This Wednesday, November 20, marks ten years since the death of the remembered XVIII Duchess of Alba. Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart died at the age of 88 in her Sevillian residence at the Palacio de las Dueñas surrounded by her husband, Alfonso Díez, and her children, who traveled to the Andalusian capital to say goodbye to her mother. On the occasion of this decade, the emblematic church of Cristo de los Gitanos has hosted a funeral mass in his memory.
© GtresShortly before 8:30 p.m., friends, family and acquaintances of the Grand Duchess of Alba have begun to arrive at the Sanctuary of Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Salud and María Santísima de las Angustias Coronada from Seville, originating from the beginning of the 15th century . A mass in his honor in which his ashes were present. Next to his grave, two flower crowns with pink and white roses and a ribbon that read ‘Cayetano, Bárbara and family’ have been placed.
Cayetano Martínez de Irujo was the first to arrive wearing a dark suit with a blue shirt that matched his partner’s tie and arm. Barbara Mirjan. Before entering the temple, with a very serious face, he stopped to attend to the media who were awaiting his appearance. “It is a very special day. For me to pay tribute to my mother one day a year, it seems to me that it is the least she deserves,” the son of the Duchess of Alba began by explaining.
© GtresFurthermore, the Duke of Arjona explained that this year, his brothers, Carlos, the current Duke of Alba and Fernando Martínez de Irujo and Fitz-James Stuart, were also going to attend the funeral mass: “My mother will be very happy. I am very happy because my mother deserves it.” He has also emphasized how important it is for him to have been born in one of the most important sagas in our country: “I am very happy but I am happy for my mother, which is the least she deserves. We are very lucky to have been born in one of the most important families in Spain and the world to have had a privileged education.”
© GtresBefore crossing the threshold of the religious temple, Cayetano Martínez made a comment that could be directed at his sister Eugenia and his brothers, Jacobo, Alfonso, the great absentees at this event: “We must feel very privileged to have inherited, that we do not “We have inherited money but we have inherited her legacy, properties and that is the minimum, being eternally grateful. We have shared our mother’s belongings, which is a unique memory because she was a unique woman, the most relevant female character.”
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