Spanish and international high society has gathered in Seville to attend the wedding of Sol de Medina Orleans-Bragança, Countess of Ampurias, and Pedro Domínguez-Manjón Toro.
The bride is the eldest daughter of Ignacio de Medina and Fernández de Córdoba and María de Gloria de Orleans-Bragança y Borbón, the Dukes of Segorbe, and the groom is the son of Pedro Domínguez-Manjón Rodríguez-Pascual and Magdalena Toro Delgado.
The wedding was celebrated at one in the afternoon in the church of San Esteban, in Seville, the temple next to Casa de Pilatos that is so closely related to the Casa de Medinaceli.
Five minutes before the scheduled time, the groom arrived by car, along with his mother and godmother, Magdalena Toro Delgado, dressed by Manuel Obando and wearing the classic black mantilla. And just ten minutes later, the bride did the same, along with her father and godfather, Ignacio de Medina and Fernández de Córdoba, Duke of Segorbe.
The bride's 'walk' to the church was short, since she dressed in the brotherhood house of San Esteban, in the nearby Medinaceli street, where in its day there was a private passageway that linked the temple with the Palace, according to explained to LOC the architect Rafael Manzano.
The best-kept secret of every wedding was revealed: the bride's dress, made of organza and natural silk chiffon, in champagne color, with an embroidered sun in the center, alluding to her name, "and that she liked it a lot", as well as a "very nice" court cloak belonging to the royal families of Bragança and Borbón, made by the Sevillian Victorio
The designers, who often dress Sol, have made two other dresses for the bride to change her outfit during the celebration, in addition to the one that Sol wore the night before the wedding at the pre-wedding party for her guests, held at the house of the groom's family, in Callejón Dos Hermanas, in the Barrio de Santa Cruz.
The ceremony, officiated by the Auxiliary Bishop of Seville, Teodoro León Muñoz, included music by Mozart, Bach and Schubert, among others, as well as the participation of soprano Mariola Cantarero, the string quintet Tótem Ensemble, the Choir of Los Palacios and solo trumpeter José Fuerte. Additionally, prayers have been delivered in Spanish, French and Italian.
Almost an hour before the scheduled time, the guests began to arrive around the church. Lots of color in the 'looks' chosen by the ladies, some even in 'vitamin' tones and a wide variety of styles, while the gentlemen wore morning suits. At the entrance to the temple, some baskets with fans with the initials of the spouses intertwined awaited them, to alleviate the effects of the temperatures and the radiant sun that illuminated Seville.
One of the most anticipated and the one that aroused the most expectation was Isabel Preysler, who arrived at the venue just at the time of the wedding accompanied by the couple formed by Juan Arena (former president of Bankinter) and his wife Bárbara Pan de Soraluce. Isabel chose a nude pink dress from The 2nd Skin Co., accompanied by a Mimoki headpiece, a tonal Reliquiae bag and Jimmy Choo heels, complete with a matching pearl choker. with the earrings.
Isabel did not hesitate to greet the lieutenant of the older brother of the Real Maestranza de Caballería, Santiago de León y Domecq, and his wife, Rocío Morenés y Solís-Beaumont, as well as other guests and friends.
After the ceremony, the bride and groom, godparents, parents and Sol's sister entered Casa Pilatos through a back alley, to receive their guests from inside the palace. It was there where the wedding banquet and subsequent celebration would take place.
The main patio, with marble bases, and flower centers on ceramic vases from Triana; the palace gardens, with flower beds full of flowers.
Alfardos has been the company in charge of serving lunch. It began with haute cuisine appetizers and with a Gastro Jamón de Bellota 100% Ibérico Cinco Jotas de Sánchez Romero Carvajal space.
To follow, scallop and prawn tartare with thin slices of avocado and citrus vinaigrette, washed down with Atlantis D.O. white wine. Rias Baixas. As a second course, beef tenderloin with foie, truffle and boletus and egg yolk cake, washed down with Ramón Bilbao D.O. red wine. Rioja.
And for desserts, caramelized brioche French toast with Sevillian cream ice cream, oven-toasted Arab tart filled with special pastry cream and caramelized almonds, along with coffee and herbal teas.
The ladies belonging to the families of the bride and groom stood out for their elegance, including the groom's sister, Magdalena Domínguez-Manjón Toro, and the bridesmaids, Cecilia and Allegra Hohenlohe, cousins of the bride, both dressed in Dior.
Also several guests, such as the interior designer Mercedes Valdenebro; the painter Cristina Ybarra (dressed by the Delacova firm); Margarita Maldonado Borbón-Dos Sicilias, in pink, accompanied by her nephew, the Count of Zamoyski, the designer Manuel Obando and Carmiña de Leyva; Cristina Moreno de la Cova Ybarra (creator of the Delacova firm), together with her husband Álvaro de Salinas; Princess Beatriz de Orleans or the Marquise de las Torres de la Pressa, Beatriz Valdenebro, among others. Among the gentlemen, we must highlight José Luis Medina del Corral and José Víctor Rodríguez Caro, Victorio
Among the rest of the guests were also the right-handed Curro Romero with his wife, Carmen Tello, as well as the widower of the Duchess of Alba, Alfonso Díez, who was chatting with the Countess of Carvajal and the Countess of El Abra. There were also other great friends of his, such as the surgeon Francisco Trujillo and his wife, Mara Pérez Moya, or the journalist and writer Antonio Burgos with his wife, Isabel Herce.
The list was almost endless, and the church packed. Beatriz de Orleans together with her children Adelaida -with her husband, Pierre Louis Dailly- and Francisco -with her wife, Theresa von Einsiedel-; Inés de Comminges with her husband, François du Chastel (founder of the Chatelles moccasin brand); Albert Boadella with his wife, Dolors Caminal; the former mayor of Seville Alejandro Rojas-Marcos; Tomás Terry with his son Tomás Terry González de Gregorio; Hubertus of Hohenlohe; Cósima Ramírez, dressed by her mother's own firm, Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada; the president of Konecta, José María Pacheco Guardiola with his wife, Anuca Aísa; Myriam García-Corona de Vallés and Rafael Carvajal Murube, or Juan Gil (member of the Casa de Medinaceli Foundation) with his wife, Consuelo Varela, among many others.
Both Sol and her sister Luna are the granddaughters of the Duchess of Medinaceli, who died in Seville in 2013. Sol de Medina Orleans-Bragança is Countess of Ampurias, eldest daughter of the Duke of Segorbe and María Gloria de Orleans-Bragança - imperial princess of Brazil and cousin of H.M. King Juan Carlos I-. Sol was born in New York in 1988. She is an illustrator and a fan of the world of art, since her family has a large and outstanding collection.
Ignacio de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba, father of Sol y Luna, married María Gloria in 1985 for a second marriage, after a first marriage to Mercedes Maier Allende from which there were no descendants. Also for the mother of the bride it was her second marriage, since she was previously married to Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, current head of the Royal House of Serbia, a marriage from which three children were born, Pedro, Felipe and Alejandro.
For his part, the boyfriend, Pedro Domínguez-Manjón Toro, is an industrial engineer specializing in big data and artificial intelligence. He comes from two prominent families of Seville's high society. His grandfather was a General of the Cavalry and a master of the Royal Cavalry Maestranza of Seville, while his grandmother was a Dame of the Royal Corps of the Nobility of Madrid.
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