Don

Don (honorific)

Don, from Latin dominus, is an honorific in Spanish , Portuguese , and Italian . The female equivalent is Doña , Dona , and Donna , abbreviated "Dª" or simply "D."-Usage:...

 Leoncio Alonso González de Gregorio y Álvarez de Toledo, 22nd Duke of Medina Sidonia, Grandee of Spain (b. 3 January 1956) is a Spanish

Spain

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 aristocrat

Aristocracy

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 and historian

Historian

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. Born in Madrid

Madrid

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, 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

Diplomatic School of Spain

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 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

Family

Medina Sidonia married firstly his distant cousin María Montserrat Viñamata y Martorell, younger daughter of Luis Viñamata y Emmanueli and María de la Concepción Martorell, 23rd 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 (b. 31 December 1983)
• Doña María de la Soledad González de Gregorio y Viñamata (b. 6 September 1989)

The Duke married secondly Pamela García Damián, of Venezuelan

Venezuelan people

Venezuelan people are from a multiethnic nation in South America called Venezuela. Venezuelans are predominantly Roman Catholic and speak Spanish, and a majority of them are the result of a mixture of Europeans, Africans, and Amerindians.-Demography:...

 origin, daughter of Armando García Liceaga y Pérez de Viñaspre and María Pilar Damián Gracia, in 2001.

Ancestry

Titles

• 22nd Duke of Medina Sidonia, Grandee of Spain
• 18th Marquis of Villafranca del Bierzo, Grandee of Spain
• 17th Marquis of los Vélez, Grandee of Spain
• 26th Count of Niebla

Styles

• The Most Excellent
  The Most Excellent
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  The Count of Niebla (1956–2008)
• The Most Excellent The Duke of Medina Sidonia (2008-)