Alfonso diez carabantes biography of william shakespeare
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DUCHESS OF ALBA, R.I.P.
IT ISN’T everyone whose ancestor’s nude portrait may hang in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. But for the late 18th Duchess of Alba, this was probably a whimsical sidelight to a rich, aristocratic life.
Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba, March 28, – November 20, , Spanish Grandee.
Alfonso diez carabantes biography of william shakespeare
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The 18th Duchess of Alba’s complete name was Maria del Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Francisca Fitz-James Stuart y Silva. In addition to the Alba lineage, her list of titles fills several pages.
She preferred being known as Cayetana de Alba; writer Fermin Urbiola knew her as a woman who was “born in high society yet knew how to walk among the people like nobody else.”
The Duchess died in her Palacio de las Dueñas on November 20, at the age of
A crowd paid respects at the Seville Cathedral funeral service.
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Among the Duchess’s passions were art (50, pieces), rare books and