Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Alba

Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, 14th Duke of Alba, GE (19 May 1794 – 7 October 1835) was a Spanish aristocrat.[1]

Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart
Portrait by Antonio Calliano
Born
Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart y Silva

19 May 1794
Madrid, Spain
Died7 October 1835(1835-10-07) (aged 41)
Sion, Switzerland
SpouseRosalia Ventimiglia di Grammonte
ChildrenJacobo Stuart-FitzJames, 8th Duke of Liria y Xerica
Enrique FitzJames-Stuart y Ventimiglia, Count of Galve
Luis Fernando FitzJames-Stuart y Ventimiglia
Parents
FamilyHouse of Alba branch of Fitz-James Stuart

Biography

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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 titles 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 Rosalia Ventimiglia di Grammonte y Moncada (Palermo, 1798–1868).[2] from the Ventimiglia, Princes of Grammonte, in Palermo. 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.

 
The 14th Duke of Alba's wife, Rosalía Ventimiglia y Moncada (1798–1868). Sculpture by Lorenzo Bartolini (1777–1850), Madrid, Fundación Casa de Alba, Palacio de Liria.

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.

  • Luis Fernando FitzJames-Stuart y Ventimiglia.

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.

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Jacobite titles

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Ancestry

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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.

References

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  1. ^ Cokayne, G.E.; Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.. 13 volumes in 14. 1910-1959. Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000.
  2. ^ "Person Page 8724". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
Spanish nobility
Preceded by Duke of Alba
1802 – 1835
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart
Peerage of England
Preceded by Duke of Berwick
1802 – 1835
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart
Italian nobility
Preceded by Count of Modica
1802 – 1835
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart