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

Biography

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

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and through him, the exiled King James II of England & VII of Scotland. He was the second surviving son of the 5th Duke of Berwick and inherited that family's titles on his elder brother the 6th Duke's death in 1795. He was also a

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of the

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of Spain. In 1819, he married the

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noblewoman Rosalia

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di Grammonte y Moncada (

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, 1798–1868). from the Ventimiglia, Princes of Grammonte, in

. He became the 14th

Duke 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, wa ...

in 1802 following the death of the childless 13th Duchess of Alba — he thus became a

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on ten counts. They had three children : * Jacopo Fitz-James Stuart y Ventimiglia,

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, (1821–1881) who married in 1844 with Maria Francisca Portocarrero Palafox y Kirkpatrick (1825–1860), eldest sister of

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(1826–1920), Spanish wife of Emperor

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of France (1808–1873). * Enrique Fitz-James Stuart y Ventimiglia, Count of Galve (5 October 1826 - 28 April 1882), since his father death in 1835. He married in 1871 Adelaida Ivanovna Basilevskaya. 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 Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Ventimiglia, 15th Duke of Alba, GE (3 June 1821, Palermo, Sicily – 10 July 1881, Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish nobleman. He was a brother-in-law of Napoleon III through his wife, sister of Empress Eugenie. ...

, deceased 1881, but to the 16th Duke of Alba since 1881, Jacobo's oldest son

Carlos María Fitz-James Stuart, 16th Duke of Alba Carlos María Fitz-James Stuart y Palafox, 16th Duke of Alba, 9th Duke of Berwick GE (December 4, 1849 – October 15, 1901) was a Spanish nobleman and diplomat, who held, amongst others, the Dukedom of Alba and Berwick. Biography He ...

. * Luis Fernando FitzJames-Stuart y Ventimiglia. Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart died aged 41 on 7 October 1835, in Sion,

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, and was succeeded as Duke of Alba on that year by his eldest son.

Titles

*14th

, Grandee of Spain 1st Class *7th Duke of Liria and Jérica, Grandee of Spain 1st Class *10th Count-Duke of Olivares *12th Duke of Huéscar *7th Duke of Montoro *13th Marquess of Villanueva del Río *12th

Marquess of Carpio Marquess of Carpio () is a hereditary title in the Spanish nobility, Peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of Grandee, granted in 1559 by Philip II of Spain, Philip II to Diego López de Haro y Sotomayor, Diego López de Haro, Lord of El C ...

*10th Marquess of Eliche *14th Count of Gelves

Jacobite titles

*7th Duke of Berwick *7th Earl of Tinmouth *7th Baron Bosworth

Sicilian titles

*17th Count of Modica

Ancestry

Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart was a direct descendant of the

King James II of England James II and VII (14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685, until he was deposed in the 1688 Glori ...

through his illegitimate son

by his mistress Arabella Churchill.

References

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