Dukes of Medina Sidonia

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• Medina-Sidonia — Medina Sidonia …   Wikipedia

• Luisa Isabel Alvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia — Doña Luisa Isabel Alvarez de Toledo y Maura, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia (baptized Luisa Isabel María del Carmen Cristina Rosalía Joaquina) (August 21, 1936 March 7, 2008), was the holder of the ducal title Medina Sidonia in Spain. Known as… …   Wikipedia

• Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia — Don Alonso Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia (es: Don Alonso Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno, séptimo duque de Medina Sidonia ) (September 10, 1550 1615) was the commander in chief of the Spanish Armada. He was the son of Don Juan… …   Wikipedia

• Dukes of Bivona — The Sicilian title duke of Bivona stems from the middle 16th century. Bivona is in Sicily, which had been conquered by Peter III of Aragon in 1282. It was given to people related to the powerful medieval Aragonese family of Luna.[disambiguation… …   Wikipedia



• Dukes of Fernandina — Ducal crown (Spanish heraldry) Duke of Fernandina (Ducado de Fernandina) is a hereditary title in the Spanish nobility. It was granted by King Philip II to García Álvarez de Toledo y Osorio, Viceroy of Sicily and Catalonia, and later Marquis of… …   Wikipedia

• Dukes of Huéscar — Coat of arms of the dukes of Huéscar Duke of Huéscar (Spanish: Ducado de Huéscar) is a hereditary title in the Spanish nobility. The title was created in 1563 by King Philip II of Spain, and bestowed on Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Enríquez, 6th… …   Wikipedia

• Dukes of Villahermosa — The Dukes of Villahermosa (Spanish: Duque de Villahermosa) are nobility and Grandees of Spain. The fortunes of the Villahermosa family started to rise in the mid 15th century. At that time Villahermosa was lorded over by Alfonso de Aragón y de… …   Wikipedia

• Marquisate of Gibraltar — The Marquisate of Gibraltar was a short lived Castilian noble title (1478–1501). It belonged to the House of Medina Sidonia. The marquisate was created by the queen Isabella I of Castile to reward Duke Henry of Medina Sidonia (Enrique Pérez de… …   Wikipedia

• Sanlúcar de Barrameda — ▪ Spain       port city, Cádiz provincia (province), in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Andalusia, southwestern Spain. It lies on the south bank of the Guadalquivir River estuary, north of Cádiz city. Barrameda derives from an… …   Universalium

• Alonso Pérez de Guzmán El Bueno — Don Alonso Pérez de Guzmán (1256 1309), surnamed El Bueno , the good, in the sense of good at need, or stout hearted, was the founder of the line which the dukes of Medina Sidonia belonged to. In 1296 he defended the town of Tarifa on behalf of… …   Wikipedia