Eugenia Martínez de Irujo, 12th Duchess of Montoro

María Eugenia Martínez de Irujo y Fitz-James Stuart, 12th Duchess of Montoro, GE (born 26 November 1968) is a Spanish aristocrat and socialite. Born in Madrid, she is the youngest daughter of Luis Martínez de Irujo y Artázcoz and Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba. The Duchess works as public relations for Tous Designer House. Her official seat of residence is at Liria Palace, in Madrid, but she also spends her time at her property La Pizana, in Gerena, in the province of Sevilla.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Martínez de Irujo and the second or maternal family name is Fitz-James Stuart.
The Duchess of Montoro
The Duchess in 2009
Full name
María Eugenia Brianda Timotea Cecilia
Born (1968-11-26) 26 November 1968
Madrid, Spain
Noble familyFitzJames
Alba
Spouse(s)
Francisco Rivera Ordóñez
(m. 1998; div. 2002)

Narcís Rebollo Melció
(m. 2017)
Issue
Cayetana Rivera y Martínez de Irujo
FatherLuis Martínez de Irujo y Artázcoz
MotherCayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba

Family

On October 23, 1998, the Duchess married Francisco Rivera Ordóñez at Seville Cathedral. The groom was a bullfighter, eldest son of the late Francisco Rivera Paquirri, also a matador, who was killed during a bullfight in 1984. His mother was Carmen Ordóñez, part of the Ordóñez bullfighter family as daughter of Antonio Ordóñez. The couple divorced in 2002, and had one child:

  • Doña Cayetana Rivera y Martínez de Irujo (b. 16 October 1999).

On November 17, 2017, Eugenia married Narcís Rebollo Melció, President of Universal Music Spain and Portugal, at A Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1]

Ancestry

Titles and styles

Titles
  • 12th Duchess of Montoro, Grandee of Spain

Styles
  • The Most Illustrious Doña Eugenia Martínez de Irujo y Fitz-James Stuart (1968–1994)[2]
  • The Most Excellent The Duchess of Montoro (1994–)

Notes
  1. La Vanguardia
  2. Younger children of Grandees of Spain are styled in this way, while the heir apparent of the title is styled The Most Excellent. Francisco López-Nieto y Mallo, Honores y Protocolo, 2 Volumes, Consultor, 2006. ISBN 84-7052-290-6 and ISBN 978-84-7052-290-1

References
Spanish nobility
Preceded by
Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart		 Duchess of Montoro
24 November 1994 – 		Incumbent
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