Count of Elda

Count of Elda (Spanish: Conde de Elda) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of Grandee, granted in 1577 by Philip II to Juan Coloma, who was Viceroy of Sardinia.^[2][3][4]

Countship of Elda
Creation date	14 May 1577
Created by	Philip II
Peerage	Peerage of Spain
First holder	Juan Coloma y Cardona, 1st Count of Elda
Present holder	Enrique Falcó y Carrión, 15th Count of Elda[1]

The name makes reference to the town of Elda in Alicante.

Counts of Elda (1577)

• Juan Coloma y Cardona, 1st Count of Elda (1522-1586)
• Antonio Coloma y de Saá, 2nd Count of Elda (1555-1619), son of the 1st Count
• Juan Coloma y Mendoza, 3rd Count of Elda (1591-1638), son of the 2nd Count
• Juan Andrés Coloma, 4th Count of Elda (1621-1694), son of the 3rd Count
• Francisco Coloma y Pujadas, 5th Count of Elda (1656-1712), son of the 4th Count
•  Francisco Coloma y de la Cerda, 6th Count of Elda (1698-1729), son of the 5th Count
• Gonzalo Arias Dávila y Coloma, 7th Count of Elda (1666-1738), grandson of the 4th Count
• Diego Arias Dávila, 8th Count of Elda (d. 1751), son of the 7th Count
• Francisco Arias Dávila, 9th Count of Elda (d. 1783), son of the 8th Count
• Laura Castellví de Alagón y Coloma, 10th Countess of Elda (d. 1799), great-granddaughter of the 6th Count
• Felipe Carlos Osorio y Castellví, 11th Count of Elda (1758-1815), son of the 10th Countess
• Felipe Osorio y de la Cueva, 12th Count of Elda (1795-1859), son of the 11th Count
• María del Pilar Osorio y Gutiérrez de los Ríos, 13th Countess of Elda (1829-1921), daughter of the 12th Count
• José Falcó y Álvarez de Toledo, 14th Count of Elda (1898-1983), grandson of the 13th Countess
• Enrique Falcó y Carrión, 15th Count of Elda (b. 1933), son of the 14th Count

See also

• List of current grandees of Spain