María Francisca de Sales Portocarrero, 16th Duchess of Peñaranda
María Francisca de Sales de Palafox Portocarrero | |
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| 16th Duchess of Peñaranda de Duero Duchess of Alba | |
Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1854 | |
| Born | María Francisca de Sales de Palafox Portocarrero y Kirkpatrick 29 January 1825 Granada, Spain |
| Died | 16 September 1860 (aged 35) Paris, France |
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| Father | Cipriano de Palafox y Portocarrero, 8th Count of Montijo |
| Mother | María 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.