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María del Rosario de Silva y Gurtubay ( Madrid, 4 de abril de 1900-Madrid, 11 de enero de 1934) fue una aristócrata española, miembro de la alta sociedad de la época. Dama de la reina Victoria Eugenia, contrajo matrimonio con el duque de Alba. Ella era, por derecho propio, x marquesa de San Vicente del Barco.
Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart. La duquesa de Alba de Tormes. María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva nota 1 1 ( Madrid, 28 de marzo de 1926- Sevilla, 20 de noviembre de 2014), 3 más conocida como Cayetana de Alba o la duquesa de Alba, fue una noble española, xviii duquesa de Alba de Tormes, xi duquesa de Berwick y grande de ...
Doña María del Rosario de Silva y Gurtubay, Duchess of Alba de Tormes, 9th Marchioness of San Vicente del Barco, GE (4 April 1900 – 11 January 1934) was a Spanish aristocrat and socialite.
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Born in Liria Palace in Madrid on 28 March 1926, Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart was the only child of the 17th Duke of Alba (a prominent Spanish 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. She was the eight-greats granddaughter of James II and VII. He...
As a socialite, the Duchess met famous VIPs from Spain and abroad. Jackie Kennedy visited her Seville palace, as did Wallis Simpson, Princess Grace and Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. In 1959, the Duchess, together with designer Yves Saint Laurent, hosted a Dior show for charitable purposes in her Liria Palace, Madrid, a palace which movie stars Cha...
On 12 October 1947, the Duchess married Don Luis Martínez de Irujo y Artázcoz (1919–1972), younger son of the Duke of Sotomayor and his wife Ana María de Artázcoz y Labayen (1892–1930), court lady of Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain. The wedding in Spain, two years after the end of World War II, resisted the decline in frequency of very extravagant ...
The Duchess died in the Palacio de las Dueñas on 20 November 2014, at the age of 88. She was succeeded by her son Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Huéscar, who thus became the 19th Duke of Alba. At the time of her death, her net worth was estimated to be $5 billion. The Duchess' body was laid in repose at the Town Hall, where thousands of civ...
Styles
1. 28 March 1926 - 11 January 1935 : The Most ExcellentDoña Maria del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva 2. 11 January 1935 - 28 January 1947 : The Most ExcellentThe Duchess of Aliaga 3. 28 January 1947 - 18 February 1955 : The Most ExcellentThe Duchess of Montoro 4. 18 February 1955 - 20 November 2014 : The Most ExcellentThe Duchess of Alba
Titles
As head of the dynasty, Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart was styled by her most senior title of "Duchess of Alba", while having held over 50 other hereditary titles during her lifetime. She was 14 times a Grandee of Spain. According to Guinness World Records, she was the most titled aristocrat in the world. Dukedoms 1. 18th Duchess of Alba, Grandee of Spain 2. 15th Duchess of Aliaga, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Alfonso 3. 4th Duchess of Arjona, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Caye...
Honours
National honours 1. Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic 2. Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise 3. Spain: Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Hermenegild 4. Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Alcántara 5. Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Charity 6. Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Agricultural Merit 7. Spain Recipient of the Medal of Andalusia 8. Spain: Recipient of the Medal of C...
Obituary in The Independent by Marcus WilliamsonSociedad. La bonita pero triste historia de María del Rosario de Silva, la elegante madre de Cayetana de Alba que murió con 33 años de tuberculosis. “A mi madre no la salvó la...
21 de nov. de 2014 · María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, XVIII Duquesa de Alba de Tormes, XI Duquesa de Berwick y catorce veces Grande de España, falleció el pasado día 20 de noviembre en el Palacio de las Dueñas, su residencia en Sevilla, a los 88 años de edad.
27 de abr. de 2022 · Doña María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva, 18th Duchess of Alba de Tormes, Grandee of Spain (28 March 1926 – 20 November 2014), was head of the House of Alba and the third woman to hold the dukedom of Alba in her own right.
