RIP María del Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Francisca Fitz-James Stu

[YankeeFan]

Forget a newspaper headline, her full name doesn't even fit as an SportsJournalists.com headline.

Thankfully we can just call her the Duchess of Alba:

The Duchess of Alba, a flamboyant Spanish aristocrat known for her lifestyle, her vast wealth, her art collection and her unmatched list of titles, died on Thursday in her palace in Seville. She was 88.

Her death was announced by the mayor of Seville, Juan Ignacio Zoido.

The duchess — her full name was María del Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Francisca Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva — had more than 40 titles, largely inherited through ancestors’ marriages. She was recognized by Guinness World Records as the noble with the most official titles in the world.

Certain privileges came with her status as head of the five-century-old House of Alba. She did not have to kneel before the pope, for example, and she had the right to ride on horseback into Seville Cathedral.

But more than her titles and her royal relations, it was her romantic life and her outspokenness that fascinated the Spanish news media.

nyti.ms/1r2qGLK

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

She was descended from the Stuarts.

http://www.theguardian.com/global/2014/nov/20/duchess-of-alba

 

[Steak Snabler]

She's no Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mclisca01.shtml

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

Or Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus, either.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Holy Mother of God, she's horrible lookin'!!!!!

 

[Steak Snabler]

Holy Mother of God, she's horrible lookin'!!!!!

Lots of royal inbreeding.

 

[Songbird]

Mickey Rourke plays her in the movie.

 

[Tarheel316]

Or Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus, either.

Or Maxiumus Decimus Meridius.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Holy Mother of God, she's horrible lookin'!!!!!

Lots of royal inbreeding.

If by "royal inbreeding" you mean "plastic surgery."

 

[sportbook]

She was descended from the Stuarts.

http://www.theguardian.com/global/2014/nov/20/duchess-of-alba

Solid 6.

 

[ColdCat]

She was descended from the Stuarts.

http://www.theguardian.com/global/2014/nov/20/duchess-of-alba

decended from? hell, it looks like she knew King Charles II personally

 

[joe]

-6

 

[Steak Snabler]

-6

Minus-6 feet.

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

As a young woman.

 

[poindexter]

Or Peaches Geldof.

 

[YankeeFan]

Or Peaches Geldof.

I was looking forward to this post as I typed up mine.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier kicked some ass for the Americans during the Revolution.

You may know him as Lafayette.

 

[YankeeFan]

Reminded me of this:

Wanted in fourteen counties of this state, the condemned is found guilty of the crimes of murder, armed robbery of citizens, state banks and post offices, the theft of sacred objects, arson in a state prison, perjury, bigamy, deserting his wife and children, inciting prostitution, kidnapping, extortion, receiving stolen goods, selling stolen goods, passing counterfeit money, and contrary to the laws of this state, the condemned is guilty of using marked cards and loaded dice. Therefore, according to the power invested in us, we sentence the accused here before us, Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez...
...known as the Rat...
...and any other aliases he might have, to hang by the neck until dead. May God have mercy on his soul. Proceed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lIkUhtjEPk

 

[Spartan Squad]

http://youtu.be/MtUqZLj4QMc

 

[Riptide]

She was descended from the Stuarts.

http://www.theguardian.com/global/2014/nov/20/duchess-of-alba

Solid 6. Billy Crystal.