Prince Marco of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 19th Duke of Medinaceli
Prince Marco of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 19th Duke of Medinaceli, GE, was a German-Spanish nobleman who was head of the ducal house of Medinaceli and a dynast of the princely house of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.Life and family
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 :es:Marquesado de Navahermosa|Marquise of Navahermosa and 10th :es:Condado de Ofalia|Countess of Ofalia, the eldest child of the Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli.
Prince Marco's mother, the previous heiress to the dukedom, predeceased her mother in 2012. He succeeded as 19th Duke when his grandmother, the 18th Duchess of Medinaceli, died in 2013. 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.
