The Count of Bañares is a nobility title of the Kingdom of Spain, created by Enrique IV of Castile in 1469 and confirmed by the Catholic Monarchs in 1485 in favor of Álvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán, I Duke of Arévalo, I Duke of Béjar and I Duke of Plasencia (title granted over the previous Count of Plasencia, of which he was its II Count).

[1] His name refers to the municipality of Bañares, in La Rioja.

[2] The title was reinstated by King Alfonso XIII in 1917, in favor of María de las Mercedes de Arteaga y Echagüe, XVII Marquise of Argüeso, XIV Marquise of Campoo, XIV Countess of Villada.

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