Prince Marco of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 19th Duke of Medinaceli

Prince Marco of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 19th Duke of Medinaceli, GE (German: Marco Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg; Spanish: Marco de Hohenlohe-Langenburg y Medina; 8 March 1962 – 19 August 2016), was a German-Spanish nobleman who was head of the ducal house of Medinaceli and a dynast of the princely house of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.[1]

Prince Marco
Grandee of Spain
Duke of Medinaceli
Tenure18 August 2013 – 18 August 2016
PredecessorVictoria Fernández de Córdoba
SuccessorPrincess Victoria of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Born(1962-03-08)8 March 1962
Madrid, Francoist Spain
Died19 August 2016(2016-08-19) (aged 54)
Seville, Spain
Burial
Cemetery of Saint Barnabas,
Marbella, Spain
Spouse
Sandra Schmidt-Polex
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(
m. 1996; div. 2004)
IssuePrincess Victoria Elisabeth
Prince Alexander Gonzalo
HouseHohenlohe-Langenburg
Medinaceli (cognatic)
FatherPrince Max of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
MotherAna Luisa de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Life and family

Prince Marco was born in Madrid, Spain, on 8 March 1962. He was the eldest son of Prince Max of Hohenlohe-Langenburg by his then wife Ana Luisa de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba, 12th Marquise of Navahermosa and 10th Countess of Ofalia (1940−2012), the eldest child of the Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli.

Prince Marco's mother, the previous heiress to the dukedom, predeceased her mother in 2012. He succeeded as 19th Duke when his grandmother, the 18th Duchess of Medinaceli, died in 2013.[2][3] He preserved his family's cultural heritage as Director of the Fundación Medinaceli.

In 1996, he married a German citizen, Sandra Schmidt-Polex, by whom he had two children:

They divorced in 2004.[4][5]

Coat of arms of Prince Marco as Duke of Medinaceli
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See also

References
  1. Fundación Medinaceli
  2. BOE: solicitud de sucesión en el título de Duque de Medinaceli, con Grandeza de España
  3. Boletín Oficial del Estado
  4. The Heirs of Europe: Medinaceli
  5. El duque de Medinaceli, sangre alemana para el título más español
Spanish nobility
Preceded by
Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba		 Duke of Medinaceli
2013–2016		 Succeeded by
Princess Victoria of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
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