Dukedom of Spain
Duke of Medina Sidonia (Spanish : Duque de Medina Sidonia ) is a peerage grandee title of Spain in Medina-Sidonia , holding the oldest extant dukedom in the kingdom, first awarded by King John I of Castile in 1380.[2] They were once the most prominent magnate family of the Andalusian region, the best-known of whom, Don Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia , commanded the Spanish Armada at the end of the 16th century. The defeat at the hands of weather and the English in 1588 brought disgrace to this family. The House of Medina Sidonia traces its descent from Alonso Pérez de Guzmán .
Counts of Niebla, 1369–1445
Dukes of Medina Sidonia, 1445–present
The facade of the palace of the Duke of Medina-Sidonia
From
To
Duke of Medina Sidonia
1445
1468
Juan Alonso de Guzmán, 1st Duke of Medina Sidonia
1468
1492
Enrique Pérez de Guzmán y Fonseca, 2nd Duke of Medina Sidonia
1492
1507
Juan Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia
1507
1512
Enrique Pérez de Guzmán, 4th Duke of Medina Sidonia
1512
1549
Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 5th Duke of Medina Sidonia
1549
1559
Juan Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 6th Duke of Medina Sidonia
1559
1615
Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia
1615
1636
Manuel Pérez de Guzmán y Silva, 8th Duke of Medina Sidonia
1636
1664
Gaspar Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 9th Duke of Medina Sidonia
1664
1667
Gaspar Juan Pérez de Guzmán, 10th Duke of Medina Sidonia
1667
1713
Juan Claros Pérez de Guzmán, 11th Duke of Medina Sidonia
1713
1721
Manuel Pérez de Guzmán, 12th Duke of Medina Sidonia
1721
1739
Domingo José Claros Pérez de Guzmán, 13th Duke of Medina Sidonia
1739
1779
Pedro de Alcántara Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 14th Duke of Medina Sidonia
1779
1796
José Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba (jure uxoris ), 15th Duke of Medina Sidonia
1796
1821
Francisco de Borja Álvarez de Toledo, 16th Duke of Medina Sidonia
1821
1867
Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo, 17th Duke of Medina Sidonia
1867
1900
José Joaquín Álvarez de Toledo, 18th Duke of Medina Sidonia
1905
1915
José Joaquín Álvarez de Toledo, 19th Duke of Medina Sidonia
1915
1955
Joaquín Álvarez de Toledo, 20th Duke of Medina Sidonia
1955
2008
Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia
2008
present
Leoncio Alonso González de Gregorio, 22nd Duke of Medina Sidonia
See also
References
^ [1] BOE
^ DE MEDINA, Pedro (b. 1503), Crónica de los Duques de Medina Sidonia por el Maestro Pedro de Medina. Manuscrito de 1561 en el Archivo de la Casa Ducal de Medinasidonia, leg. 1316. Colección de Documentos Inéditos para la Historia de España no. XXXIX, 1932. Page 206.
External links
Libro d'Oro della Nobilita Mediterranea (in Italian)
Grandes de Espana (in Spanish)
House of Medina Sidonia Foundation (in Spanish)
List of Arabic and Spanish names for Iberian cities and places
A Silent Minority: Deaf Education in Spain, 1550–1835
Library of Congress: Index to the Enciclopedia Heráldica Hispano-Americana of Alberto and Arturo García Carraffa