Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli
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| Duchess of Medinaceli | |
| Tenure | 13 July 1956 – 18 August 2013 |
| Predecessor | Luis Fernández de Córdoba, 17th Duke of Medinaceli |
| Successor | Prince Marco of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 19th Duke of Medinaceli |
| Spouse(s) | Rafael de Medina y Vilallonga (m. 1938; dec. 1992) |
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Issue
Ana Luisa de Medina, 13th Marquise of Navahermosa
Luis de Medina, 9th Duke of Santisteban del Puerto Rafael de Medina, 19th Duke of Feria Ignacio de Medina, 19th Duke of Segorbe |
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Full name
María Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, Fernández de Henestrosa, Salabert y Gayoso de los Cobos
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House of Medinaceli House of Cordoba |
| Father | Luis Fernández de Córdoba, 17th Duke of Medinaceli |
| Mother | Ana María Fernández de Henestrosa y Gayoso de los Cobos |
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16 April 1917 Medinaceli Palace, Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 18 August 2013 (aged 96) Pilatos Palace, Seville, Spain |
| Buried | Tavera Hospital, Toledo, Spain |
Doña Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba y Fernández de Henestrosa pronounced: [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.
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 established the Ducal House of Medinaceli Foundation which manages the Casa de Pilatos in Sevilla, her principal residence, as well as the Hospital de San Juan Bautista in Toledo and the Palacio de Oca in Galicia.
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:
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