Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó, 17th Duke of Alba, 10th Duke of Berwick, GE was a Spanish peer, diplomat, politician, art collector and Olympic medalist. He was one of the most important aristocrats of his time and held, among other titles, the dukedoms of Alba de Tormes and Berwick, the Countship of Lemos, Lerín, Montijo and the Marquessate of Carpio. He was granted the Order of the Golden Fleece of Spain in 1926.
Photographed in Real Maestranza de Sevilla uniform, 1937
Portrait by Maurice Fromkes, 1925
The Duke of Alba and Winston Churchill, his distant cousin, during a polo match in Casa de Campo, Madrid, 1914
Duke of Berwick (Spanish: Duque de Berwick) is a title that was created in the Peerage of England on 19 March 1687 for James FitzJames, the illegitimate son of James II and VII, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland and Arabella Churchill. The title's name refers to the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed in England, near the border with Scotland.
Image: Portrait of James II Prado
Image: Portrait of James II Prado
Image: Workshop of Hyacinthe Rigaud Jacques de Fitz James, duc de Berwick Versailles MV 3704
Image: Duke of Veragua Van Loo
