María del Rosario de Silva, Duchess of Alba
| María del Rosario de Silva | |
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| Duchess consort of Alba | |
Portrait of the Duchess of Alba, wearing Spanish mantilla, by Ignacio Zuloaga.
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| Spouse(s) | Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba |
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Full name
María del Rosario de Silva y Gurtubay
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| Noble family | House of Híjar, House of Silva |
| Father | Alfonso de Silva, 16th Duke of Híjar |
| Mother | María del Rosario Gurtubay y González de Castejón |
| Born | 4 April 1900 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 11 January 1934 (aged 33) Madrid, Spain |
| Buried | Monastery of Inmaculada Concepción (Loeches) |
Doña María del Rosario de Silva y Gurtubay, Duchess of Alba de Tormes, suo jure 9th Marquise of San Vicente del Barco, Grandee of Spain (Madrid, Spain; 4 April 1900 – 11 January 1934) was a Spanish aristocrat and socialite. Single heiress of all the titles of her father, Alfonso de Silva, 16th Duke of Híjar, and of the fortune of her mother, María del Rosario Gurtubay, the young Marquise was one of the beauties of her time.
She married in London, on 7 October 1920, to Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba, thus becoming the Duchess of Alba. She had one daughter, Cayetana, born in 1926.
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