Leoncio Alonso González de Gregorio, 22nd Duke of Medina Sidonia explained

Honorific-Prefix:	The Most Excellent
The Duke of Medina Sidonia
Honorific-Suffix:	GE
Birth Name:	Leoncio Alonso González de Gregorio y Álvarez de Toledo
Birth Date:	3 January 1956
Birth Place:	Madrid, Spain
Spouse:
Children:	Alonso Enrique González de Gregorio y Viñamata María de la Soledad González de Gregorio y Viñamata
Parents:	Leoncio González de Gregorio y Martí Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia
Alma Mater:	Colegio del Pilar
Profession:	History professor

Leoncio Alonso González de Gregorio y Álvarez de 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 Leoncio González de Gregorio y Martí and his wife Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia. The Duke is Professor of History at the University of Castile-La Mancha and of the Diplomatic School of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

Family

González de Gregorio married firstly his distant cousin María Montserrat Viñamata y Martorell, younger daughter of Luis Viñamata y Emmanueli and The Countess of Alba de Liste, on 12 December 1983, and divorced in 1998. They had two children:

• Don Alonso Enrique González de Gregorio y Viñamata, 14th Duke of Fernandina (b. 1983)
• Doña María de la Soledad González de Gregorio y Viñamata (b. 1989), who married in September 2017 Jérémy Bégard.

The Duke married secondly Pamela García Damián, of Venezuelan origin, daughter of Armando García Liceaga y Pérez de Viñaspre and María Pilar Damián Gracia, in 2001.

Titles and styles

Titles

• 22nd Duke of Medina Sidonia, Grandee of Spain^[1]
• 18th Marquess of Villafranca del Bierzo, Grandee of Spain^[2]
• 17th Marquess of los Vélez, Grandee of Spain^[3]
• 26th Count of Niebla

Styles

• The Most Excellent The Count of Niebla (1956–2008)^[4]
• The Most Excellent The Duke of Medina Sidonia (2008–)

References

Sources

• www.geneall.net
• Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles, Hidalguía Editions, 2008

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Notes and References

1. Boletín Oficial del Estado

   no. 183, p. 32845, 30 July 2008.

2. Boletín Oficial del Estado

   no. 132, p. 47106, 31 May 2010.

3. Boletín Oficial del Estado

   no. 132, p. 47104, 31 May 2010.

4. Although with the Countship of Niebla not a Grandeeship of Spain is attached, the Duke was styled already as The Most Excellent, since he was heir apparent to a Grandee, who are styled similar as their parents (while younger children are styled The Most Illustrious). Francisco López-Nieto y Mallo, Honores y Protocolo, 2 Volumes, Consultor, 2006. and