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The Most ExcellentJacobo Fitz-James Stuart15th Duke of Alba GE (more...)
Portrait 1860
Born	Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Ventimiglia (1821-01-03)3 January 1821 Palermo, Sicily
Died	10 July 1881(1881-07-10) (aged 60) Madrid, Spain
Spouse	María Francisca de Sales Portocarrero, 16th Duchess of Peñaranda
Parents	Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart (father) Rosalia Ventimiglia dei Principi di Grammonte (mother)
Family	House of Alba branch of Fitz-James Stuart

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.

Biography

He was the son of Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Alba and Rosalia Ventimiglia dei Principi di Grammonte. He married at Madrid, on 14 February 1848 María Francisca Portocarrero-Palafox y KirkPatrick, 12ª Duchess of Peñaranda de Duero 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.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles

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

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

References

• Ducado de Alba de Tormes
• 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 84-9734-595-9 ISBN 9788497345958

• 1821 births
• 1881 deaths
• Kingdom of the Two Sicilies people
• Dukes of Alba
• Dukes of Huéscar
• House of Alba
• Marquesses of Carpio
• Dukes of Berwick
• 19th-century Spanish nobility