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Dukes of Medina Sidonia (1445)

• Juan Alfonso de Guzman El Bueno, 1st Duke of Medina Sidonia ( 1410- 1468)
• Enrique de Guzman El Bueno, 2nd Duke of Medina Sidonia (d. 1492)
• Juan Alfonso Perez de Guzman El Bueno, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia ( 1464- 1507)
• Enrique de Guzman El Bueno, 4th Duke of Medina Sidonia (d. 1512)
• Alfonso Perez de Guzman El Bueno, 5th Duke of Medina Sidonia (d. 1549)
• Juan Alfonso Perez de Guzman El Bueno, 6th Duke of Medina Sidonia (d. 1559)
• Alonso de Guzman El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia ( 1549- 1615) Admiral of the Armada
• Juan Manuel de Guzman El Bueno, 8th Duke of Medina Sidonia ( 1579- 1636)
• Gaspare Alfonso de Guzman El Bueno, 9th Duke of Medina Sidonia (d. 1664)
• Gaspar Juan Perez de Guzman El Bueno, 10th Duke of Medina Sidonia (d. 1667)
• Juan Claros de Guzman El Bueno, 11th Duke of Medina Sidonia ( 1642Events January 4 Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. Beginning of English Civil War. March 1 Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine) becomes the first incorporated city in America May 17 S- 1713Events April 11 War of the Spanish Succession: Treaty of Utrecht June 23 French residents of Acadia given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia Canada first Orrery built by George Graham Ongoing events Great Northern War ( 1700- 1)
• Manuel de Guzman El Bueno, 12th Duke of Medina Sidonia ( 1671Events May 9 Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. He is immediately caught because he is too drunk to run with the loot. He would later be condemned to death and then mysteriously pardoned an- 1721Events Pope Innocent XIII becomes pope Johann Sebastian Bach composes the Brandenburg Concertos April 4 Robert Walpole becomes the first prime minister of Britain September 10 Treaty of Nystad is signed, bringing an end to the Great Northern War November)
• Domingo José Carlos de Guzman El Bueno, 13th Duke of Medina Sidonia (d. 1739Events March 20 Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne, including the Kohinoor September 9 Stono Rebellion erupts near Charleston September 18 Treaty of Belgrade signed October 3 Treaty of Nissa sig)
• Pedro de Alcantara Alonso Perez de Guzman El Bueno, 14th Duke of Medina Sidonia ( 1724Events January 14 King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne February 20 The premiere of Giulio Cesare an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London June 23 Treaty of Constantinople signed. Partitioned Persia between the Ottoman Empir- 1779Events The Iron Bridge is completed across the Severn river in Shropshire; the first all cast-iron bridge ever constructed. Boulton and Watt's Smethwick Engine, now the oldest working engine in the world, is brought into service. The city of Tampere is fo)
• José Alvarez de Toledo, 15th Duke of Medina Sidonia (d. 1796Events Edward Jenner develops vaccination, using cowpox to protect against smallpox February 1 The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York March 9 Widow Josephine de Beauharnais marries General Napoleon Bonaparte. March 30 Carl Gauss obtained)
• Francisco de Borja Alvarez de Toledo, 16th Duke of Medina Sidonia ( 1763- 1821)
• Pedro de Alcantara Alvarez de Toledo Palafox, 17th Duke of Medina Sidonia ( 1803- 1867)
• Joaquin Alvarez de Toledo, 18th Duke of Medina Sidonia ( 1865- 1915)
• Joaquin Alvarez de Toledo, 19th Duke of Medina Sidonia ( 1894- 1955)
• Luisa Isabel Alvarez de Toledo, 20th Duchess of Medina Sidonia (b. 1936)