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Duke of Alba

Dukedom of Spain

Summary

Dukedom of Spain

Field	Value
name	Dukedom of Alba de Tormes
image	[[File:Escudo del Ducado de Alba de Tormes.svg	150px]]
creation_date	1472
monarch	Henry IV of Castile
peerage	Spain
first_holder	García Álvarez de Toledo y Carrillo de Toledo, 2nd Count of Alba de Tormes
present_holder	Carlos Fitz-James Stuart y Martínez de Irujo, 19th Duke of Alba de Tormes
heir_apparent	Fernando Fitz-James Stuart y Solís, 17th Duke of Huéscar
family_seat
former_seat	Castle of the Dukes of Alba (Alba de Tormes)
Palace of the Dukes of Alba (Ávila)

Palace of the Dukes of Alba (Ávila)

Standard of the Dukedom of Alba

Duke of Alba de Tormes (), commonly known as Duke of Alba, is a title of Spanish nobility that is accompanied by the dignity of Grandee of Spain. In 1472, the title of Count of Alba de Tormes, inherited by García Álvarez de Toledo, was elevated to the title of Duke of Alba de Tormes by King Henry IV of Castile.

History

The dukedom of Alba de Tormes is one of the most significant noble titles of Spain and gives its name to the House of Alba. Over the centuries, members of three distinct family dynasties have held the title in succession – the , the House of Silva (extinct in 1802) and the House of Fitz-James Stuart, which descends from an illegitimate son of King James II of England.

Famous holders of this dukedom include Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, governor of the Spanish Netherlands (references to "Alba" (or "Alva" in Dutch), particularly in the context of Dutch history, are usually about him), and Doña María del Pilar de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, a muse of the painter Francisco Goya. When they first met, Francisco Goya was much older than the Duchess of Alba. Goya was in his late 40s and the Duchess was in her early 30s.

Various dukes have married into the families of Christopher Columbus and Cosimo de Medici, as well as the line of the Dukes of Berwick, making them distant relatives of the Earls Spencer and the Dukes of Marlborough.

Today, the ducal family of Alba retains a large and valuable collection of art and historic documents. The largest part of this treasure is kept at the main residence of the family in Madrid, the Liria Palace.

Lords of Alba de Tormes (1429)

Don Gutierre Álvarez de Toledo, Archbishop of Toledo (also Bishop of Palencia, Archbishop of Seville)
Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, nephew of Gutierre Álvarez de Toledo (created Count of Alba de Tormes in 1439)

Counts of Alba de Tormes (1439)

Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Count of Alba
Don García Álvarez de Toledo, 2nd Count of Alba (created Duke of Alba de Tormes in 1472)

Dukes of Alba de Tormes (1472)

Arms of the Dukes of Alba of the House of Álvarez de Toledo

House of Fitz-James Stuart

Don García Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba
Don Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 2nd Duke of Alba
Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba known in The Netherlands as the Iron Duke for his harsh action in the Eighty Years' War
Don Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Duke of Alba
Don Antonio Álvarez de Toledo, 5th Duke of Alba
Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 6th Duke of Alba
Don Antonio Álvarez de Toledo, 7th Duke of Alba
Don Antonio Álvarez de Toledo, 8th Duke of Alba
Don Antonio Álvarez de Toledo, 9th Duke of Alba
Don Francisco Álvarez de Toledo, 10th Duke of Alba
Doña María Teresa Álvarez de Toledo, 11th Duchess of Alba
Don Fernando de Silva, 12th Duke of Alba
Doña María Teresa de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba
Don Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Alba (see also Duke of Berwick)
Don Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 15th Duke of Alba
Don Carlos María Fitz-James Stuart, 16th Duke of Alba
Don Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba
Doña María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, 18th Duchess of Alba
Don Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 19th Duke of Alba

Genealogy

Line of succession

[[File:Heraldic Crown of Spanish Grandee.svg|15px|link=]] Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Alba (1794–1835)
- [[File:Heraldic Crown of Spanish Grandee.svg|15px|link=]] Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 15th Duke of Alba (1821-1881)
  - [[File:Heraldic Crown of Spanish Grandee.svg|15px|link=]] Carlos María Fitz-James Stuart, 16th Duke of Alba (1849–1901)
    - [[File:Heraldic Crown of Spanish Grandee.svg|15px|link=]] Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba (1878–1953)
      - [[File:Heraldic Crown of Spanish Grandee.svg|15px|link=]] Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (1926–2014)
        
        [[File:Heraldic Crown of Spanish Grandee.svg|15px|link=]] Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 19th Duke of Alba ()
        
        [[File:Heraldic Crown of Spanish Grandee.svg|15px|link=]] (1) Fernando Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Huéscar ()
        
        (2) Rosario Fitz-James Stuart ()
        
        (3) Sofía Fitz-James Stuart ()
        
        (4) Fernando Fitz-James Stuart ()
        
        [[File:Heraldic Crown of Spanish Grandee.svg|15px|link=]] (5) Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 22nd Count of Osorno ()
        
        (6) Carlos Fitz-James Stuart ()
        
        (7) Fadrique Fitz-James Stuart ()
        
        [[File:Heraldic Crown of Spanish Grandee.svg|15px|link=]] (8) Alfonso Martínez de Irujo, 18th Duke of Híjar ()
        
        [[File:Heraldic Crown of Spanish Grandee.svg|15px|link=]] (9) Luis Martínez de Irujo, 19th Duke of Aliaga ()
        
        (10) Mencía Martínez de Irujo ()
        
        [[File:Heraldic Crown of Spanish Marqueses (Variant 1).svg|15px|link=]] (11) Javier Martínez de Irujo, 20th Marquess of Almenara ()
        
        (12) Sol Martínez de Irujo ()
        
        (13) Alfonso Martínez de Irujo ()
        
        [[File:Heraldic Crown of Spanish Grandee.svg|15px|link=]] (14) Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Count of Siruela ()
        
        (15) Jacobo Fitz James-Stuart ()
        
        (16) Asela Fitz-James-Stuart ()
        
        (17) Jacobo Fitz-James-Stuart ()
        
        (18) Brianda Fitz James-Stuart ()
        
        (19) Merlín Lozano ()
        
        [[File:Heraldic Crown of Spanish Grandee.svg|15px|link=]] (20) Fernando Martínez de Irujo, 12th Marquess of San Vicente del Barco ()
        
        [[File:Heraldic Crown of Spanish Grandee.svg|15px|link=]] (21) Cayetano Martínez de Irujo, 4th Duke of Arjona ()
        
        (22) Luis Martínez de Irujo ()
        
        (23) Amina Martínez de Irujo ()
        
        [[File:Heraldic Crown of Spanish Grandee.svg|15px|link=]] (24) Eugenia Martínez de Irujo, 12th Duchess of Montoro ()
        
        (25) Cayetana Rivera ()
    - [[File:Heraldic Crown of Spanish Count.svg|15px|link=]] María Eugenia Sol María Fitz-James Stuart, 20th Countess of Teba (1880-1962) → County of Teba etc.
    - [[File:Heraldic Crown of Spanish Grandee.svg|15px|link=]] Hernando Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duke of Peñaranda (1882-1936) → Dukedom of Peñaranda etc.
  - [[File:Heraldic Crown of Spanish Dukes (Variant 1).svg|15px|link=]] María de la Asunción Fitz-James Stuart, 1st Duchess of Galisteo (1851-1927) → Dukedom of Galisteo, Dukedom of Tamames etc.

References

Bibliography

References

Hidalgos de España (2018). p. 36
Siroid, Elena. (2018-12-03). "Love Story in Paintings: Francisco Goya and María Cayetana de Silva, the Duchess of Alba".
[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/tole0.htm#22266 Gutierre Álvarez de Toledo]
''[[Boletín Oficial del Estado]]'': [http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2015/06/16/pdfs/BOE-A-2015-6672.pdf no. 143, p. 50250], 16 June 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015 {{in lang. es.

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