Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Alba

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Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 5th Duque de Liria y Jérica (father)
  • Maria Teresa Fernandez de Silva y de Palafóx (mother)
  • FamilyHouse of Alba branch of Fitz-James Stuart

    Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, 14th Duke of Alba, GE (19 May 1794 – 7 October 1835) was a Spanish aristocrat.[1]

    Biography

    Born in Madrid, Spain, in 1794, he was a descendant of

    6th Duke's death in 1795. He was also a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
    of Spain.

    In 1819, he married the

    Ventimiglia di Grammonte y Moncada (Palermo, 1798–1868).[2] from the Ventimiglia, Princes of Grammonte, in Palermo
    . He became the 14th
    Grandee of Spain
    on ten counts.

    The 14th Duke of Alba's wife, Rosalía Ventimiglia y Moncada (1798–1868). Sculpture by Lorenzo Bartolini (1777–1850), Madrid, Fundación Casa de Alba, Palacio de Liria.

    They had three children :

    This title of Count of Galve was awarded by the first time in 1557. This title came back not to Enrique's nephew Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 15th Duke of Alba, deceased 1881, but to the 16th Duke of Alba since 1881, Jacobo's oldest son Carlos María Fitz-James Stuart, 16th Duke of Alba.

    • Luis Fernando FitzJames-Stuart y Ventimiglia.

    Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart died aged 41 on 7 October 1835, in Sion, Switzerland, and was succeeded as Duke of Alba on that year by his eldest son.

    Titles

    Jacobite titles

    Sicilian titles

    • 17th
      Count of Modica

    Ancestry

    Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart was a direct descendant of the King James II of England through his illegitimate son James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick by his mistress Arabella Churchill.

    References

    1. ^ Cokayne, G.E.; Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.. 13 volumes in 14. 1910-1959. Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000.
    2. ^ "Person Page 8724". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
    Spanish nobility
    Preceded by
    María Cayetana de Silva
    Duke of Alba

    1802 – 1835
    Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart
    Peerage of England
    Preceded by Duke of Berwick
    1802 – 1835
    Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart
    Italian nobility
    Preceded by
    María Cayetana de Silva
    Count of Modica

    1802 – 1835
    Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart