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The Duchess of Alba, 1926-2014
« on: December 07, 2014, 01:36:21 AM »
6 December 2014

Been and Gone: An eccentric duchess and a clown fanatic

By Nick Serpell
Obituary Editor, BBC News


The Duchess of Alba
March 28, 1926 - November 20, 2014,

The Duchess of Alba was probably the most eccentric figure in modern European aristocracy. She held more than 50 titles, including being a duchess seven times over, and it was claimed she could travel the length of Spain and always be on her own property. A noted beauty in her youth, her private life in turn fascinated and shocked Spanish society. On the death of her first husband, she married an unfrocked priest and, when he died, she set up with a civil servant, 24 years her junior. In later life it was widely suggested she had gone under the plastic surgeon's knife. But she denied ever having any treatment. Among the privileges that went with her rank were not having to kneel before the Pope, and the right to ride a horse into the cathedral in Seville.

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Re: The Duchess of Alba, 1926-2014
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2014, 01:40:04 AM »
The Duchess of Alba, earlier:






Throughout the years:


1965



full name: María del Rosario Cayetana Paloma Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Fernanda Teresa Francisca de Paula Lourdes Antonia Josefa Fausta Rita Castor Dorotea Santa Esperanza Fitz-James Stuart, Silva, Falcó y Gurtubay

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Re: The Duchess of Alba, 1926-2014
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2014, 01:49:19 AM »
María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva, 18th Duchess of Alba de Tormes and a Grandee of Spain (28 March 1926 – 20 November 2014), was head of the House of Alba and the third lady to hold the title in her own right.

Born at Liria Palace on 28 March 1926, she was the only child of the 17th Duke of Alba (a prominent Spanish politician and diplomat during the 1930s and 1940s) by his wife, María del Rosario de Silva y Gurtubay, 9th Marchioness of San Vicente del Barco. Her godmother was the Queen Consort of Spain, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, wife of Alfonso XIII de Borbón, King of Spain. (wikipedia)

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Re: The Duchess of Alba, 1926-2014
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2014, 01:49:51 AM »
As head of the dynasty, she was styled by her most senior title of Duchess of Alba, whilst holding over 40 other hereditary titles. According to Guinness World Records, she was the most titled aristocrat in the world.

Via her descent from James FitzJames by primogeniture, she was also the heir general and senior claimant to the English dukedom of Berwick. The Duchess was King James II of England's senior direct descendant, through his illegitimate son James, whom he created 1st Duke of Berwick, and his mistress Arabella Churchill. (wikipedia)

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Re: The Duchess of Alba, 1926-2014
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2014, 01:56:14 AM »
On 12 October 1947, the Duchess married Don Luis Martínez de Irujo y Artázcoz (1919–1972), son of the Duke of Sotomayor.[3] The wedding in Spain, just after the Second World War, is considered to be one of the last great weddings of European nobility and attracted the attention of the international media. The New York Times called it "the most expensive wedding of the world." (wikipedia)


1947-Wedding of the Duchess of Montoro and Don Luis Martínez de Irujo y Artazcoz

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« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2014, 02:07:37 AM »
After becoming a widow, the Duchess remarried on 16 March 1978 to Jesús Aguirre y Ortiz de Zárate (1934–2001), a Doctor of Theology and a former Jesuit priest. The wedding caused shock; Aguirre was illegitimate, which was scandalous in 1970s Spain. Eight years younger than the Duchess, he maintained a good relationship with her children. During their marriage he administered, with his stepson Carlos, the Alba estates. Aguirre died in 2001. (wikipedia)


The second wedding in 1978. The groom was Jesus Aguirre y Ortiz de Zarate Photo: HOLA! magazine.

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Re: The Duchess of Alba, 1926-2014
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2014, 02:26:48 AM »
Details emerged in 2008 regarding the Duchess’s intention to marry Alfonso Díez Carabantes, a civil servant who also runs a public relations business, 24 years her junior. It was reported that there were objections from her children and from King Juan Carlos, and the House of Alba that year issued a statement saying that the relationship "was based on a long friendship and there are no plans to marry". (wikipedia)


Alfonso Díez Carabantes

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« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2014, 02:27:40 AM »
The duchess decided to proceed with the marriage, overcoming her children’s opposition by giving them their inheritance in advance. The duchess’s fortune included ancient palaces throughout Spain, paintings by old and modern masters (from Fra Angelico, Titian and Goya to Renoir and Marc Chagall), a first-edition copy of Cervantes’s Don Quixote, letters written by Christopher Columbus, and huge tracts of land; her wealth was estimated at between €600 million and €3.5 billion.


2011 wedding of the Duchess of Alba and Alfonso Díez Carabantes

Díez formally renounced any claim to her wealth. They married on 5 October 2011 at the Palacio de las Dueñas in Seville. The Duchess, whose passions included flamenco, performed a quick few steps of the dance in front of the crowds that had gathered outside the palace on the day of the wedding. (wikipedia)

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Re: The Duchess of Alba, 1926-2014
« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2014, 02:50:01 AM »
the 13th Duchess of Alba as painted by Francisco Goya:


Mourning Portrait of the Duchess of Alba (1797)
Alternately known as The Black Duchess
Francisco Goya

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Re: The Duchess of Alba, 1926-2014
« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2014, 02:51:18 AM »

The Duchess and la Beata (1795)
Francisco Goya

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Re: The Duchess of Alba, 1926-2014
« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2014, 02:52:05 AM »

The White Duchess, 1795
Francisco de Goya



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Re: The Duchess of Alba, 1926-2014
« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2014, 02:57:37 AM »

the 13th Duchess of Alba and the 18th Duchess of Alba

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