Count of La Conquista


Count of La Conquista is an 18th-century Spanish hereditary title, famously held by Mateo [de Toro Zambrano, 1st Count of La Conquista|Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta], who was Royal Governor of Chile as well as President of the Government Junta of [Chile (1810)|Government Junta of the Kingdom of Chile], which is generally seen as the first step of Chilean independence.
The title was created by King Charles III in 1770, based on Chilean estates to be inherited by primogeniture but was extinguished with the abolition of the nobility titles by the Chilean government after the Chilean [War of Independence|Independence] of that country from Spain. On March 5, 1857 it was revived by Queen Isabella [II of Spain|Isabella II] for the heir of the last holder.

Counts of La Conquista