House of Alba

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House of Alba de Tormes
Parent house
CountrySpain
Founded15th century
FounderGutierre Álvarez de Toledo
Current headCarlos Fitz-James Stuart y Martínez de Irujo, 19th Duke of Alba[2]
Titles

The House of Alba de Tormes (Spanish: Casa de Alba de Tormes), commonly known as the House of Alba, is a prominent

Bishop of Palencia
.

History

In 1472,

capitulation of the city of Granada
.

During the 16th century,

Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Through her granddaughter Marie de' Medici, Queen of France
, she became the ancestor of many crowned heads and heirs apparent of Europe.

In 1802, María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, died without any issue and her titles were inherited by a relative, Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Alba. Thus, the dukedom of Alba passed to the senior branch of the House of Fitz-James Stuart, which took over the patrimony of the House of Alba.[citation needed]

From 1953 until 2014, the head of the House of Alba was

noble titles, with 57 titles.[4]

The current head of the House of Alba is Carlos Fitz-James Stuart y Martínez de Irujo, 19th Duke of Alba, who succeeded his mother after her death in 2014.[2] His father was Luis Martínez de Irujo [es], a younger son of the 9th Duke of Sotomayor. The family owns a significant collection of art, furniture and historic documents, mainly at the Liria Palace in Madrid.[5]

See also

References

  1. patriline of the 19th Duke of Alba, although he did change his surname to put his mother's surname of "Fitz-James Stuart" before the "Martínez de Irujo" surname of his father, who was a younger son of the 9th Duke of Sotomayor (see Spanish naming customs
    ).
  2. ^ a b Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 143, p. 50250, 16 June 2015 (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  3. ^ Kamen, Henry (2017). Soldado de La España Imperial, El Duque de Alba. Madrid: La Esfera de Los Libros. p. 15.
  4. ^ "Most titled person". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  5. ^ Treasures of the House of Alba Retrieved 2017-09-06.

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