Miguel Dongil y Sánchez

His Excellency Miguel Dongil y Sánchez
Dongil y Sánchez in 2016.
Communications Advisor to the Afro-Bolivian Royal House
Incumbent
Assumed office 2012
Monarch	Julio I
Grand Chancellor of Europe of the Royal Order of Merit of Prince Uchicho
Incumbent
Assumed office 2013
Monarch	Julio I
Personal details
Born	1987 Gijón, Principality of Asturias, Spain
Education	University of Oviedo University of A Coruña
Occupation	historian
Website	migueldongil.com

Miguel Dongil y Sánchez, Duke of Dongil (born 1987) is a Spanish historian and academic. He was appointed by King Julio I of the Afro-Bolivians to serve as the Communications Advisor for the Afro-Bolivian monarchy and as Grand Chancellor of Europe of the Royal Order of Merit of Prince Uchicho. He was ennobled by Julio I, becoming the Duke of Dongil.

Early life and education

Dongil y Sánchez was born in 1987 in Gijón, Principality of Asturias.^[1]

He graduated in 2010 from the University of Oviedo with a degree in history.^[1] He completed postgraduate studies at the University of Oviedo, the National University of Distance Education, and at the Pontifical University of Saint Anthony.^[1] He received a doctorate in history from the University of A Coruña in 2017.^[1][2]

In November 2023, he led an educational conference in Asturias titled From Asturias to the Dominican Republic.^[3]

Career

Dongil y Sánchez served on the research staff at the University of Oviedo from 2011 to 2015 as a history professor.^[1] From 2014 to 2018, he was a researcher and professor at the Pontifical University of Salamanca.^[1]

In 2018, he was employed by the Universidad Católica de Santo Domingo as a Christian historian.^[4][5] In 2019, he was hired by the federal government of the Dominican Republic as an international consultant in higher education.^[6] He serves as the vice president of the Dominican Academy of Genealogy and Heraldry.^[7]

Afro-Bolivian monarchy

He was appointed by Julio I, the King of the Afro-Bolivians, to serve as the monarchy's communications advisor in 2012.^[8] He was named a Knight of the Grand Collar of the Royal Order of Merit of Prince Uchicho and was appointed to serve as the order's Grand Chancellor of Europe in 2013.^[8][1] Dongil y Sánchez was ennobled by Julio I as the Duke of Dongil.^[8]

Honours

Religious

• Brother of Honor of the Holy Brotherhood of the Death and Resurrection of The Lord
• Honorary Knight of the Secular Franciscan Order

Dynastic

• Grand Chancellor of Europe and Knight of the Grand Collar of the Royal Order of Merit of Prince Uchicho
• King Don Pelayo Medal of the Corps of Nobility of the Principality of Asturias
• Member of the Unione della Nobiltá d'Italia

References

1. "Biografía". Miguel Dongil. 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
2. "SEMANA DE LA INVESTIGACIÓN E INNOVACION CIENTÍFICA (2021)" (PDF). repositorio.unphu.edu.do.
3. Bautista, Jayser (November 3, 2023). "Miguel Dongil presentó la relación del principado de Asturias con la República Dominicana en el prestigioso ateneo Jovellanos de Gijón (en España)".
4. "The Relationship of the Court of Pravia With a Supposed Kingdom of Gijón by Miguel Dongil y Sánchez :: SSRN". SSRN 4542957.
5. "A Pravian Dominican Friar in America, in the Sixteenth Century by Miguel Dongil y Sánchez :: SSRN". SSRN 4542932.
6. "Miguel DONGIL Y SÁNCHEZ | Profesor e Investigador | Doctor of History | Universidad Católica Santo Domingo | Dirección de Posgrado | Research profile".
7. "Noticias de Miguel Dongil y Sánchez". Acento.
8. "Real Orden del Mérito". Afro-Bolivian Royal House. Retrieved 6 October 2024.