List of Dukes of Alba

List of Dukes of Alba

The Dukes of Alba (es:"Duque de Alba"), are Spanish nobility and Grandees of Spain. The title was created by King Henry IV of Castile and given to García Alvarez de Toledo, who was count of Alba de Tormes.

Some of the most famous were Don Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, who was also known under the general "Duke of Alba" or simply "Alba". Another famous Alba member was Doña María del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva y Álvarez de Toledo, 13th Duchess of Alba, known simply as the "Duchess of Alba" who was a muse of the painter Francisco Goya.
Members of the Duke of Alba family married into the families of Christopher Columbus and Cosmo de Medici and the line of the Duke of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Dukes and Duchesses of Alba

# Don García Alvarez de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba
# Don Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo, 2nd Duke of Alba
# Don Fernando Alvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507-1582)
# Don Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo, 4th Duke of Alba
# Don Antonio Alvarez de Toledo y Beaumont, 5th Duke of Alba
# Don Fernando Alvarez de Toledo y Mendoza, 6th Duke of Alba
# Don Antonio Alvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 7th Duke of Alba
# Don Antonio Alvarez de Toledo y Beaumont, 8th Duke of Alba
# Don Antonio Martin Alvarez de Toledo Guzmán, 9th Duke of Alba
# Don Francisco Alvarez de Toledo, 10th Duke of Alba
# Doña María Teresa Alvarez de Toledo, 11th Duchess of Alba
# Don Fernando de Silva y Alvarez de Toledo, 12th Duke of Alba
# Don José Alvarez de Toledo y Gonzaga, 13th Duke "Consort" of Alba (1756-1796)
# Doña María del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva y Alvarez de Toledo, 13th Duchess of Alba (1762–1802)
# Don Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Alba-see also list of Duke of Berwick-upon-Tweed
# Don Jacopo Fitz-James Stuart, 15th Duke of Alba
# Don Carlos María Fitz-James Stuart y Portocarrero, 16th Duke of Alba
# Don Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó, 17th Duke of Alba
# Doña María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, 18th Duchess of Alba

ee also

* House of Alba


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