Spain's Wealthiest n Most Colourful Aristocrats Dies

The Duchess of Alba, one of Spain's wealthiest and most colourful aristocrats and listed as the world's most titled noble, has died at the age of 88.
A spokesman for duchess' Duenas Palace residence in Seville said Maria del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva died there Thursday from pneumonia. The spokesman declined to be identified, in line with palace policy.

The duchess was admitted to a Seville hospital Sunday but the family asked for her to be moved to the house Tuesday.

A relative of Winston Churchill, the duchess shared toys with England's future Queen Elizabeth while living in England as a girl.

Twice-widowed, the fabulously wealthy raised eyebrows in 2011 when at age 85 she wed her third husband, a civil servant 25 years her junior.

The Duchess of Alba, one of Spain's wealthiest and most colorful aristocrats and listed as the world's most titled noble, has died at the age of 88. The Duchess died at her palatial home in the southern city of Seville on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. The cause of death was not immediately made known. A relative of Winston Churchill the duchess shared toys with England¿s future Queen Elizabeth II while living in England as a girl.