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María del Rosario Gurtubay y González de Castejón 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 .
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 eighth great-granddaughter of James II and VII.
After lying in state in Seville’s town hall, a funeral will be held for the Duchess, whose full name was María del Rosario Cayetana Paloma Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Fernanda Teresa Francisca de ...
Mar 28, 2023 · Towards the end of her life, she cut an eccentric figure with bright white hair and waxy skin. But when María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, the 18th Duchess of Alba, was in her prime, she was considered one of the greatest beauties of her age: Picasso wanted to paint her, Jackie Kennedy visited her Seville palace and she was friends with Grace Kelly.
Mar 2, 2020 · The 18 th Duchess of Alba, María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, was born on 28 March 1926 at the vast Liria Palace, which has served as the Madrid residence of the Dukes of Albas ...
Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba. 1926-2014. by Fiona Flores Watson. Maria del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva, known as Cayetana, was an aristocrat and art collector. She lived principally in the Palacio de Dueñas in Seville, especially in later life, although she owned properties all around Spain. As she was a ...
Nov 21, 2014 · The duchess — her full name was María del Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Francisca Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva — had more than 40 titles, largely inherited through ancestors ...
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