Marco de Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Prince Marco de 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 Spanish nobleman who was head of the ducal house of Medinaceli and a dynast of the princely house of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.[1]

Prince Marco of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Grandee of Spain
Duke of Medinaceli
Reign18 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 (agnatic)
Medinaceli (cognatic)
FatherPrince Max of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
MotherAna Luisa de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Life and family
Ducal arms of Medinaceli

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), who was the eldest child of Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (1917–2013).

Prince Marco's mother, the previous heiress to the dukedom of Medinaceli, predeceased her mother in 2012. He succeeded as 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.[5][6]

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. Catalá, Rafael (8 May 2017). "Documento BOE-A-2017-5668" (in Spanish). Madrid: Boletín Oficial del Estado. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  5. The Heirs of Europe: Medinaceli
  6. El duque de Medinaceli, sangre alemana para el título más español
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