Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 15th Duke of Alba

Spanish nobleman
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroSpanish nobleman
A.K.A.Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Ventimiglia 15th Duke of Alba
A.K.A.Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Ventimiglia 15th Duke of Alba
PlacesSpain
wasDiplomat
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth3 June 1821, Palermo
Death10 July 1881Madrid (aged 60 years)
Family
Father:Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Alba
Children:Carlos María Fitz-James Stuart 16th Duke of Alba
The details

Biography

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

Biography

He was the son of Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Alba and Rosalia Ventimiglia y Moncada. He married at Madrid, on 14 February 1848 María Francisca Portocarrero-Palafox y KirkPatrick, 12ª Duchess of Peñaranda and daughter of Cipriano de Palafox y Portocarrero. They had three children:

  • Carlos Maria Fitz-James Stuart y Portocarrero-Palafox, 16th Duke of Alba, a.k.a. Carlos María Fitz-James Stuart, 16th Duke of Alba, born 4 December 1848.
  • María de la Asuncion Fitz-James-Stuart y Portocarrero-Palafox, 3rd Duchess of Galisteo, born 17 August 1851.
  • María Luisa Fitz-James Stuart y Portocarrero_Palafox, 19ª Duchess of Montoroso, born 19 October 1853.

The co-lateral titles of this 15 Duke of Alba were:

  • 15th Count of Gelves
  • 11th Count-Duke of Olivares
  • 15th Duke of Alba
  • 8th Duke of Berwick
  • 13th Duke of Huescar
  • 8th Duke of Montoro
  • 11th Duke of Olivares
  • Grandes de España
  • 11th Marquis of Elche
  • 14th Marquis of Villanueva del Río
  • 13th Marquis of Carpio
  • 18th Count of Modica
  • Órdenes
  • Great Cross of the Portuguese Order of N.S. da Conceição de Vila Viçosa (188) - 1868.

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