Francisco de Borja Álvarez de Toledo, 16th Duke of Medina Sidonia

Francisco de Borja Álvarez de Toledo y Gonzaga, 16th Duke of Medina Sidonia (1763–1821) inherited the title of Duke of Medina Sidonia from his elder brother José María Álvarez de Toledo, 15th Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1796.

He was married in Madrid, on 28 January 1798, to María Tomasa Palafox y Portocarrero (1780–1835), the daughter of Felipe Antonio de Palafox Croy, 6th Marquis of Ariza, and Maria Francisca de Sales de Guzmán, Grandee of Spain and Condesa de Montijo, (1763–1821). They had six children, two girls and four boys, the eldest boy, Francisco, dying aged 16.

Ancestry

Spanish nobility
Preceded by
José María Álvarez de Toledo
Duke of Medina Sidonia
1796–1821
Succeeded by
Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo