The Dukes of Alba (Spanish: Duques de Alba de Tormes) are Spanish nobility and Grandees of Spain. The title was created by King Henry IV of Castile and given to García Álvarez de Toledo, 2nd Count of Alba de Tormes.

Famous members of the family include Don Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, governor of the Spanish Netherlands (references to "Alba", particulary in the context of Dutch history, are usually about him); and Doña María del Pilar de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, a muse of the painter Francisco Goya.

Members of the ducal family married into the families of Christopher Columbus and Cosmo de Medici and the line of the Duke of Berwick.

[edit] Counts of Alba de Tormes

1. Don Hernando Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Count of Alba

[edit] Dukes and Duchesses of Alba de Tormes

1. Don García Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba
2. Don Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 2nd Duke of Alba
3. Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507–1582)
4. Don Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Duke of Alba
5. Don Antonio Álvarez de Toledo y Beaumont, 5th Duke of Alba
6. Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Mendoza, 6th Duke of Alba
7. Don Antonio Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 7th Duke of Alba
8. Don Antonio Álvarez de Toledo y Beaumont, 8th Duke of Alba
9. Don Antonio Álvarez de Toledo Guzmán, 9th Duke of Alba
10. Don Francisco Álvarez de Toledo, 10th Duke of Alba
11. Doña María Teresa Álvarez de Toledo, 11th Duchess of Alba
12. Don Fernando de Silva, 12th Duke of Alba
13. Doña María del Pilar de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba (1762–1802) married to Don José Alvarez de Toledo y Gonzaga, 13th Duke Consort of Alba (1756–1796)
14. Don Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Alba—see also list of Duke of Berwick
15. Don Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 15th Duke of Alba
16. Don Carlos María Fitz-James Stuart y Portocarrero, 16th Duke of Alba
17. Don Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó, 17th Duke of Alba
18. Doña María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, 18th Duchess of Alba

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