A very important lizard participates in late 18th Duchess Cayetana
of Alba obituary rituals from a very central place on the coat of arms .
Some historic, truthful, logical explanation most surely is definitely reported in some chronicles somewhere. m.l.p.
Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba
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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Fitz-James Stuart and the second or maternal family name is de Silva.
| Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart | |
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| Duchess of Alba (more...) | |
The Duchess in 2006.
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| Duchess of Alba | |
| Tenure | 18 February 1955 – 20 November 2014 |
| Predecessor | Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba |
| Successor | Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 19th Duke of Alba |
| Spouse(s) | Luis Martínez de Irujo y Artázcoz (m. 1947; dec. 1972) Jesús Aguirre y Ortiz de Zárate (m. 1978; dec. 2001) Alfonso Díez Carabantes (m. 2011) |
| Issue Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 19th Duke of Alba Alfonso Martínez de Irujo, 15th Duke of Aliaga Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 23rd Count of Siruela Fernando Martínez de Irujo, 11th Marquis of San Vicente del Barco Cayetano Martínez de Irujo, 13th Count of Salvatierra Eugenia Martínez de Irujo, 12th Duchess of Montoro |
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| 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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| Noble family | House of Alba House of FitzJames |
| Father | Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba |
| Mother | María del Rosario de Silva, 9th Marchioness of San Vicente del Barco |
| Born | 28 March 1926 Liria Palace, Madrid |
| Baptised | 18 April 1926 Royal Chapel, Royal Palace of Madrid |
| Died | 20 November 2014 (aged 88) Palace of the Dukes of Alba, Seville, Spain |
She was born at Liria Palace on 28 March 1926, as the only child of the 17th Duke of Alba (a prominent politician and diplomat during the 1930s and 1940s), and 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, King of Spain Alfonso XIII de Borbón’s wife.
The matriarch’s senior title was Duchess of Alba, but she had more than 40 others.[1] According to Guinness World Records, she had more titles than any other noble in the world.[2]
Through the male-preference primogeniture from James FitzJames, she also claimed the title of Duchess of Berwick. She was a direct descendant of King James II of England, through his illegitimate son James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick by his mistress Arabella Churchill.