Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 19th Duke of Alba

Carlos Fitz-James-Stuart
Duke of Alba (more...)
Spouse(s) Matilde de Solís-Beaumont y Martínez-Campos (m. 1988 - div. 2004)

Issue

Fernando Fitz-James Stuart, 15th Duke of Huéscar
Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 22nd Count of Osorno

Full name

Carlos Juan
Noble family Second House of FitzJames
House of Alba
Father Luis Martínez de Irujo y Artázcoz
Mother Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba
Born (1948-10-02) 2 October 1948
Madrid, Spain

Don Carlos Fitz-James-Stuart y Martínez de Irujo, 19th Duke of Alba de Tormes, Grandee of Spain ( Martínez de Irujo y Fitz-James Stuart;[1] born 2 October 1948), is a Spanish aristocrat. He is the current Duke of Alba and thereby Head of the House of Alba.

Life and education

The Duke of Alba was born in Madrid and is the eldest son of Luis Martínez de Irujo y Artázcoz, (17 November 1919 in Madrid, Spain 6 September 1972 in Houston, Texas, United States), and Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba, (March 28, 1926 November 20, 2014).

In 1951 (at the age of 2) he became the 14th Duke of Huéscar; a title which was ceded to him by his grandfather Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba and 13th Duke of Huéscar.[2]

He obtained a degree in law at the Complutense University of Madrid and now works as an adviser for several cultural institutions, such as the Hispania Nostra Foundation or the Valencia de Don Juan Institute. The Duke of Alba is in charge of the House of Alba Foundation and, thus, in principle of a great deal of the significant House of Alba heritage and patrimony.

The Duke of Alba is also a Knight of the Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla.

With the death of his mother on 20 November 2014, he became the next and 19th Duke of Alba.[3] The inheritance of this ducal title and 38 other titles (in total 12 of them with Grandees of Spain) were officially confirmed in 2015.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]

In 2015, he ceded the titles Duke of Huéscar to his eldest son and heir-apparent Fernando[29] and Count of Osorno to his second and youngest son Carlos.[30]

Family

On June 13, 1988, the Duke of Alba married Matilde de Solís y Martínez de Campos in the Seville Cathedral. She is the daughter of Fernando de Solís y Atienza, 10th Marquis of la Motilla, and his wife Isabel Martínez de Campos Rodríguez, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Seo de Urgel. The couple had two children before they divorced in 2004:

Subsequently, perhaps since 2004, he has maintained a friendly relationship with Alicia Koplowitz, 7th Marquise of Bellavista, a magnate who ranked as Spain's richest woman in Forbes World's Richest People list.[31]

Ancestry

Titles, styles and honours

Titles

Dukedoms
Count-Dukedoms
Marquessates
Countships
Viscountcies
Manorials

Styles

Honours

Notes

  1. 'Note: he changed his family name to be known by his mother family name "Fitz-James Stuart", which is legal in Spain in some cases for several centuries now
  2. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 23, p. 304, 23 January 1951. Retrieved 2010-04-10 (Spanish)
  3. The Duchess of Alba - obituary - website of The telegraph
  4. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 94, p. 17038, 20 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  5. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 94, p. 17039, 20 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  6. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 94, p. 17040, 20 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  7. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 94, p. 17041, 20 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  8. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 94, p. 17042, 20 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  9. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 94, p. 17043, 20 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  10. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 94, p. 17044, 20 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  11. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 94, p. 17045, 20 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  12. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 94, p. 17046, 20 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  13. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 143, p. 50250, 16 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-28 (Spanish)
  14. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado:no. 143, p. 50251, 16 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-28 (Spanish)
  15. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 143, p. 50252, 16 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-28 (Spanish)
  16. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 143, p. 50243, 16 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  17. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 143, p. 50244, 16 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  18. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 143, p. 50245, 16 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  19. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 143, p. 50246, 16 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  20. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 143, p. 50247, 16 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  21. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 143, p. 50257, 16 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  22. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 182, p. 66020, 31 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  23. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 182, p. 66021, 31 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  24. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 182, p. 66022, 31 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  25. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 182, p. 66023, 31 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  26. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 182, p. 66024, 31 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  27. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 182, p. 66025, 31 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  28. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 182, p. 66028, 31 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-31 (Spanish)
  29. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 282, p. 49354, 25 November 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-20 (Spanish)
  30. 1 2 Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 282, p. 49353, 25 November 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-20 (Spanish)
  31. Alicia Koplowitz y el duque de Huéscar, una relación de dos años, El País, 15 October 2006 (Spanish)
  32. Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, nuovo Conte di Modica - website RagusaNews.com
  33. Heirs apparents of Grandees of Spain share their style, which is The Most Excellent. Francisco López-Nieto y Mallo, Honores y Protocolo, 2 Volumes, Consultor, 2006. ISBN 84-7052-290-6 and ISBN 978-84-7052-290-1
  34. Membership of the Constantinian Order
  35. Membership ot the Illustrious Royal Order of Saint Januarius

References

Spanish nobility
Preceded by
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart
Duke of Huéscar
15 January 1951  20 November 2014
Succeeded by
Fernando Fitz-James Stuart
Preceded by
Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart
Duke of Alba
20 November 2014  present
Incumbent
Italian nobility
Preceded by
Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart
Count of Modica
20 November 2014  present
Incumbent
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