Carlos Juan Fitz-James Stuart

Carlos Fitz-James Stuart y Martínez de Irujo, 19th Duke of Alba, GE (né Martínez de Irujo y Fitz-James Stuart; born 2 October 1948), is a Spanish aristocrat. He is the head of the House of Alba, one of the most prominent families of the Spanish nobility. He is a direct descendant of James II of England and VII of Scotland

He obtained a degree in law at the Complutense University of Madrid and now works as an adviser for several cultural institutions, such as the Hispania Nostra Foundation, the Valencia de Don Juan Institute, and the Hispanic Society of America. He is in charge of the House of Alba Foundation and, thus, in principle of a great deal of the significant House of Alba heritage and patrimony. He is also a Knight of the Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla.

Upon the death of his mother in 2014, he was first in line to succeed as 19th Duke of Alba (and Grandee of Spain) and also to inherit 38 other titles (10 of them with a Grandeeship of Spain). The succession to most of the titles was officially confirmed in 2015 except for the Lordship (Señorío) of Moguer and the County of Modica that have been inherited traditionally. Later in 2015, he ceded two titles – Duke of Huéscar to his elder son and heir apparent Fernando, and Count of Osorno to his younger son Carlos.

Family On 13 June 1988, he married Matilde de Solís-Beaumont y Martínez de Campos in the Seville Cathedral. She is the daughter of Fernando de Solís y Atienza, 10th Marquess of la Motilla, and his wife Isabel Martínez de Campos Rodríguez, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Seo de Urgel.

The couple had two sons before their marriage was annulled in 2004: Fernando Fitz-James Stuart y de Solís, 17th Duke of Huéscar, Grandee of Spain (born 14 September 1990); married Sofía Palazuelo Barroso on 6 October 2018. Rosario Fitz-James Stuart y Palazuelo (8 September 2020) Sofía Fitz-James Stuart y Palazuelo (10 January 2023) Fernando Fitz-James Stuart y Palazuelo (10 September 2025) Carlos Fitz-James Stuart y de Solís, 22nd Count of Osorno, Grandee of Spain (born 29 November 1991); married Belén Corsini de Lacalle on 22 May 2021. Carlos Fitz-James Stuart y Corsini (4 March 2024) Fadrique Fitz-James Stuart y Corsini (9 June 2025)

Subsequently, between 2004 and 2006, he maintained a friendly relationship with Alicia Koplowitz, a Spanish businesswoman who ranked as Spain's richest woman in the Forbes World's Richest People list.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles

Dukedoms 19th Duke of Alba, Grandee of Spain 26th Count of San Esteban de Gormaz 50px Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George. Vice Grand Prefect (1970–1990). 50px Knight of the Illustrious Royal Order of Saint Januarius.

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