Duke of medina sidonia biography

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    Duke of Medina Sidonia

    Dukedom of Spain

    Not to be confused with Knights of Sidonia.

    Duke of Medina Sidonia (Spanish: Duque de Medina Sidonia) is a peeragegrandee title of Spain in Medina-Sidonia, holding the oldest extantdukedom 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, DonAlonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, commanded the Spanish Armada at the end of the 16th century.

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    • 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

    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 Alo