María Francisca de Sales Portocarrero, 16th Duchess of Peñaranda

María Francisca de Sales
de Palafox Portocarrero
16th Duchess of Peñaranda de Duero
Duchess of Alba
Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1854
BornMaría Francisca de Sales de Palafox Portocarrero y Kirkpatrick
29 January 1825
Granada, Spain
Died16 September 1860(1860-09-16) (aged 35)
Paris, France
Spouse(s)
(m. 1848)
Issue
FatherCipriano de Palafox y Portocarrero, 8th Count of Montijo
MotherMaría Manuela Kirkpatrick

María Francisca de Sales "Paca" de Palafox Portocarrero y Kirkpatrick, 16th Duchess of Peñaranda de Duero (29 January 1825 16 September 1860), also known as Paca de Alba, was a Spanish noblewoman and the sister of Eugénie de Montijo, Empress of the French. She was the 16th Duchess of Peñaranda de Duero in her own right and a Grandee of Spain, and she inherited many other titles from her father. She was also Duchess of Alba by virtue of her marriage to Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 15th Duke of Alba.