| Carlos Miguel FitzJames Stuart | |
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| Duke of Alba (more) | |
| Spouse(s) | Rosalia de Ventimiglia |
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| Jacopo Stuart-FitzJames, 8th Duke of Liria y Xerica Enrique FitzJames-Stuart y Ventimiglia, Count of Galve Luis Fernando FitzJames-Stuart y Ventimiglia |
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| Noble family | House of FitzJames |
| Father | Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 5th Duque de Liria y Jérica |
| Mother | Maria Teresa Fernandez de Silva y de Palafóx |
| Born | 19 May 1794 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 7 October 1835 Sion, Switzerland |
Don Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, 14th Duke of Alba, Grandee of Spain 1st Class (19 May 1794 – Sion, Switzerland, 7 October 1835) was a Spanish aristocrat.[1]
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Born in Madrid Spain in 1794, he was a descendant of James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick and through him, the exiled King James II of England. He was the second surviving son of the 5th Duke of Berwick and inherited that family's title's on his elder brother the 6th Duke's death in 1795. He was also a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece of Spain.
He became the 14th Duke of Alba in 1802 following the death of the childless 13th Duchess of Alba - he thus became a Grandee of Spain on 10 counts. He married, circa 1820, the Italian noblewoman Rosalía Ventimiglia di Grammonte y Moncada , (Palermo, Italy, 1798– 1868).[2]
He died on 7 October 1835 at age 41 at Sion, Switzerland and was succeeded on that year by his eldest son, Jacopo Fitz-James Stuart a.k.a. Jacopo Fitz-James Stuart y Ventimiglia, Palermo, Italy, 1821 - 1881) who got married in 1844 with Maria Francisca Portocarrero Palafox y Kirkpatrick , (1825 - 1860), eldest sister of Eugénie de Montijo, (1826 - 1920), Spanish wife of Emperor Napoleon III of France , (1808 - 1873).
A cadet brother of the 15th Duke of Alba was Enrique Fitz-James Stuart y Ventimiglia, Count of Galve, (5 October 1826 - 28 April 1882 ), since his father death in 1835. This title came from te "Silva" Spanish-Portuguese family , deceased 1882 , no issue, from his wife , named Adelaida Ivanovna Basilevskaya. born 18November 1842 , married to Count Enrique Fitz-James Stuart , 4th November 1871 .
This title of Count of Galve was awarded by the first time in 1557. Therefore this title came back not to t 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 Fitz-James Stuart, 16th Duke of Alba, (1849 - married 1877 to Rosario Falcó, Countess of Siruela, (Pau, France, 1854 - Paris, France, 1904) - 16th Duke since 1881 - dec. New York, U. S. A., 1901)
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.
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| Spanish nobility | ||
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| Preceded by María Cayetana de Silva |
Duke of Alba 1802 – 1835 |
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by María Cayetana de Silva |
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 |