Fernando de Silva, 12th Duke of Alba

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Silva and the second or maternal family name is Álvarez de Toledo.
The Most Excellent
Fernando de Silva
12th Duke of Alba GE
Portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier, 1749
Chief Minister of Spain
In office
9 April 1754 – 15 May 1754
MonarchFerdinand VI
Preceded byJosé de Carvajal y Lancáster
Succeeded byRicardo Wall
Seat O of the Real Academia Española
In office
17 April 1754 – 15 November 1776
Preceded byJosé de Carvajal y Lancáster
Succeeded byJosé Joaquín de Silva-Bazán
Director of the Real Academia Española
In office
17 April 1754 – 15 November 1776
Preceded byJosé de Carvajal y Lancáster
Succeeded byJosé Joaquín de Silva-Bazán
Personal details
BornFernando de Silva y Álvarez de Toledo
27 October 1714
Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Died15 November 1776(1776-11-15) (aged 62)
Madrid, Spain
SpouseAna María Alvarez de Toledo y de Portugal
ChildrenFrancisco de Paula de Silva y Álvarez de Toledo, 10th Duke of Huéscar
Parents

Fernando de Silva y Álvarez de Toledo, 12th Duke of Alba (27 October 1714 – 15 November 1776), was a Spanish politician and general who was Prime Minister of Spain in 1754.[1]

Biography

Better known as the Duke of Huéscar, Fernando de Silva was a man of the Enlightenment and friend of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. He was Spanish ambassador to France between 1746 and 1749. On 8 November 1753 he was appointed Mayordomo mayor and chief of the Royal Household and, on 9 April 1754 he was made director of the Real Academia Española, a function he held until his death in 1776.

He was also Chief Minister of Spain between 9 April and 15 May 1754. As Duke of Alba, he was succeeded by his granddaughter María del Pilar de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, who was a friend of Francisco de Goya, who visited their villa on several occasions and painted there in 1786 El verano and La vendimia.

Descendants

He had married Ana María Alvarez de Toledo y de Portugal, (1710–1738), daughter of the 9th Count of Oropesa. They had one son, who pre-deceased his father:

Ancestry

Ancestors of Fernando de Silva, 12th Duke of Alba
16. Rui Gomes de Silva, 3rd Duke of Pastrana
8. Rodrigo de Silva y Mendoza, 4th Duke of Pastrana
17. Leonor de Guzmán el Bueno y Silva
4. Gregorio María de Silva y Mendoza, 9th Duke of the Infantado
18. Diego Gomez de Sandoval y de La Cerda
9. Catalina Gomez de Sandoval, 6th Marchioness del Cenete
19. Luisa de Mendoza, Countess of Saldaña
2. Manuel José de Sylva y Toledo, 10th Count of Galve
20. Diego Lopez de Haro, 5th Marquess of El Carpio
10. Luis Mendez de Haro, 1st Duke of Montoro (= 28)
21. Francisca de Guzman y Pimentel
5. María Mendez de Haro y Fernandez de Cordoba
22. Enrique de Aragón Folc de Cardona y Córdoba, 5th Duke of Segorbe
11. Catalina Fernandez de Cordoba y Folch de Cardona (= 29)
23. Catalina Fernández de Córdova Figueroa
1. Fernando de Silva, 12th Duke of Alba
24. Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 6th Duke of Alba
12. António Alvarez de Toledo, 7th Duke of Alba
25. Antónia Enriquez, 5th Marchioness of Villanueva del Río
6. Francisco Álvarez de Toledo, 10th Duke of Alba
26. Diego Pedro de Sylva y Portugal, 1st Marquess of Orani
13. Guiomar de Sylva
27. Lucrécia Corella y Mendoza
3. María Teresa Álvarez de Toledo, 11th Duchess of Alba
28. Luis Mendez de Haro, 1st Duke of Montoro (= 10)
14. Gaspar Mendez de Haro, 7th Marquess del Carpio
29. Catalina Fernandez de Cordoba y Folch de Cardona (= 11)
7. Catalina Mendez de Haro, 8th marquesa del Carpio
30. Juan Gaspar Enriquez, 6th Duke of Medina de Rioseco
15. Teresa Enriquez de Cabrera y Alvarez de Toledo
31. Elvira Álvarez de Toledo Osorio Ponce de León

Notes

  1. ^ in full, Spanish: Don Fernando de Silva Mendoza y Álvarez de Toledo, décimo segundo duque de Alba de Tormes, noveno duque de Huéscar, quinto duque de Montoro, séptimo conde-duque de Olivares, décimo marqués del Carpio, décimo segundo marqués de Coria, octavo marqués de Eliche, décimo primer marqués de Villanueva del Río, quinto marqués de Tarazona, décimo conde de Monterrey, décimo tercer conde de Lerín, décimo tercer Condestable de Navarra, décimo primer conde de Galve, décimo tercer conde de Osorno, de jure duque de Galisteo, décimo conde de Ayala, octavo conde de Fuentes de Valdepero, señor del estado de Valdecorneja, señor de las baronías de Dicastillo, San Martín, Curton y Guissens

Sources

  • Hobbs, Nicolas (2007). "Grandes de España" (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2008.
  • Instituto de Salazar y Castro. Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobiliarios Españoles (in Spanish). periodic publication.
  • "DUQUES DE ALBA: Genealogía" (in Spanish). 2007. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2008.
  • "Geneall.net" (in Spanish). 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2008.
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