Medina Sidonia is a city and municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, southern Spain. Considered by some to be the...
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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...
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Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y de Zúñiga-Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, GE (10 September 1550 – 26 July 1615), was a Spanish aristocrat who was most...
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y Maura, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia, GE (21 August 1936 – 7 March 2008) was the holder of the Dukedom of Medina Sidonia in Spain. She was nicknamed...
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The House of Medina Sidonia (Spanish: Casa de Medina Sidonia) is a Spanish noble house originating from the crown of Castile, whose name comes from the...
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from Lisbon in late May 1588, commanded by Alonso de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia, an aristocrat without previous naval experience appointed by Philip...
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cinnamon. Alfajores are most commonly sold around Christmas, but in Medina Sidonia, they are available year-round. The traditional Spanish alfajor has...
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José Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba (redirect from Jose Alvarez de Toledo y Gonzaga, 15th Duke of Medina-Sidonia)
Osuna family. A year after his marriage, he inherited the dukedom of Medina-Sidonia (by the 21st century the oldest extant dukedom in the kingdom) and joined...
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name from Medina-Sidonia, Spain, after the Spaniards noticed the similarities of the features of the place with the ones in Medina-Sidonia. Medina is politically...
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Medina Sidonia in 1779 when José Álvarez de Toledo, 11th Marquis of Villafranca and 8th Duke of Fernandina, inherited the dukedom of Medina Sidonia from...
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a Spanish noble and 8th Duke of Medina Sidonia. He was the son of Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, commander-in-chief of the Spanish...
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Duke of Medina Sidonia (Madrid, 25 August 1724 – Vilafranca del Penedès, 6 January 1779) was a Spanish noble who became Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1739...
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Spain such as Medina del Campo, Medina de Pomar, Medina de Rioseco, Medinaceli, Medina-Sidonia and Medina de las Torres, Italy, such as Medina, Campania and...
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5th Duke of Medina Sidonia (d. 1549) was the son of Juan Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia and became Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1512 when...
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Don Juan Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Afán de Ribera, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia (February 1464 – 1507) inherited the title in 1492, aged 28. In 1502, as Gibraltar...
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strategic value after 1645 because of the disgrace of the House of Medina Sidonia, the general decline of Spain under Charles II, the relocation of the...
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y de Ribera, the III Duke of Medina Sidonia. The Señorío de Sanlúcar was the power base of the House of Medina Sidonia until 1645 when Sanlúcar de Barrameda...
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Toledo, 22nd Duke of Medina Sidonia, GE (born 3 January 1956) is a Spanish aristocrat and historian. Born in Madrid, Medina Sidonia is the eldest son of...
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4th Duke of Medina Sidonia (died 1512) was the son of Juan Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia. He was Duke of Medina Sidonia from 1507...
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was chosen as the flagship of the Armada commander-in-chief, Duke of Medina Sidonia. São Martinho had an overall length of about 180 feet with a beam of...
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Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo, 13th Marquess of Villafranca (redirect from Pedro de Alcánta Álvarez de Toledo, 17th Duke of Medina Sidonia)
Spanish monarch Isabel II. Medina Sidonia was succeeded by his son José Joaquín Álvarez de Toledo, 18th Duke of Medina Sidonia. He married Joaquina de Silva...
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6th Duke of Medina Sidonia (24 March 1502 – 26 November 1558) was the son of Juan Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia, half brother...
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Infantado, Duke of Albuquerque, Duke of Nájera, Duke of Frías and Duke of Medina Sidonia, Marquess of Aguilar de Campoo, Marquess of Astorga, Marquess of Santillana...
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Dukes of Medina Sidonia, a Spanish noble family Madina (disambiguation) Madinah (disambiguation) Medina College (disambiguation) Medina Township (disambiguation)...
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Duke of Medina Sidonia (1691–1739) became Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1721. He was the son of Manuel Pérez de Guzmán, 12th Duke of Medina Sidonia and Luisa...
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named after Doña Ana de Silva y Mendoza, [es] wife of the 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia. The park is an area of marshes, shallow streams, and sand dunes in...
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occurred on the 17th of September 1497, when a fleet sent by the Duke of Medina Sidonia occupied the north African city of Melilla. After the conquest of Granada...
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Manuel Pérez de Guzmán y Pimentel, 12th Duke of Medina Sidonia (1671–1721) became Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1713. He was married in 1687, aged 16, to the...
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had to wait, delayed by the French occupation of Naples. The Duke of Medina Sidonia, Juan Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, advocated seizing Melilla, to be headed...
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Álvarez de Toledo y Caro, 20th Duke of Medina Sidonia (18 April 1894 – 11 December 1955) became Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1915. He married in Biarritz, France...
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