Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli

Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba
Duchess of Medinaceli (more...)
Duchess of Medinaceli
Tenure 13 July 1956 – 18 August 2013
Predecessor Luis Fernández de Córdoba, 17th Duke of Medinaceli
Successor Prince Marco of Hohenlohe-Langenburg[1]
Spouse(s) Rafael de Medina y Vilallonga (m. 1938; dec. 1992)

Issue

Ana Luisa de Medina, 13th Marquise of Navahermosa
Luis de Medina, 9th Duke of Santisteban del Puerto
Rafael de Medina, 19th Duke of Feria
Ignacio de Medina, 19th Duke of Segorbe

Full name

María Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, Fernández de Henestrosa, Salabert y Gayoso de los Cobos
Family House of Medinaceli
House of Cordoba
Father Luis Fernández de Córdoba, 17th Duke of Medinaceli
Mother Ana María Fernández de Henestrosa y Gayoso de los Cobos
Born (1917-04-16)16 April 1917
Medinaceli Palace, Madrid, Spain
Died 18 August 2013(2013-08-18) (aged 96)
Pilatos Palace, Seville, Spain
Buried Tavera Hospital, Toledo, Spain

Doña Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba y Fernández de Henestrosa pronounced: [bikˈtoɾja ewˈxenja feɾˈnandeθ de ˈkoɾðoβa i feɾˈnandeθ de enesˈtɾosa] (16 April 1917 – 18 August 2013) was 18th Duchess of Medinaceli in her own right and a Grandee of Spain, head of the Spanish noble House of Medinaceli and patron of the Ducal House of Medinaceli Foundation.

Her Most Excellency died in Seville, on 18 August 2013, aged 96.[2]

Background

Doña Victoria was born the eldest daughter of Don Luis Jesús Fernández de Córdoba y Salabert, 17th Duke of Medinaceli and Doña Ana María Fernández de Henestrosa y Gayoso de los Cobos. She married Rafael de Medina y Vilallonga at Seville on 1 December 1938 and succeeded to the dukedom in 1956, upon her father's death. Before that she was styled as 16th Duchess of Alcalá de los Gazules, a courtesy title granted by her father. The Duchess was the most titled noblewoman in Spain, and holder of one of its most ancient dukedoms.[3]

In 1980 the Duchess established the Ducal House of Medinaceli Foundation which manages the Casa de Pilatos in Sevilla, her principal residence, as well as the Hospital de San Juan Bautista in Toledo and the Palacio de Oca in Galicia.[4]

Family

The Duchess married, on 12 January 1938 at Seville, Rafael de Medina y Vilallonga, Knight of the Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla and Mayor of Seville from 1943–47. The Duke was son of Luis de Medina y Garvey, second son of the 4th Marquis of Esquivel, and Amelia de Vilallonga e Ibarra. Children:

Ancestry

Titles and styles

Titles

Dukedoms

Arms of the Ducal House of Medinaceli

Marquisates

Countships

Viscountcies

Styles

See also

References

  1. Boletín Oficial del Estado
  2. "Fallece la duquesa de Medinaceli", elmundo.es; accessed 18 February 2015.
  3. www.casareal.es
  4. Fundación Casa Ducal de Medinaceli, retrieved 18 February 2015
  5. Heirs apparents of Grandees of Spain share their style, which is The Most Excellent. Francisco López-Nieto y Mallo, Honores y Protocolo, 2 Volumes, Consultor, 2006. ISBN 84-7052-290-6 and ISBN 978-84-7052-290-1

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Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba
House of Medinaceli
Born: 16 April 1917 Died: 18 August 2013
Spanish nobility
Preceded by
Luis Fernández de Córdoba
Duchess of Medinaceli, etc.
1956-2013
Succeeded by
Prince Marco of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Duchess of Feria; Marchioness of Villalba
1956-1969
Succeeded by
Rafael de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba
Duchess of Santisteban del Puerto
Marchioness of Solero

1956-1969
Succeeded by
Luis de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba
Duchess of Segorbe
Countess of Ampurias; Countess of Ricla
Countess of Moriana del Río

1956-1969
Succeeded by
Ignacio de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba
Marchioness of Navahermosa
Countess of Ofalia

1956-1969
Succeeded by
Ana de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba
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