Count of Mértola

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The title Count of Mértola (Conde de Mértola) was granted to General Schomberg by Afonso VI of Portugal, in 1663, in reward to the former's services with the Portuguese army. The title has passed through female lines various times and is usually held concurrently by the Barons Darcy de Knayth and Conyers.

[edit] Counts of Mértola (1663)

• Frederick Schomberg, 1st Count of Mértola (1615-1690)
• Meinhardt Schomberg, 2nd Count of Mértola (1641-1719)
• Frederica Darcy, 3rd Countess of Mértola (1688-1751)
• Robert Darcy, 4th Count of Mértola (1718-1778)
• Amelia Osborne, 5th Countess of Mértola (1754-1784)
• George Osborne, 6th Count of Mértola (1775-1838)
• Francis D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Count of Mértola (1798-1859)
• Sackville Lane-Fox, 8th Count of Mértola (1827-1888)
• Marcia Pelham, 9th Countess of Mértola (1863-1926)
• Sackville Pelham, 10th Count of Mértola (1888-1948)
• Diana Miller, 11th Countess of Mértola (b. 1920)

Heir Presumptive: Anthea Lycett (b. 1954)