Count of Plasencia
| First concession of the nobility title | |
|---|---|
| Creation | 1442 |
| Created by | John II of Castile |
| Peerage | • Zúñiga (Houses of Béjar and Plasencia) |
| First holder | Pedro de Zúñiga y Leiva |
| Second concession of the nobility title | |
|---|---|
| Creation date | 1611 |
| Created by | Philip III of Spain |
| Peerage | • Lanuza • Perellós • Marimón • Arróspide |
| First holder | Pedro Lanuza y Ximénez de Urrea |
| Present holder | Cristina de Arróspide y Núñez |
The Count of Plasencia is a Spanish nobility title, created in 1611 by King Philip III, in favor of Pedro Lanuza y Ximénez de Urrea.
The title was granted in memory of the ancient dominion that the Lanuza family had exercised in the 16th century on Plasencia de Jalón, until it was dispossessed of it by Philip II, when his brother Juan de Lanuza was beheaded, for having supported Antonio Pérez, his secretary, who had invoked the Fueros of Aragon, to avoid being tried for the murder in El Escorial of Escobedo (secretary of Don Juan de Austria). Granted the Grandee of Spain on August 18, 1707.
Its denomination, of the current title in force, refers to the town of Plasencia de Jalón, in the province of Zaragoza.