H.E. JORGE ALBERTO VALENCIA Y GUEVARA

H.E. Don Jorge Alberto Valencia y Guevara, was born in 1981 in Colombia, is a distinguished entrepreneur with ventures across various industries, including telecommunications, oil and gas, and international consulting. He is also an international and transactional attorney and holds a degree in Law and Political Sciences, with a specialization in International Law, as well as a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami School of Law in the United States. Don Jorge currently serves as a professor of Hispanic history and is also co-founder of the Hispanic university UNIVERSIDAD REINA YSABEL LA CATOLICA, whose campusus is located in the city of Medina del Campo, in Castile and León, Spain.

A passionate historian with a particular interest in medieval and Iberian history, Don Jorge Alberto is also an active political commentator in the United States, where he has had the opportunity to defend conservative and traditional values in dozens of television appearances throughout the country. 

He is currently co-host of the radio program “Tomémonos un Café” on the Hispanic radio station “La Poderosa,” and co-host of the television format of the same program on the EVTV network, advocating for American patriotism and the Constitution of the United States from an originalist perspective. He has served both as a political consultant and as a candidate. He is a citizen of both the United States and Colombia, where he ran as a candidate for Congress in the 2022 elections.

He is a proud member of the historic House of Valencia, a Spanish noble house and cadet branch of the Royal House of Burgundy of Castile and León. His lineage traces back to Infante Juan of Castile and Aragon, known as “El de Tarifa,” son of King Alfonso X “the Wise” and Queen Violante of Aragon.

On his deathbed, King Alfonso X modified his will by means of a codicil to disinherit Infante Sancho (later King Sancho IV) and instead divided his kingdom into several realms. As a result, Infante Juan was proclaimed King John I of León, Seville, and Galicia following the death of his father, thereby making the House of Valencia not merely a noble house of royal lineage, but a royal house in its own right, since its founder reigned as King John I of León.

The dynasty also descends from the Imperial House of Hohenstaufen, emperors of the Holy Roman Empire and dukes of Swabia, a lineage visibly reflected in the coat of arms of the House of Valencia, which prominently displays two imperial Hohenstaufen eagles.

This noble ancestry is documented, and the heraldic coat of arms is actively borne today by Don Jorge Alberto and his descendants, pursuant to the formal recognition of the Chief Heraldic Arms Officer under the authority of letters patent issued in Malta in the year 2024. The coat of arms of the House of Valencia, combining symbols of Castilian royalty and the German imperial legacy, stands as a testament to this lineage, both ancient and distinguished.

After establishing itself in the Americas, the House of Valencia flourished especially in Popayán (present-day Colombia), where it produced the Counts of Casa Valencia, Grandees of Spain, and prominent figures of the republican era such as diplomats, legislators, and President Guillermo León Valencia (President of Colombia from 1962 to 1966).

In the Viceroyalty of New Granada, the family forged unions and alliances through marriages with other powerful Spanish noble houses, such as the House of Feria (Figueroa), Dukes of Feria, and the House of Alba (Álvarez de Toledo), Dukes of Alba. These ancestral connections, through the female line, descend from the distinguished conquistador and colonial governor Don Francisco de Mosquera y Figueroa.

Don Jorge Alberto Valencia y Guevara holds the hereditary title of Lord of the House of Valencia, iure sanguinis. His noble and aristocratic heritage is further reflected in his appointments and distinctions within several prestigious European and Hispanic chivalric orders.

Titles and Distinctions

• Lord of the House of Valencia, iure sanguinis. 
• Founding Knight and member of the Board and Council of Nobles of El Cuerpo de la Nobleza del Antiguo Reino de Sevilla " The Corps of Nobility of the Ancient Kingdom of Sevilla (House of Bourbon-Sevilla). 
• Knight of the Order of the Congress of Colombia (awarded by the Congress of the Republic of Colombia in 2021). 
• Knight of the Royal Order of Saint Michael of the Wing (Royal House of Portugal), conferred by His Royal Highness Dom Duarte Pio de Braganza, Duke of Braganza, in 2022. 
• Knight Maestrante of the Maestranza de Caballería de Castilla, awarded in 2024. 
• Knight, Cross of Justice, and Commander of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem (Commander of the Southeastern Commandery, under the Grand Priory of the Americas) (Military and Hospitaller Order under the Royal Protection and Grand Magistery of the House of Bourbon-Seville). 

Don Jorge Alberto is also the founder of the Hispano-American Academy of History, Genealogy, and Heraldry, an academic institution dedicated to the research, preservation, and dissemination of the Hispanic legacy in the Americas through historical, genealogical, and heraldic study.

Through his professional achievements, academic commitment, and chivalric service, Don Jorge Alberto Valencia y Guevara represents an exemplary tradition of leadership, nobility, and devotion both to history and to progress.