major role played in the lives of later to become Earl.
History
The comuneros revolt (1520-1522) was a supported by parts of the population and the nobility revolt against Habsburg and thus foreign country, King Charles I, who - much to the dismay of many Spaniards - a year earlier than Charles V Holy Roman Emperor Empire had been elected. As part of the - limited to the region around Madrid - Uprising led to the destruction and looting of castles, but also of cities and villages. The castle of Chinchon was destroyed, but rebuilt by Fernando de Cabrera y Bobadilla, a loyal follower of the king during this difficult time. As a reward for his services he was invested with the hereditary title of, Count of Chinchón '.
The title remained in the hands of his descendants until 1683; then he went to a branch line of the traditional Italian family Savelli about which, however, in Spain could not believe right foot or wanted, so that the county was repurchased in 1738 by Philip, son of the Spanish King Philip V. Since this, however, was the duke of Parma importantly, he sold in 1761, the county Chinchón to his younger brother, the Infante Luis de Borbón y Farnesio, who became the 13th Earl of Chinchón. With his young wife María Teresa de Vallabriga he founded the house of Borbón y Vallabriga, which has been awarded the title of Earl to the present day.