That wedding, held in Seville, in June 1988, was the social event of the year. If the personality of this Sevillian, eight years younger than Matilde, dedicated to the fields as an employee of the Natea Soluciones Agrícolas company, has been dotted with conflictive episodes with his ex-wife, no less striking have been the moments starring Matilde Solís since she left made publicly visible, as the fiancée of the eldest son of the Duchess of Alba. Instead, she was there, receiving the condolences of all those present, Rocio Medinathe last partner of the deceased, a man little known socially, but who lived through a controversial and complicated separation from Matilde Solís, with mutual complaints, a restraining order due to a judge’s ruling but apparently a good father to his only son, who has just died. The one who could be Duchess of Alba for her wedding with Carlos Fitz-James Stuart and the mother of her two children did not want to accompany her son Borja, born from his mother’s second marriage, to church. Borja Moreno Santamaria He died days ago of a sudden heart attack.with little more than 50 years.Īlso read: Unveiled the hidden face of Matilde Solís, mother of the future Duke of Alba Her courtship with dashing civil servant Alfonso Diez then gripped the nation, aroused disapproval from Queen Sofia and was openly opposed by her six children.īefore tying the knot with 61-year-old Diez in 2011, the duchess divided her fortune between her offspring to silence their protests.No one has been surprised Matilde Solis and Martinez Camposwho was the first and so far only wife of the current Duke of Alba, was not present this past Thursday, in the Seville church of Jesús del Gran Poder, where the funeral was held for her second husband. The marriage scandalised Spanish high society because she was marrying a former Jesuit priest, Jesus Aguirre, who was 11 years younger than her and had been her confessor. The duchess, who favoured an eccentric clothing style, sporting beaded anklets and fishnet tights well into her eighties, married former Catholic priest Jesus Aguirre Ortiz de Zarate six years after the death of her first husband in 1972. Wearing a pearl and diamond crown, she rode to Seville Cathedral in a horse-drawn carriage with thousands of well-wishers lining the streets to cheer her.
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One thousand guests attended the formal banquet while free meals were served to another thousand needy locals. The marriage, to Don Pedro Luis Martines de Irujo, son of the Duke of Sotomayor, was described by the New York Times as 'Spain's most elaborate social event since the end of the monarchy'. The twice-widowed duchess first married aged 21 in 1947 to fellow aristocrat Luis Martinez de Irujo in a wedding on a scale to rival that of Britain's Princess Elizabeth later that year. Spain's looser Covid-19 restrictions meant up to 300 guests could dance the afternoon away indoors, but it is understood the couple still kept numbers down and chose to have the ceremony outside in the Versailles gardens.Ī handful of Spain's biggest names flocked to the must-see event, including the Count's older brother Fernando Fitz-James Stuart and his wife Sofia Palazuelo, who wed in 2018.ĭesigner Ines Domecq, who has dressed the Queen of Spain, was also in attendance, alongside artist and designer Alejandra Domínguez. The event marked the biggest society wedding of the last 18 months after scores of aristocrats across Europe were forced to put plans for their lavish nuptials on hold due to the pandemic. The Count is the youngest son of the 19th Duke of Alba, who inherited an estimated £2.2billion worth after the late Duchess of Alba passed away in November 2014. Other photos show the couple walking hand-in-hand through the ornamental gardens and posing inside the palace's grand reception rooms.īelén is the great-granddaughter of Carlos Corsini Senespleda, engineer and founder of the construction and public works company Corsan, which was sold for 325 million euros in 2004. Meanwhile the groom Carlos looked dashing in the Gala uniform of the Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla (RMS), or the Royal Cavalry Armory of Seville, a chivalric order created in 1670 currently led by King Felipe of Spain. Typically understated, the bride kept her beauty, hair and accessories simple, choosing a pair of diamond earrings and wearing her hair swept back into a bun pinned with a glittering hairpiece.
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