Prince Marco | |
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Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 19th Duke of Medinaceli |
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Duke of Medinaceli | |
Tenure | 18 August 2013 – 18 August 2016 |
Predecessor | Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli |
Successor | Princess Victoria Elisabeth |
Born |
Madrid, Francoist Spain |
8 March 1962
Died | 19 August 2016 Seville, Spain |
(aged 54)
Burial | Cemetery of Saint Barnabas, Marbella, Spain |
Spouse | Sandra Schmidt-Polex (m. 1996; div. 2004) |
Issue |
Princess Victoria Elisabeth, 20th Duchess of Medinaceli Prince Alexander Gonzalo |
House |
Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Princely); Medinaceli (Ducal) |
Father | Prince Max of Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
Mother | Ana Luisa de Medina, |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Marco de Hohenlohe-Langenburg y Medina, 19th Duke of Medinaceli, Grandee of Spain (German: Marco Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg; 8 March 1962 – 19 August 2016), was a Spanish nobleman and head of the noble house of Medinaceli.
Prince Marco was born in Madrid, Spain, on 8 March 1962, the eldest son of Prince Max of Hohenlohe-Langenburg by his then wife , eldest daughter of Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess de Medinaceli.
His mother, the previous heiress to the dukedom, predeceased her mother, in 2012. He succeeded as 19th Duke when his grandmother, the 18th Duchess de Medinaceli, died in 2013.
The Duke preserves his family's cultural heritage as Director of the . He was married to a German citizen, Sandra Schmidt-Polex in 1996, by whom he has two children, Victoria Elisabeth (Málaga, 17 March 1997) and Alexander Gonzalo (Málaga, 9 March 1999); they divorced in 2004.