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Pedro de Alcántara Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 14th Duke of Medina Sidonia

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Pedro de Guzmán
14th Duke of Medina Sidonia
Born
Pedro de Alcántara Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Lopez-Pacheco

(1724-08-25)25 August 1724
Died6 January 1779(1779-01-06) (aged 54)
TitleDuke of Medina Sidonia
Predecessor13th Duke of Medina Sidonia
Successor15th Duke of Medina Sidonia
SpouseMariana de Silva y Álvarez de Toledo
Parents
Seat L of the Real Academia Española
In office
31 May 1752 – 6 January 1779
Preceded byFrancisco de la Huerta y Vega
Succeeded byJosé Guevara Vasconcelos

Pedro de Alcántara Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Lopez-Pacheco, 14th Duke of Medina Sidonia (Madrid, 25 August 1724 – Vilafranca del Penedès, 6 January 1779) was a Spanish noble who became Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1739.

Biography

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His parents were Domingo José Claros Pérez de Guzmán, 13th Duke of Medina Sidonia and Josefa Fenicula López Pacheco y Moscoso-Osorio (1703-1763), daughter of the 9th Duke of Escalona.

He was married on 22 October 1743, aged 19, to Mariana de Silva y Álvarez de Toledo, whose mother was María Teresa Álvarez de Toledo Haro, and 11th Duchess of Alba de Tormes in her own right.
He became a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1753, aged 29. He was also Caballerizo mayor to King Charles III. [1]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in November 1749.[2][3]

On the death of his cousin María Ana López Pacheco, XIV Marquise of Aguilar de Campoo in 1768, he inherited all her titles. Pedro de Alcántara also died without issue, and all his titles passed to his cousin José Álvarez de Toledo.

References

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  1. ^ Real Academia de la Historia
  2. ^ "Lists of Royal Society Fellows 1660-2007". London: The Royal Society. Archived from the original on March 24, 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Pedro de Guzmán - letra L". Real Academia Española (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2023.


Spanish nobility
Preceded by Duke of Medina Sidonia
1739–1779
Succeeded by