Grand Ladies

Paca was Eugenia de Montijo's older sister who married Jacobo Luis FitzJames Stuart Ventimiglia Álvarez de Toledo Beaumont y Navarra, to become Duchess of Alba, the most important noblewoman of Spain. Her brief Wikipedia article is here. Please note "Stuart" is among the names in the Duke of Alba's ancestry.

The Countess of Montijo and her daughters Paca and Eugenia

La Comtesse de Montijo by Pierre Paul Emmanuel de Pommayrac (château de Compiègne)

Eugénie and her sister Paca

Paca and Eugénie together

María Francisca de Sales de Palafox Portocarrero y Kirkpatrick, "Paca," Duchess of Alba by Federico de Madrazo y Kunz (location unknown to gogm)

1854 Duquesa Francisca de Alba (1825-1860), née Condessa de Montijo by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (Alba family collection, Palacio de Liria - Madrid, Spain)

1857 Duchess of Alba by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (Alba family collection)

ca. 1852-1860 María Francisca of Sales Palafox-Portocarrero and Kirkpatrick by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (Augustinermuseum - Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

La duchesse Maria Francisca d'Albe née comtesse de Montijo by follower of Franz Xaver Winterhalter (auctioned by Christie's)

Paca duquesa de Alba by Disdéri

Paca holding up her skirt with her right hand

Paca by André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri carte de visite

Paca photographed with back turned

Paca and children by Disdéri & Cie.