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The Duke of Medina Sidonia in a conference at IE University, 2015
Personal details
Born	Leoncio Alonso González de Gregorio y Álvarez de Toledo (1956-01-03) 3 January 1956 (age 68) Madrid, Spain
Spouses	María Montserrat Viñamata y Martorell ​ ​(m. 1983; div. 1998)​ Pamela García Damián ​ ​(m. 2001)​
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.

Ancestry

Titles and styles

Titles

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

Styles

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

References

1. Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 183, p. 32845, 30 July 2008. (in Spanish)
2. Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 132, p. 47106, 31 May 2010. (in Spanish)
3. Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 132, p. 47104, 31 May 2010. (in Spanish)
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. ISBN 84-7052-290-6 and ISBN 978-84-7052-290-1

Sources

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

• 1956 births
• Dukes of Medina Sidonia
• Marquesses of Spain
• Counts of Spain
• Living people
• Grandees of Spain