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    Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y de Zúñiga-Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, GE (10 September 1550 – 26 July 1615), was a Spanish aristocrat who was most...
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    Duke of Medina Sidonia (Spanish: Duque de Medina Sidonia) is a peerage grandee title of Spain in Medina-Sidonia, holding the oldest extant dukedom in...
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  • Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y de Guzmán-Zúñiga, 6th Duke of Medina Sidonia (24 March 1502 – 26 November 1558) was the son of Juan Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán,...
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    Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, while her paternal great-grandmother was Ana de Mendoza y de Silva, Princess of Éboli. Through...
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    of Cádiz. Philip sent the Spanish Armada to attack England. Numbering 130 ships and 30,000 men, it was led by Alonso de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of...
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    After the death of Don Alonso de Bazán, Marquess of Santa Cruz, the King appointed Alonso de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia to replace the...
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    65 sq mi), of which 135 km2 (52.12 sq mi) are a protected area. It is named after Doña Ana de Silva y Mendoza, [es] wife of the 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia. The...
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    the city of Sanlúcar de Barrameda where he entered the service of Alonso Pérez de Guzmán and de Zúñiga Sotomayor, the 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia. Together...
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    foreshadowing of disaster to come during the summer as a storm scatters part of the fleet, postponing the invasion. Alonso de Guzmán y Sotomayor, Duke of Medina Sidonia...
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    de Amigos del País de Madrid as well as the first president of the royal Junta de Damas de Honor y Mérito. She married Pedro Téllez-Girón, 9th Duke of...
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