Dukes of Medina Sidonia
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The dukes of Medina Sidonia are grandees of Spain, holding the oldest dukedom extant in the kingdom, first awarded by King John II of Castile in 1455. They were once the most prominent magnate family of the Andalusian region, the most well-known of which, Don Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, commanded the Spanish Armada at the end of the 16th century.
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List of Counts of Niebla, 1369—1445
From To Count of Niebla ca. 1369 1396 Juan Alonso de Guzmán, 1st Count of Niebla 1396 1436 Enrique Pérez de Guzmán, 2nd Count of Niebla 1436 1468 Juan Alonso de Guzmán, 3rd Count of Niebla List of Dukes of Medina Sidonia, 1445—Present
From To Duke of Medina Sidonia 1445 1468 Juan Alonso de Guzmán, 1st Duke of Medina Sidonia 1468 1492 Enrique de Guzmán, 2nd Duke of Medina Sidonia 1492 1507 Juan Alfonso 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 Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 6th Duke of Medina Sidonia 1559 1615 Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia 1615 1636 Juan Manuel Pérez de Guzmán, 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 María Álvarez de Toledo, 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
- The concession on almadrabas (tuna traps along the Mediterranean coast) was one of the sources of the fortune of the Medina Sidonias.
- House of Olivares
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- Dukes of Medina Sidonia
- Libro d'Oro della Nobilita Mediterranea (Italian)
- Grandes de Espana (Spanish)
- House of Medina Sidonia Foundation
- List of Arabic and Spanish names for Iberian cities and places
- Casa de Medina-Sidonia (Spanish)
- 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
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