Peerage Record – 8725

     Jacopo Luis Francesco Pablo Rafael FitzJames-Stuart y Ventimiglia, 8th Duque de Liria y Xerica was born on 3 June 1821 at Palermo, Sicily, Italy^G.¹ He was the son of Carlos Miguel FitzJames-Stuart y Silva, 7th Duque de Liria y Xerica and Rosalia di Ventimiglia.¹ He married Maria Francesca de Sales Portocarrero-Palafox y Kirkpatrick de Closeburn, 12th Duquesa de Peñaranda de Bracamonte, daughter of Cypriano Portocarrero y Palafox, 8th Conde de Montijo and María Manuela Elisabeth Kirkpatrick de Closeburn y Grevigné, on 14 February 1844 at Madrid, Spain^G.¹ He died on 10 July 1881 at age 60 at Madrid, Spain.^2,3
     He succeeded as the 8th Duque de Liria y Xerica [Spain, 1707] on 7 October 1835.¹

     Maria Francesca de Sales Portocarrero-Palafox y Kirkpatrick de Closeburn, 12th Duquesa de Peñaranda de Bracamonte was born on 29 January 1825.³ She was the daughter of Cypriano Portocarrero y Palafox, 8th Conde de Montijo and María Manuela Elisabeth Kirkpatrick de Closeburn y Grevigné.³ She married Jacopo Luis Francesco Pablo Rafael FitzJames-Stuart y Ventimiglia, 8th Duque de Liria y Xerica, son of Carlos Miguel FitzJames-Stuart y Silva, 7th Duque de Liria y Xerica and Rosalia di Ventimiglia, on 14 February 1844 at Madrid, Spain^G.¹ She died on 16 September 1860 at age 35 at Paris, France^G.³
     She gained the title of 12th Duquesa de Peñeranda de Bracomonte [Spain, 1608].¹

     Carlos Maria Isabel FitzJames-Stuart y Portocarrero-Palafox, 16° Duque de Alba de Tormes was born on 4 December 1849 at Madrid, Spain^G.¹ He was the son of Jacopo Luis Francesco Pablo Rafael FitzJames-Stuart y Ventimiglia, 8th Duque de Liria y Xerica and Maria Francesca de Sales Portocarrero-Palafox y Kirkpatrick de Closeburn, 12th Duquesa de Peñaranda de Bracamonte.¹ He married María del Rosario Falcó y Osorio, 22° Condesa de Siruela, daughter of Manuel Pascual Luis Carlos Felix Fortunato Falcó y d’Adda, 14° Marqués de Almonacir and María del Pilar Osorio y Gutiérrez de Los Ríos, 3° Duquesa de Fernán-Núñez, on 10 December 1877 at Madrid, Spain^G.¹ He died on 15 October 1901 at age 51 at Holland House Hotel, New York City, New York, U.S.A.^G.^1,3
     He gained the title of 16° Duque de Alba de Tormes.¹

     María del Rosario Falcó y Osorio, 22° Condesa de Siruela was born on 3 October 1854 at Pau, France^G.¹ She was the daughter of Manuel Pascual Luis Carlos Felix Fortunato Falcó y d’Adda, 14° Marqués de Almonacir and María del Pilar Osorio y Gutiérrez de Los Ríos, 3° Duquesa de Fernán-Núñez.¹ She married Carlos Maria Isabel FitzJames-Stuart y Portocarrero-Palafox, 16° Duque de Alba de Tormes, son of Jacopo Luis Francesco Pablo Rafael FitzJames-Stuart y Ventimiglia, 8th Duque de Liria y Xerica and Maria Francesca de Sales Portocarrero-Palafox y Kirkpatrick de Closeburn, 12th Duquesa de Peñaranda de Bracamonte, on 10 December 1877 at Madrid, Spain^G.¹ She died on 27 March 1904 at age 49 at Paris, France^G.¹
     She gained the title of 22° Condesa de Siruela.¹

     Jacobo Maria del Pilar Carlos Manuel FitzJames-Stuart y Falcó, 17° Duque de Alba was born on 17 October 1878 at Madrid, Spain^G. He was the son of Carlos Maria Isabel FitzJames-Stuart y Portocarrero-Palafox, 16° Duque de Alba de Tormes and María del Rosario Falcó y Osorio, 22° Condesa de Siruela. He married Maria del Rosario de Silva y Gurtubay, Marquesa de San Vicente del Barco on 7 October 1920 at London, England^G. He died on 24 September 1953 at age 74 at Lausanne, Switzerland.³
     He succeeded as the 17° Duque de Alba de Tormes on 27 March 1904.¹

     Maria del Rosario de Silva y Gurtubay, Marquesa de San Vicente del Barco was born on 4 April 1900 at Madrid, Spain^G. She married Jacobo Maria del Pilar Carlos Manuel FitzJames-Stuart y Falcó, 17° Duque de Alba, son of Carlos Maria Isabel FitzJames-Stuart y Portocarrero-Palafox, 16° Duque de Alba de Tormes and María del Rosario Falcó y Osorio, 22° Condesa de Siruela, on 7 October 1920 at London, England^G. She died on 11 January 1934 at age 33 at Madrid, Spain^G.
     She gained the title of Marquesa de San Vicente del Barco.

     Maria del Rosario Cayetana FitzJames-Stuart y de Silva, 18° Duquesa de Alba de Tormes was born on 28 March 1926 at Liria Palace, Madrid, Spain^G.¹ She was the daughter of Jacobo Maria del Pilar Carlos Manuel FitzJames-Stuart y Falcó, 17° Duque de Alba and Maria del Rosario de Silva y Gurtubay, Marquesa de San Vicente del Barco. She married, firstly, Pedro Luis Martinez de Irujo on 12 October 1947 at Seville, Spain^G.¹ She married, secondly, Jesus Aguirre Ortiz de Zarate in March 1978. She died on 20 November 2014 at age 88 at Palaciode las Duenas, Seville, Spain.¹
     She gained the title of 18° Duquesa de Alba de Tormes.

     Pedro Luis Martinez de Irujo was born on 17 November 1919 at Madrid, Spain^G. He married Maria del Rosario Cayetana FitzJames-Stuart y de Silva, 18° Duquesa de Alba de Tormes, daughter of Jacobo Maria del Pilar Carlos Manuel FitzJames-Stuart y Falcó, 17° Duque de Alba and Maria del Rosario de Silva y Gurtubay, Marquesa de San Vicente del Barco, on 12 October 1947 at Seville, Spain^G.¹ He died on 6 September 1972 at age 52 at Houston, Texas, U.S.A.¹

     Jesus Aguirre Ortiz de Zarate was born on 9 June 1934 at Madrid, Spain^G. He married Maria del Rosario Cayetana FitzJames-Stuart y de Silva, 18° Duquesa de Alba de Tormes, daughter of Jacobo Maria del Pilar Carlos Manuel FitzJames-Stuart y Falcó, 17° Duque de Alba and Maria del Rosario de Silva y Gurtubay, Marquesa de San Vicente del Barco, in March 1978.

     Carlos FitzJames-Stuart, 19° Duque de Alba de Tormes was born on 2 October 1948 at Madrid, Spain^G.¹ He is the son of Pedro Luis Martinez de Irujo and Maria del Rosario Cayetana FitzJames-Stuart y de Silva, 18° Duquesa de Alba de Tormes. He married Matilda de Solis y Martinez de Campos on 18 June 1988 at Seville, Spain^G. He and Matilda de Solis y Martinez de Campos were divorced.¹
     He gained the title of 14° Duque de Huescar. He succeeded as the 19° Duque de Alba de Tormes on 20 November 2014.