Spouse(s) Rosalia de Ventimiglia Noble family House of FitzJames | Name Carlos Fitz-James | |
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Father Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 5th Duque de Liria y Jerica Mother Maria Teresa Fernandez de Silva y de Palafox Died October 7, 1835, Sion, Switzerland Parents Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 5th Duke of Liria and Jerica Children Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 15th Duke of Alba Grandchildren Carlos Maria Fitz-James Stuart, 16th Duke of Alba Grandparents Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 4th Duke of Liria and Jerica Great-grandparents James Fitz-James Stuart, 3rd Duke of Berwick | ||
Don Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, 14th Duke of Alba, Grandee of Spain 1st Class (19 May 1794 – 7 October 1835) was a Spanish aristocrat.
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Biography
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 & VII of Scotland. 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.
In 1819, he married the Italian noblewoman Rosalía de Candia-Ventimiglia di Grammonte y Moncada (Palermo, 1798–1868). from the Ventimiglia di Grammonti family in Rome. 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 ten counts.
They had three children :
This title of Count of Galve was awarded by the first time in 1557. This title came back not to 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 María Fitz-James Stuart, 16th Duke of Alba.
Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart died aged 41 on 7 October 1835, in Sion, Switzerland, and was succeeded as Duke of Alba on that year by his eldest son.
Ancestry
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.