Not so long ago, the famous Duchess of Alba passed away. The plastic surgeries that she did in the last years of her life were unsuccessful. But this did not stop her from being loved by the people of Spain until her death.
Titled person
Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, and this is still far from her full name, was the most titled person not only in Spain, but throughout Europe. Her hereditary and ancestral titles are approaching two hundred.
Cayetana's nobility allowed her not to get up in the presence of the queen and not to bow to the Pope. No one living today can boast of such rights. Her favorite title was that of the Duchess de Montoro, which expressed all her devotion to Andalusia and its traditions.
Round State
On top of everything else, the Duchess of Alba is not a "poor relative" at all. Not only could the English queen herself not compete with her in terms of nobility, her possessions are scattered throughout almost the entire territory of Spain. Her collections include paintings by Goya, Velasquez, Rembrandt and many other equally famousartists; relics touched by the hands of Columbus, Leonardo da Vinci. True, it must be said that most of her we alth represents the heritage of Spain, so she could not completely dispose of it freely.
Childhood of Cayetana
The Duchess of Alba was born in Liria's ancestral palace in Madrid. Plastic surgery at that time had not yet managed to spoil her, and as a child, Cayetana was a very pretty girl. She was not a beauty with chiseled features, but there was something special, majestic in her appearance. In numerous surviving photographs, you can see what the Duchess of Alba was like in her youth.
When Cayetana was seven years old, her mother died of tuberculosis. Cayetana's father was the Spanish ambassador to Great Britain, and she spent her childhood there. Among her acquaintances and friends were Count Tolstoy, the future Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth. In subsequent years, her social circle expanded exponentially, she was "on you" with many Hollywood stars.
Father attached great importance to the education of his daughter. Cayetana was fluent in English, French, German. Thanks to equestrian sports, she was excellent in the saddle. Her hobbies include tennis and skiing. Especially, of course, it is worth mentioning flamenco. No one could dance like her - there was so much passion and energy in her dance. Until her very last days, it was believed that she was the best flamenco dancer. And how famously she danced at her own weddingin 2011. Yes, yes, then she was already 85 years old.
Loud scandal
Cayetana loved to attract the attention of the public and attracted. What is her last marriage worth. The age difference with her husband was 25 years. Of course, the duchess was older. By the way, because of this unequal marriage, a scandal erupted throughout Spain. The children did not accept the "young" beloved mother and were against the marriage of the duchess. So much so that they even asked the king of Spain to forbid the elderly duchess from marrying a man of an humble family. And the king forbade it. The Duchess's threats failed to influence his decision.
As a result, Alba put all her fortune on the altar of love. According to the will, the young husband did not get anything - the duchess bequeathed everything to her children and grandchildren. The husband, Alfonso Diaz, signed all relevant papers. This responsible step was taken even before the wedding, so her husband cannot be reproached for self-interest. The Duchess of Alba, whose plastic surgery had already become the talk of the town, by that time claimed that Alfonso needed only her, and not her we alth. Apparently love…
But let's not talk about the scandalous marriage for a long time, let's remember what the Duchess of Alba was like in her youth.
Marry a Duke
Of the three husbands, only the first Sothmajor de Irujo y Artascos was blue-blooded. From him, the duchess gave birth to all her children - five sons and a daughter. The girl was bornthe last, when the mother was already 42 years old.
In 1972, the beloved husband died of leukemia, the family then experienced a serious shock. Little Eugenia became literally an outlet for the duchess, in her she reflected her late husband.
Wedding with a priest
The Duchess of Alba grieved for six years. The biography of the famous person was then enriched by another wedding. This time, the husband was a former Jesuit priest - Jesus Aguirre, a man in whose veins there was not a drop of aristocratic blood. This fact caused disapproval among many, but Cayetana paid little attention to it. She liked to do the opposite, and she did it with pleasure.
If she always followed this principle, perhaps one of Pablo Picasso's paintings could have depicted the Duchess of Alba. In her youth, she received an offer from the great artist to pose for him naked, but her husband-duke categorically forbade such liberties.
Recent years
The portrait of the Duchess of Alba in the last years of her life, perhaps, would make especially impressionable people shudder. It would be better if the Duchess of Alba did not do plastic surgery.
But, despite her very advanced age, she could not be called an old woman in the full sense of the word. The caricature image, the decrepitude of the body in her case did not mean at all the decrepitude of thoughts. She was interested in everything, she was quite youthful. Even in recent years, in her wardrobe there were only clothes from the latestcollections of the most famous fashion designers.
November 20, 2014, a complication of pneumonia made itself felt, the heart of this famous woman could not stand it. The Duchess passed away at the age of 88. She wanted to live a bright life, well, she succeeded. Duchess of Alba, Spain will never forget you.
