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| Marcos de Hohenlohe-Langenburg, one of the heirs |
TARIFA (Cádiz) -- Following the death on August 18 of the Duchess of Medinaceli, Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba y Fernández de Henestrosa, Grandee of Spain and Duchess of Tarifa (plus a host of other titles), there is now a vacancy at the head of the Duchy, according to the official State Bulletin (Boletín Oficial del Estado, better known as BOE). The title, which was created in 1882 by King Alfonso XII, has been requested, as required by constitutional law, by her grandsons, Pablo and Marco de Hohenlohe y Medina. The official announcement gives thirty days for them, and anyone else, to apply for the title and show why it should be granted to one or the other. Doña Victoria Eugenia (named after her godmother Queen Victoria Eugenia, wife of King Alfonso XIII, who was her godfather) at various times inherited 9 titles of Duchess, she was 19 times a Marquise, 19 times a Countess and 4 times a Viscountess, all in her own right as women can, and do, inherit titles directly. She was also 14 times a Grandee of Spain, thanks to many of her titles.
