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| In the collection of the dukes of Alba, Palacio Liria, Madrid. |
María Francisca de Sales "Paca" de Portocarrero Palafox y Kirkpatrick, 12th Duchess of Peñaranda, etc. (29 January 1825, Málaga - 16 September 1860, Paris), the beloved elder sister of the Empress Eugénie, married Jacobo Luis Francisco Pablo Rafael Fitz-James Stuart y Ventimiglia, 15th Duke of Alba, etc. (June 3, 1821, Palermo - July 10, 1881, Madrid), on February 14, 1844 in Madrid. She died of what was thought to be a spinal ailment, or possibly leukemia, at the age of thirty-five, leaving three young children.
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I first saw a black and white reproduction of this painting back when I was a teenager and in the midst of my mania for her sister, the empress. I've had to wait this long to find an image in color; I think it was worth the wait - and, incidentally, gorgeous.
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