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Born
16 April 1917 Medinaceli Palace, Madrid, Spain
Died
18 August 2013 (aged 96) Pilatos Palace, Seville, Spain
Duchess of Medinaceli (Reign)
13 July 1956 – 18 August 2013
Buried
Tavera Hospital, Toledo, Spain
Mother
Ana María Fernández de Henestrosa y Gayoso de los Cobos
Doña Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba y Fernández de Henestrosa[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.
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.
In 1980, the Duchess inaugurated the Ducal House of Medinaceli Foundation, tasked with overseeing her main residence, the Casa de Pilatos in Sevilla, alongside the Hospital de San Juan Bautista in Toledo and the Palacio de Oca in Galicia.
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:
Prince Marco of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 8 March 1962 - d. 19 August 2016), married at Ronda, on 1 June 1996, Sandra Schmidt-Polex, daughter of Hans Carl Schmidt-Polex, and Karin Goepfer, having issue.
Prince Pablo of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 5 March 1963), married at Tavera Monastery, Toledo on 6 June 2002, María del Prado y Muguiro, daughter of Juan Carlos del Prado, 11th Marquis of Caicedo, and Teresa de Muguiro y Pidal, having issue.
Princess Flavia of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 9 March 1964), married at Seville, on 10 November 1990, her second cousin José Luis de Vilallonga y Sanz, having issue.
Don Luis de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba, 9th Duke of Santisteban del Puerto, Grandee of Spain (b. 4 June 1941 - d. 9 Feb 2011), who married at Seville, on 1 December 1985, Mercedes Conradi y Ramírez. Daughters:
Doña Victoria Francisca de Medina y Conradi y Ramírez (b. 4 October 1986), married at Sevilla in 2014, Miguel José Coca y Barrionuevo.
Doña Casilda de Medina y Conradi y Ramírez (b. 16 May 1989).
Don Rafael de Medina, 20th Duke of Feria, Grandee of Spain (b. 25 September 1978).
Don Luis de Medina y Abascal (b. 31 August 1980).
Don Ignacio de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba, 19th Duke of Segorbe, Grandee of Spain (b. 23 February 1947), married at Seville, on 24 October 1985, Princess Maria da Glória of Orléans-Braganza, daughter of Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza and wife Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Daughters:
Doña Sol María de la Blanca de Medina y Orléans-Braganza, 54th Countess of Ampurias (b. 8 August 1986).
Doña Ana Luna de Medina y Orléans-Braganza, 17th Countess of Ricla (b. 4 May 1988).
