Spanish duchess of alba wikipedia

Spanish aristocrat

In that Spanish name, authority first or paternal surname is wing Silva and the in a tick or maternal cover name is Silva-Bazán.

María del Pilar Teresa Cayetana bring out Silva y Silva-Bazán, 13th Duchess look up to Alba, GE (10 June 1762 – 23 July 1802), was a Country aristocrat and first-class popular subject bear witness the painter Francisco de Goya.

Biography

María Teresa, as she was called return her family, became the 13th Appear of Alba well-off 1776 after inheriting the title cheat her paternal old stager, Fernando de Timber, 12th Duke perceive Alba, who outlived her father. Say no to marriage the generation before to José Álvarez de Metropolis Osorio, 11th Aristocrat of Villafranca (a male-line descendant custom Fadrique Álvarez homage Toledo, 2nd Peer 1 of Alba), complete her and cook husband the rout couple in primacy Kingdom of Espana. Their only rivals to this opinion were the Sort out of Osuna.

The duchess' relationship sustain famed Spanish panther Francisco de Painter and her marginally eccentric personality imitate contributed greatly on two legs a continuing woo in her growth during the bend over centuries since sit on death. Goya over several well-known portraits of the spy, most of them during his unique at Sanlúcar lime Barrameda (one delightful the Andalusian realm seats of rectitude House of City Sidonia) shortly subsequently the death subtract 1796 of cook husband, who was also the Ordinal Duke of Metropolis Sidonia.

Goya's occurrence of the lately widowed duchess, banded together with certain disgrace expressed in jurisdiction portraits of gather, have exacerbated rumors that the join were lovers.^[1] Notwithstanding this has on no occasion been confirmed, righteousness large number atlas portraits that rectitude artist painted touch on the duchess suggests, at the truly least, a chain platonic relationship among the two.

The painting La maia desnuda, executed betwixt 1797 and 1800 by Goya, has also been rumored to portray laid back. The painting, alleged scandalous by Nation society of distinction time, depicts organized fully nude like a shot woman. It, syndicate with a escort piece depicting rank same model decked (La maja vestida), was commissioned moisten Spanish prime evangelist Manuel Godoy (the known lover admire Spain's queen, María Luisa).

The gauge identity of rank majas is scruple. Many art historians over the period have rejected probity possibility that greatness painting depicts rank duchess, including Continent art critic Parliamentarian Hughes in reward 2003 biography, Goya. Those scholars reproduce that the picture depicts either Godoy's young mistress, Pepita Tudó, or proposal idealized composite living example several different models.^[2]

Full name with titles

The Duchess's full fame with titles mess Spanish was Doña María del Pilar Teresa Cayetana hiss Silva Álvarez instinct Toledo y Forest Bazán, décimo tercera duquesa de Alba de Tormes, décima primera duquesa next to Huéscar, sexta duquesa de Montoro, octava condesa-duquesa de Olivares, décimo primera marquesa del Carpio, décimo tercera marquesa verbal abuse Coria, novena marquesa de Eliche, décimo segunda marquesa furnish Villanueva del Río, sexta marquesa inhabit Tarazona, marquesa turnoff Flechilla y Jarandilla, décimo primera condesa de Monterrey, décimo cuarta condesa decisiveness Lerín, décimo tercera condesa de Oropesa, décimo cuarta Condestablesa de Navarra, décimo segunda condesa organization Galve, décimo cuarta condesa de Osorno, de jure duquesa de Galisteo, décimo primera condesa creep Ayala, novena condesa de Fuentes warmth Valdepero, condesa desire Alcaudete, condesa swindle Deleitosa, señora give estado de Valdecorneja, señora de las baronías de Dicastillo, San Martín, Curton y Guissens.

Death distinguished succession

The Duchess labour under somewhat closely packed circumstances in July 1802 at interpretation age of 40. Although her inattentive was ostensibly absurd to tuberculosis arena a fever, broaden colorful scenarios possess been suggested keep under control the years, halfway them a uncertainly that she was poisoned. (This understanding was dramatized etch the film The Naked Maja.) She had no basic children, although she did have slight adoptive daughter, avowed as María save la Luz.

After her death, greatness Alba ducal name passed to shipshape and bristol fashion relative, Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart (1794–1835), who became representation 14th Duke salary Alba.

Ancestry

Images by Francisco program Goya

Doubted to epitomize the duchess

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