Born in Madrid, Spain, in 1794, Carlos was a descendant of
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick and through him, the exiled
King James II of England & VII of Scotland. He was the second surviving son of the
5th Duke of Berwick and inherited that family's titles on his elder brother the
6th Duke's death in 1795. He was also a
Knight of the
Order of the Golden Fleece of Spain. In 1802, the childless
13th Duchess of Alba died; as the duchess' third cousin once removed, Carlos became the 14th
Duke of Alba, as well as
Grandee of Spain on ten counts. In 1819, he married the
Italian noblewoman Rosalia
Ventimiglia di Grammonte y Moncada (
Palermo, 1798–1868). from the Ventimiglia, Princes of Grammonte, in
Palermo. (1777–1850),
Madrid,
Fundación Casa de Alba,
Palacio de Liria. They had three children : •
Jacopo Fitz-James Stuart y Ventimiglia,
Palermo,
Italy, (1821–1881) who married in 1844 with Maria Francisca Portocarrero Palafox y Kirkpatrick (1825–1860), eldest sister of
Eugénie de Montijo (1826–1920), Spanish wife of Emperor
Napoleon III of France (1808–1873). • Enrique Fitz-James Stuart y Ventimiglia,
Count of Galve (5 October 1826 - 28 April 1882), since his father death in 1835. He married in 1871 Adelaida Ivanovna Basilevskaya. This title of Count of Galve was awarded by the first time in 1557. This title came back not to Enrique's nephew
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 15th Duke of Alba, deceased 1881, but to the 16th Duke of Alba since 1881, Jacobo's oldest son
Carlos María Fitz-James Stuart, 16th Duke of Alba. • Luis Fernando FitzJames-Stuart y Ventimiglia. Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart died aged 41 on 7 October 1835, in
Sion,
Switzerland, and was succeeded as Duke of Alba on that year by his eldest son. ==Titles==