Duke of Alba
The title Duke of Alba (Spanish: Duque de Alba ) is one of the oldest titles in the Spanish nobility and was awarded in 1465 to the Álvarez de Toledo family , who already held the title of Count (conde) of Alba de Tormes . Alba de Tormes is a place in the Spanish province of Salamanca (see also: House Álvarez de Toledo )
The best-known bearer of this title was the 3rd Duke of Alba, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel , who as governor of the Netherlands from 1567 to 1573 led a regiment of terror over the rebellious population.
In the course of time the title found its way into other families through female descendants and was associated with more and more high and old Spanish titles.
Count of Alba
Dukes of Alba
House Álvarez de Toledo
- García Álvarez de Toledo , 2nd Count of Alba de Tormes, 1st Duke of Alba (around 1430–1488); his son
- Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 2nd Duke of Alba (around 1460–1531); his grandson
- Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507–1582) - this is regularly meant when the Duke of Alba is mentioned in general ; his son
- Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Duke of Alba (1537–1583); his nephew
- Antonio Álvarez de Toledo y Beaumont , 5th Duke of Alba (1568–1639)
- Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Mendoza , 6th Duke of Alba (1595–1667)
- Antonio Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel , 7th Duke of Alba (1615–1690)
- Antonio Álvarez de Toledo y Beaumont , 8th Duke of Alba (around 1640–1701)
- Antonio Martin Álvarez de Toledo Guzmán , 9th Duke of Alba (1669–1711)
- Francisco Álvarez de Toledo y Silva , 10th Duke of Alba (1662–1739)
- María Teresa Álvarez de Toledo , 11th Duchess of Alba (1691–1755)
Other families
- Fernando de Silva y Álvarez de Toledo , 12th Duke of Alba (1714–1778)
- Maria del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva y Álvarez de Toledo , 13th Duchess of Alba (1762–1802)
- Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart , 14th Duke of Alba, 7th Duke of Berwick , 7th Duke of Liria y Xérica etc. (1794–1835), first title holder from the Fitzjames-Stuart family
- Jacobo Luis Fitz-James Stuart , 15th Duke of Alba (1821–1881)
- Carlos Maria Isabel Fitz-James Stuart , 16th Duke of Alba etc. (1849–1901)
- Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó , 17th Duke of Alba, 10th Duke of Berwick etc. (1878–1953)
- Maria del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart , 18th Duchess of Alba, 11th Duchess of Berwick etc. (1926-2014)
- Born Carlos Fitz-James Stuart , 19th Duke of Alba, 12th Duke of Berwick etc. 1948
Duchess of Alba
The 18th Duquesa de Alba, Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart (1926-2014), was in no way inferior to the 3rd Duke of Alba mentioned above, to which her marriage to Alfonso Diez contributed. She was James Fitzjames, Duke of Berwick , descendant of King James II of England. And carried several dozen Title: Your title of nobility consisted of 15 titles a marquise, eight titles a duchess, 19 titles as the Countess and 20 different tracks in a Grande in Spain. She was one of the richest women in Spain.
Exhibitions
- 2012: The legacy of the Alba house . Centro Cibeles de la Cultura y Ciudadiana , Madrid; Catalog.
- The painting collection of the Palacio de Liria in Madrid has been open to visitors since September 2019.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://geneall.net/es/name/13727/carlos-fitz-james-stuart-y-martinez-de-irujo-4-duque-de-huescar/
- ↑ http://www.spanien-bilder.com/lexikon/dona-cayetana-herzogin-von-alba.htm
- ↑ AFP / kkl: Spanish aristocratic wedding: Duchess of Alba dances barefoot into the third marriage. In: welt.de . October 5, 2011, accessed October 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Thomas Urban , Das Erbe des Haus Alba , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , September 18, 2019, p. 12.