The duchess who had more titles than kings and queen
On November 20th , a duchess descended from royalty but who had more titles than most kings and queens of her time died. The death of a Spanish noblewoman might not ordinarily make global headlines. But Cayetana, Duchess of Alba, was no ordinary person. She had been feted by some of the most famous people of the 20th century and packed plenty of excitement and intrigue into her 88 years. The duchess had only the vaguest of claims to a throne but royalty loved her.
Maria del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva had been born in one of Spain&#;s grandest residents, the Liria Palace, in Her surname was a clue to her regal ancestors. The Fitz-James Stuarts were descended from James II, the king who had been forced to flee London and his realm after his reign descended into chaos in Cayetana, as this duchess was always known, was his eight times great granddaughter.
But while her branch of this almost royal family might not have had a throne, by the time Cayetana arrived, they did have a huge fortune. She was the only child of Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Duke of Alba, who was an influential politician and Olympic silver med
Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba was born on March 28, and became one of the most titled aristocrats in the world. She adored luxury, unusual outfits and plastic surgery.
Cayetana&#;s wealth, as the sole heiress of the Duke of Alba, exceeded the royal treasury by a hundredfold. The Spanish aristocrat was ahead of the British Queen Elizabeth II in terms of the number of titles and was the only aristocrat in the country who had a full-length bronze statue made during her lifetime. The Spaniards loved her. She was awarded the title &#;Beloved Daughter of Andalusia&#; for her contribution to the development of Seville.
Let&#;s see how Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart looked in her youth and how her face changed after numerous plastic surgeries and cosmetic procedures. Let&#;s compare the photos then and now.
Plastic surgery
Cayetana passionately dreamed of regaining her former youth, so she decided to take a chance and let plastic surgeons intervene in the process of her withering.
The exact number of all plastic surgeries she has done is unknown. According to some reports, she did abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), rhinoplasty (nose job), changed the shape of her lip
Duchess of Alba: Spain's richest aristocrat dies aged 88
In , she turned her palace in Madrid over to French designer Yves Saint Laurent for a Dior fashion show.
One of the more memorable images from her latter years came when she flung off her shoes to perform an impromptu flamenco dance before a crowd of photographers and guests at her third wedding in
"Together we have a wonderful time," her husband Alfonso Diez said in an interview with Vanity Fair magazine.
"It often seems that I'm the older of the two," he said.
Her wealth, estimated at anywhere between €m (£m; $m) and €bn, is expected to be shared among her six children.
In her autobiography, published last year, the Duchess wrote that all she wanted was "health" and to "keep on living".
María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba
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"Gratitude for all the honors showered upon him by the countess was not strong enough in Goya's breast, however, to prevent his preferring to her society that of the younger and fairer Duchess of Alba, whose essentially Spanish type of beauty and subtle charm appealed to his passionate nature. Such was his devotion to this lady, indeed, that scandalous reports concerning it soon came to be circulated, until at last the queen, whose own reputation was far from being above reproach, enraged at the dominion exercised over her favorite painter by the young duchess, and probably prompted to the step by the jealous Countess of Benavente, summarily banished the beautiful Duchess of Alba from the court to the latter's residence at San Lucar." --Masters in Art |
María del Pilar de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, 9 times Grandee of Spain, (10 June – 23 July ) was a Spanish aristocrat and a popular subject of the painter, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes.
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