María del Pilar González de Gregorio y Álvarez de Toledo (born 10 January 1957), also known as Pilar Medina Sidonia, is a Spanish noblewoman, writer and socialite, who had been the former
15th Duchess of Fernandina between 1993 and 2012, until her title was revoked as a result of a legal battle with her nephew. Born in
Madrid
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, she is the daughter of Leoncio González de Gregorio y Martí and his wife
. Her main seat of residence is at González de Gregorio Palace, in
Quintana Redonda,
Soria
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. Pilar is a writer, and is the author of many articles and a novel, titled ''Nápoles 23''. Since 2011, Pilar has served as chairman of
Christie's
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Spain.
Family
She married, firstly, her second cousin,
Rafael Márquez, 9th Count of las Torres de Alcorrín, second son of General José Joaquín Márquez y Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Duke of Santa Cristina, and María del Rosario Osorio y Díez de Rivera, 8th Countess of las Torres de Alcorrín, of the
Ducal House of Alburquerque, on 16 September 1977, and divorced in 1981. She has one child from this marriage:
* ''Don'' José Márquez y González de Gregorio (b. 12 July 1978), who married at the
Church of Santa Barbara, Madrid
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on 30 April 2010, Countess Edina Melanie Marie
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* Mihály Zichy (1827–1906), Hungarian painter and graphic artist
* Maria Anna Stubenberg Zichy (1821-1912), composer
* Eleonóra Zichy (1867–1945), Hungarian noblewoman
* Géza Zichy ( ...
, granddaughter of amateur tennis player Count
Imre Zichy
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.
She married, secondly, Tomás María Terry y Merello, second son of Fernando Carlos Terry y del Cuvillo, a sherry producer from
El Puerto de Santa María
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descent, relative of the Cuban magnate
Tomás Terry y Adán and of
Blessed William Tirry, and had a second son:
*''Don'' Tomás Terry y González de Gregorio (b. 6 August 1991).
Ancestry
Titles, styles and honours
Titles and styles
The
Dukedom of Fernandina was rehabilitated by
King Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I (;,
* ca, Joan Carles I,
* gl, Xoán Carlos I, Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 Novem ...
in 1993, by which it was agreed on that Pilar would receive the title. Her elder brother,
, and his eldest son, Don Alonso Enrique González de Gregorio y Viñamata, won a legal battle in order to strip her of her ducal title. The rehabilitation of the title was formally revoked in 2012.
*10 January 1957 – 16 September 1977: ''The Most Illustrious'' Doña Pilar González de Gregorio y Álvarez de Toledo
*16 September 1977 – 1981: ''
The Most Excellent
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'' The Countess of las Torres de Alcorrín
*1981 – 1 February 1993: ''The Most Illustrious'' Doña Pilar González de Gregorio y Álvarez de Toledo
*1 February 1993 – 15 June 2012: ''The Most Excellent'' The Duchess of Fernandina
*15 June 2012 – present: ''The Most Illustrious'' Doña Pilar González de Gregorio y Álvarez de Toledo
Honours
*Dame 3rd Class of the
Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity
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(Italy, 26 July 2004)
*Dame of the
Real Maestranza de Zaragoza (Spain)
Real Maestranza de Caballería de Zaragoza
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Notes
References
www.geneall.net
*Arias, María
at ttp://mariaariaspromos2001.blogspot.com/ Promociones literarios de María Arias 27 May 2002.
*Beltrán, J
Interview to the Duchess of Fernandina
a
La Razón
26 March 2010.
*Torrijos, Paloma
a
Blog de Paloma Torrijos
23 September 2009.
Boda de José Márquez y González de Gregorio y Edina Zichy Sánchez-Arjona
a
Hola.com
1 May 2010.
*''Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles'', Hidalguía Editions, 2008
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1957 births
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House of Medina Sidonia
Living people
Grandees of Spain
Spanish socialites