Dies the Duchess of Alba

It is also La Cayetana Stuart and Silva has died at the 88 years in the palace of Masters, in Seville, the city in which he lived his last years and in that case for the third time, which was his penultimate act of rebellion. Large Fourteen times in Spain, it was the head of the House of Alba and a prominent figure in the social life but, above all, a unique and unrepeatable character that does not leave anyone indifferent. He was born in a palace, the De Liria in Madrid, but always liked depress the street and challenging conventions. He did so until the end of their days. It was a woman of breaks and tears. This Thursday he died surrounded by his followers, in the company of her husband, Alfonso Ten.

The first thing that made the dawn after the death was communicated to the Kings, Felipe and Letizia. The news of the death was then publicly announced by the mayor of Seville, Juan Ignacio Zoido Martã, given that this Town Hall will be in charge of the organization on the part of the undertaker. "Dona Cayetana always took him to Seville in the heart and therefore will remain forever in the heart of Seville. Rest in Peace," said the councilor in a tuit.

The family - the six sons of the duchess; her present husband, Alfonso Ten, in addition to their grandchildren- was gathered in the Palace of Masters, from where the body of the Duchess has already been transferred to the funeral chapel, which has been installed in the Columbus Room of the Sevillian town hall, the expanded space of the Casa Consistorial. The coffin, which has been placed the shield of the house of Alba, was introduced in the Town Hall the grandchildren and relatives of the duchess. In the city of Seville the flags are flying at half-mast and has been declared a day of mourning for his death.

King Philip VI has been called by phone to the widower of the Duchess of Alba, Alfonso Ten, and the Duke of Huéscar, Carlos It is also Stuart --firstborn of the deceased--to express his condolences on the death of Cayetana Fizt-James Stuart. In addition, the Kings, don Felipe Letizia, don Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia crowns have been sent to Seville. The chairman of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, he expressed his sympathy and that of the Government to the family by the death in a statement that emphasize its facet of art patrons, and custody of a historical and artistic patrimony exceptional. The Infanta Elena will attend the funeral on behalf of the King Philip VI, has announced the Palacio de la Zarzuela.

Alfonso Ten has remained at all times to the side of the Duchess, especially in this last difficult year for the health of the aristocrat. "If I am not concerned in anyone's life, that is not being tarred with the mia", argument the duchess in order to marry Alfonso ten, with which the October 5 past completed his three years of marriage. A union that their children were initially opposed. But everything changed when the affairs of the House of Alba were resolved. It was fixed in writing the partition of the goods, the societies, land, houses, amounting to a value between 600 and 3,000 million euros-, and it became clear that the last Duke of Alba resigned to almost everything and is committed to caring for until the end of their days to the aristocrat.