Count of Velayos

Count of Dehesa de Velayos (Spanish: Conde de la Dehesa de Velayos), commonly known as Count of Velayos is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, granted in 1709 by Philip V to Fernando de Torres, governor of Potosí in the Viceroyalty of Peru.^[2]

Countship of Dehesa de Velayos
Creation date	22 August 1709
Created by	Philip V
Peerage	Peerage of Spain
First holder	Fernando de Torres y Messía, 1st Count of Velayos
Present holder	Álvaro de Figueroa y Domecq, 9th Count of Velayos[1]

At the death of the 5th count, the title became vacant until Alfonso XIII rehabilitated it on behalf of Luis de Figueroa y Alonso-Martínez, son of the Count of Romanones and a descendant of the last count.

Counts of Dehesa de Velayos (1709)

• Fernando de Torres y Messía, 1st Count of Velayos (b. 1660)
• Miguel de Torres-Messía y Vivanco, 2nd Count of Velayos (b. 1680), son of the 1st Count
• Carlos Fernando de Torres-Messía y Pérez-Manrique, 3rd Count of Velayos (d. 1780), son of the 2nd Count
• Juan Félix Tello de Guzmán y Torres-Messía, 4th Count of Velayos (b. 1734), nephew of the 3nd Count
• Juan Félix Tello de Guzmán y Ceballos, 5th Count of Velayos (1772-1813), son of the 4th Count

Counts of Dehesa de Velayos (1914)

• Luis de Figueroa y Alonso-Martínez, 6th Count of Velayos (1890-1963), direct descendant of the 5th Count
• Luis de Figueroa y Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Count of Velayos (1918-1987), son of the 6th Count
• Álvaro de Figueroa y Griffith, 8th Count of Velayos (b. 1949), son of the 7th Count
• Álvaro de Figueroa y Domecq, 9th Count of Velayos (b. 1980), son of the 8th Count

See also

• Viceroyalty of Peru
• Count of Yebes
• Marquess of San Damián
• Marquess of Villabrágima