Count of Cabra is a Spanish noble title created by King Henry IV of Castile on 2 November 1455 for Diego Fernandez de Cordova and Montemayor, 1st Viscount of Iznájar. The titleholder is a Grandee of Spain, the third oldest such title in Spain.
The name refers to the Andalusian municipality of Cabra in the province of Córdoba. The title is carried by the head of the House of Cabra.
Count of Cabra, First creation (1380)
Prior to the concession of the countship of Cabra to Diego Fernández de Córdoba and Montemayor, Henry II of Castile had granted the title to Henry of Castile (1378–1404), his natural son with Juana de Sousa of Córdoba, who died without descendants as the 1st Duke of Medina Sidonia.
Count of Cabra, Second creation (1455)
# Title holder Period I Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Montemayor 1455–1481 II Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Carrillo de Albornoz 1481–1487 III Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Mendoza 1487–1525 IV Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Zúñiga 1525–1526 V Gonzalo II Fernández de Córdoba 1526–1578 VI Francisca Fernández de Córdoba y Fernández de Córdoba 1578–1597 VII Antonio Fernández de Córdoba y Cardona 1597–1606 VIII Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Aragón 1606–1642 IX Antonio Fernández de Córdoba y Rojas 1642–1659 X Francisco Fernández de Córdoba y Pimentel(also known as Francisco Fernández de Córdoba Folc de Cardona y Aragón) 1659–1681 XI Francisco Fernández de Córdoba y Fernández de Córdoba 1681–1685 XII Félix Fernández de Córdoba y Cardona 1685–1709 XIII Francisco Fernández de Córdoba y Aragón 1709–1710 XIV Francisco Javier Fernández de Córdoba y Aragón 1710–1735 XV Ventura Francisca Fernández de Córdoba y Folch de Cardona y Aragón 1735–1768 XVI Ventura Osorio de Moscoso y Fernández de Córdoba 1768–1776 XVII Vicente Joaquín Osorio de Moscoso y Guzmán 1783–1816 XVIII Vicente Isabel Osorio de Moscoso y Álvarez de Toledo 1816–1837 XIX Vicente Pío Osorio de Moscoso y Ponce de León 1837–1864 XX José María Osorio de Moscoso y Carvajal 1864–1881 XXI Luis Osorio de Moscoso y Borbón 1881–1924 XXII Francisco Osorio de Moscoso y Jordán de Urríes 1924–1925 XXIII Ramón Osorio de Moscoso y Taramona 1925–1936 XXIV María del Perpetuo Socorro Osorio de Moscoso y Reynoso 1939–1952 XXV Fernando Barón y Osorio de Moscoso 1952–1978 XXVI María del Pilar Paloma de Casanova y Barón 1978-2012 XXVII Álvaro Francisco López Becerra de Solé y Casanova 2012–present
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