Monday, August 8, 2011

...Maria del Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Francisca Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva

Maria del Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Francisca Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva AKA The Duchess of Alba is a real person, and she is a really wealthy person. Her net worth is somewhere between $850 million and $5 billion. Why do I care about her? Well wealthy people are pretty interesting for one, but she is getting married to a civil servant, Alfonso Diez, who is 24 years younger than she is. How old is she you ask... A youthful 85 years old. Her 6 children are against the marriage, so to prove that he is marrying her for love and not for her money, she is giving away all of her money...to her children. Along with this recent gift, she has already given her children and 8 grandchildren a palace of their own. Her children are all from her first marriage to Pedro Luis Martinez de Irujo y Artazcoz, son of the Duke of Sotomayor. He died in 1972. She remarried in 1978 to a onetime Jesuit priest named Jesus Aguirre y Ortiz de Zarate. He passed away in 2001. She has been friends with Diez for several years. Even with these very kind gesture there is no word on whether her children or grandchildren will attend the wedding. She likes to point out that each of her kids is divorced, even though she has never split up with any of her husbands. Usually I would think this is a stupid move, but she is 85 years old, not much else to do but love and be loved at that age right? I am going to give her a Digit Up for fighting for what she believes is true. I would like to note that if Alfonso dies than maybe someone should investigate this lady, can you say Spanish Black Widow...

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