One of Europe's wealthiest aristocrats and Spain's
Duchess of Alba, died on Thursday, aged 88, after a short illness, media said. The owner of fabulous palaces and priceless works of art. Known as 'Cayetana', she was known for her flamboyant lifestyle and was the world's most titled person, according to the
Guinness Book of Records.
A spokesman for the duchess' Duenas Palace residence in Seville said she died there today from pneumonia. She was 14 times a Spanish grandee, five times a duchess, once a countess-duchess, 18 times a marchioness, 18 times a countess and once a viscountess, according to the entry.
With her cloud of white hair and face moulded by plastic surgery, she was rarely out of the Spanish gossip magazines.
'I don't like to talk about money. Many people confuse having cash with having assets - we've never had a lot of cash,' she wrote in her autobiography.
With estates dotted across mainland Spain and on some of its islands, she was known for being able to criss-cross the country without having to spend the night in a property that was not hers. She also had one of Spain's most dazzling art collections, including works by grand masters Goya, Rembrandt and Velazquez.
May her soul R.I.P
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