Queen Sofia of Spain and the Tsar and Queen of Bulgaria led Spanish High Society at the Wedding of Fernando Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Huéscar and Sofía Palazuelo at the Liria Palace in Madrid on this day in 2018!
Fernando Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Huéscar, the eldest son of Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 19th Duke of Alba and Matilde de Solís-Beaumont, married his longtime girlfriend, Sofía Palazuelo, in a Roman Catholic Ceremony officiated by the Lira Palace Chaplain, Don Ignacio Sánchez-Dalp in the gardens of the spectacular Liria Palace in Madrid, the Madrid Seat of the Dukes of Alba.
Fernando Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Huéscar with his mother, Matilde de Solís-Beaumont (who wore the La Motilla Sapphire Necklace).
Following the Ceremony, the couple posed for photographs inside the magnificent State Rooms of the Liria Palace.
The newlywed Duke and Duchess returned to the Palace Garden for the Wedding Reception and Dancing.
Royal and Noble Guests and Relatives were led by Queen Sofia of Spain and Tsar Simeon II and Tsaritsa Margarita of Bulgaria alongside Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria.
The Duke and Duchess have two daughters, Rosario and Sofía Fitz-James Stuart y Palazuelo. The Duke of Huéscar is the Heir to the Dukedom of Alba, one of Spain’s most illustrious aristocratic titles, and the massive fortune of the House of Alba, concentrated at the Liria Palace in Madrid and the Palacio de las Dueñas in Seville, with hereditary privileges such as being the only person to enter the Seville Cathedral on horseback.