Count of Atouguia

Counts of Atouguia
Arms of the Ataíde family, Counts of Atouguia, in the Livro do Armeiro-Mor (1509)
Creation date17 December 1448
Created byAfonso V of Portugal
PeeragePeerage of Portugal
First holderDom Álvaro Gonçalves de Ataíde
Present holderExtinct
Subsidiary titlesMarquess of Santarém, Count of Alva, Marchioness of Atouguia
Extinction date1759
D. Luís de Ataíde, 3rd Count of Atouguia and 1st Marquess of Santarém, Viceroy of Portuguese India in the 16th century

Count of Atouguia (in Portuguese Conde de Atouguia) was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from 17 December 1448, by King Afonso V of Portugal, and granted to D. Álvaro Gonçalves de Ataíde.

The title was always associated with the Ataíde family. It became extinct due to the 11th Count involvement in the Távora affair of 1759. The plot was discovered, the count was executed and his House and estates were confiscated.