Mummy I’m Sorry, You Can’t Re-marry




I believe most children in the world would love to see their widowed parents find their happiness again. But for the children of Duchess of Alba in Spain, they are certainly thinking a lot more than that for their mother.

Duschess of Alba is 82 years old this year. She is rich, she’s got more titles than any other noble alive. It is said that, she can travel from the north of Spain to the south without living her own estates. What’s exciting is, she is in love with a 58 years old antique dealer, and she is planing to marry him.

The duchess with everything (except the right to marry)
Duchess of Alba’s marriage woe

Duchess of Alba: (She got a freaking long full name……)

Doña María del Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Francisca Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, better known as the 18th and present Duchess of Alba de Tormes, is the third female to carry the title in her own right.

She was born March 28, 1926 in Madrid as the only child of Don Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó, 17th Duke of Alba (1878-1953) and his wife, the former Maria del Rosario de Silva y Gurtubay, 15th Duchess of Aliaga and 9th Marchioness of San Vicente del Barco (1900-1934). She is the current head of the House of Alba.

According to the Guinness Book of Records, Doña Cayetana has more titles than any other noble in the world. She has eight other ducal titles, 15 marquesal titles, 19 comital titles and is 20 times a Grandee of Spain. For a full list of the titles she holds, see House of Alba.

The title Duchess of Alba may also refer to the current Duchess’ celebrated ancestor, the 13th Duchess of Alba who is widely known as the subject of a number of portraits by Spanish artist Francisco Goya.

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