Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 15th Duke of Alba
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Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Ventimiglia, 15th Duke of Alba (3 June 1821, Palermo
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, Sicily
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 - 10 July 1881, Madrid
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) was a Spanish
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 nobleman.

He was the son of Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Alba (born 19 May 1794) and Rosalia Ventimiglia y Moncada (born at Palermo
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, Sicily
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, on 16 August 1798). He married at Madrid, on 14th February 1848 María Francisca Portocarrero-Palafox  y KirkPatrick, 12ª Duchess of Peñaranda, born on 29 January 1825. duquesa de* 29.01.1825. Issue:: 1 male/2 females,
  • Carlos Maria Fitz-James Stuart y Portocarrero-Palafox, 16th Duke of Alba, a.k.a. Carlos María Fitz-James Stuart, 16th Duke of Alba, (4th December 1848 - married María del Rosario Falcó y Osorio, 21ª Countess of Siruela
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     b- Dec. at New York
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     City , 15 October 1901). Issue, 2 males/1 female.

  • María de la Asuncion Fitz-James-Stuart y Portocarrero-Palafox, 3rd Duchess of Galisteo, born (Île de France
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    , Paris
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    , 17 August 1851- deceased Biarritz
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    , France
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    , 12 September 1927), who married José Mexía del Barco y Gayoso de los Cobos, 4th Duke of Tamames
    Tamames
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    . Issue: 1male/5 females.

  • María Luisa Fitz-James Stuart y Portocarrero_Palafox, 19ª Duchess of Montoroso, (19th October 1853 - Sevilla, Spain
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    , 9 February 1876), who married Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Pérez de Barradas, 16th Duke of Medinaceli
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    . No issue.


The co-lateral titles of this 15 Duke of Alba were:
  • 15th Count of Gelves
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  • 11th Count-Duke of Olivares
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  • 15th Duke of Alba
  • 8th Duke of Berwick
  • 13th Duke of Huescar
  • 8th Duke of Montoro
  • 11th Duke of Olivares
    Olivares
    Olivarez might refer to:* Olivarez, Seville, a municipality in the Seville province of Spain* House of Olivares* Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, seventeenth-century Spanish statesman* Olivarez de Júcar, Spain, a municipality in Cuenca...

  • Grandes de España
  • 11th Marquis of Elche
  • 14th Marquis of Villanueva del Río
  • 13th Marquis of Carpio
    Carpio, Valladolid
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  • 18th Count of Modica

  • Órdenes

  • Great Cross of the Portuguese Order of N.S. da Conceição de Vila Viçosa (188) - 1868.

Some references

  • http://www.grandesp.org.uk/historia/gzas/alba.htm
  • http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haus_Álvarez_de_Toledo
  • http://www.recorri2.com/portal/index.php/es/genealogartehist-70/504-ducado-de-alba-de-tormes.html
  • La Casa de Alba, Sampedro Escolar, José Luis, (aut.) La Esfera de los Libros S.L. 1ª ed., 1ª imp.(02/2007) 528 pages,in Spanish ISBN: 8497345959 ISBN-13: 9788497345958
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