Count of Rivero
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The Count or Countess of Rivero (Spanish: Condado del Rivero) is a Spanish nobility title, which became a title of the Spanish nobility in Cuba. The 1st Count of Rivero was Nicolás Rivero y Muñiz, who was recognized posthumously.[1] The current Countess of Rivero is Silvia Teresa Jorge y Sosa.[2]
| Name | Reign | |
|---|---|---|
| Creation by Alfonso XIII | ||
| I | Nicolas Rivero y Muniz[1] | 1919-1919 |
| II | Nicolas Rivero y Alonso[1] | 1919-1946 |
| Rehabilitation by Juan Carlos I | ||
| III | Silvia de Sosa y del Rivero[3] | 1990-1993 |
| IV | Silvia Teresa Jorge y Sosa[2] | 1993-current holder |
History of the Counts of Rivero
- Nicolás Rivero y Muñiz (d. Havana, June 4, 1919), 1st Count of Rivero and director of the Diario de la Marina in Havana.[4]
- He married Herminia Alonso y Aguilar on April 1, 1868. In the same year of the concession, he was succeeded by his son:
- Nicolás Rivero y Alonso (22 January 1887 – 1946), 2nd Count of Rivero.[5]
- He married Estela Machado y Pérez-García. He was succeeded by his great-niece:
Rehabilitated in 1990 by his great-niece:
- Silvia de Sosa y del Rivero (1939–1992), 3rd Countess of del Rivero.[5]
- She married Alberto Jorge y de la Cerra in 1959. She was succeeded in 1993 by her daughter:
- Silvia Teresa Jorge y de Sosa (b. 1960), 4th Countess of Rivero and 4th Marchioness of Santa Olalla.[6]
- She married Agustín de Goytisolo and Gelats.[6]