Carlos Alfonso de Mitjans

Carlos Alfonso wearing his Teba jacket at the Spanish final of Pigeon-shooting in 1953.

Carlos Alfonso de Mitjans y Fitz-James Stuart, Earl of Teba (3 May 1907, Segovia – 28 August 1997, Madrid) also known as Bunting, was a Spanish nobleman, most noted for being one of the greatest Olympic shooters of his time.[1] He was son of Juan Manuel de Mitjans y Manzanedo, Duke of Santoña, and his spouse Eugenia María Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó, Countess of Teba and sister of the XVII Duke of Alba.[2]

The Teba jacket, a popular country garment, was named after his title.[3]

He married Elena Verea y Corcuera, they had three daughters:

  • Macarena Mitjans y Verea, XXIII Countess of Teba
  • Sofía Mitjans y Verea
  • María de los Reyes Mitjans y Verea

Titles

  • 22nd Earl of Teba
  • 15th Earl of Baños
  • 1st Marquess of Ardales

References

  1. ↑ "Jacobite Peerage".
  2. ↑ "Genealogy of the Counts of Teba".
  3. ↑ Chenoune, Farid (1996), A history of men's fashion (1st ed.), Flammarion, ISBN 978-2080135360
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