Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó, 17t Duke o Alba

Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó
17t Duke o Alba
Portrait bi Maurice Fromkes, 1925.
17t Duke o Alba
Full name Santiago María del Pilar Carlos Manuel Felipe Juan Pío Fernando Francisco de Sales Gerónimo Mamerto Eduvigio Fitz-James Stuart Falcó Palafox-Portocarrero y Osorio
Born	17 October 1878 Pailace o Liria, Madrid, Spain
Dee'd	24 September 1953 (aged 74) Lausanne, Switzerland
Noble faimily	Fitz-James Alba
Spoose(s)	María del Rosario de Silva, 9t Marquise o San Vicente del Barco
Issue Cayetana, 18t Duchess o Alba
Faither	Carlos Fitz-James Stuart y Portocarrero, 16t Duke o Alba
Mither	Rosario Falcó, 21st Coontess o Siruela
Releegion	Roman Catholicism

Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17t Duke o Alba (17 October 1878 – 24 September 1953) wis a Spaingie peer, diplomat, politeecian, airt collector an olympic medallist. He wis ane o the maist important aristocrats o his time, an held, amang ither teetles, the Dukedoms o Alba de Tormes an Berwick, the Coontship o Lemos, Lerín an Montijo an the Marquessate o Carpio. He wis an aw a Knicht o the Order o the Gowden Fleece o Spain in 1926.

Background

The Duke wis born on 17 October 1878 in Palace o Liria in Madrid, the first son o Carlos Fitz-James Stuart y Portocarrero, 16t Duke o Alba an María del Rosario Falcó, 21st Countess o Siruela. Don Jacobo wis baptised anly a few days efter wi the name "Santiago", a variant o Jacobo. His godparents war his paternal grandfather, Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Ventimiglia, 15t Duke o Alba an his maternal grandmither María del Pilar Ossorio y Gutiérrez de los Ríos, 3rd Duchess o Fernán Núñez.

Issue

1. Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18t Duchess o Alba (28 Mairch 1926 – 20 November 2014) mairit twice an haed issue.