Wedding of the Duchess of Alba

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Wedding of Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, (later 18th Duchess of Alba) and Don Luis Martínez de Irujo y Artázcoz in Seville on this day in 1947. The wedding was considered to be one of the last great weddings of European nobility, with the New York Times calling it “the most expensive wedding of the world.” The couple were happily married until his death in 1972. The Duchess remarried twice and was famous for being the most titled aristocrat in the world.

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2 thoughts on “Wedding of the Duchess of Alba”

  1. Personally, I think the song “I did it my way” fits the late Duchess perfectly. She was such an iconoclast! Her wedding tiara is truly spectacular. I think the current Duke still owns it, and if he does, we’ll probably have to wait for one of his sons or maybe his niece Cayetana marries in order to see it again.

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