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.

Biography Born in Madrid, Spain, in 1794, Carlos 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 1802, the childless 13th Duchess of Alba died; as the duchess' third cousin once removed, Carlos became the 14th Duke of Alba, as well as Grandee of Spain on ten counts.

In 1819, he married the Italian noblewoman Rosalia Ventimiglia di Grammonte y Moncada (Palermo, 1798–1868). from the Ventimiglia, Princes of Grammonte, in Palermo.

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 : Jacopo Fitz-James Stuart y Ventimiglia, Palermo, Italy, (1821–1881) who married in 1844 with Maria Francisca Portocarrero Palafox y Kirkpatrick (1825–1860), eldest sister of Eugénie de Montijo (1826–1920), Spanish wife of Emperor Napoleon III of France (1808–1873). Enrique Fitz-James Stuart y Ventimiglia, Count of Galve (5 October 1826 - 28 April 1882), since his father death in 1835. He married in 1871 Adelaida Ivanovna Basilevskaya. 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.

Titles 14th Duke of Alba, Grandee of Spain 7th Duke of Berwick, Grandee of Spain (Jacobite as well Spanish title) 12th Duke of Huéscar, Grandee of Spain 7th Duke of Liria and Jérica, Grandee of Spain 7th Duke of Montoro, Grandee of Spain 10th Count-Duke of Olivares, Grandee of Spain 12th Marquess of Carpio, Grandee of Spain 10th Marquess of Eliche 13th Marquess of Villanueva del Río 14th Count of Gelves 17th Count of Modica (Sicilian title) 7th Earl of Tinmouth (Jacobite title) 7th Baron Bosworth (Jacobite title)

Ancestry 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.