[MORA (Maria de la Asunción Solange, ('Marisol', b. 1911, later Countess of Odiel), her sister FRANCESCA, ('Paca', b. 1913) and brother JOSÉ, ('Pepito', 1917-1970), the children of Fernando de Mesia y Fitz-James Stuart, (1881-1948, Count of Mora, later Duke of Tamames), and of his Countess Marie Solange, (1877-1943, née de Lesseps)]

Charming portrait photograph by Resines, unsigned, showing the children barefoot in short white clothes, inscribed on the mount, apparently in the Countess of Mora's hand, "Marie Sol 8 ans, Paca 7 ans, y Pepito Mora, 3 ans", 8¼" x 6" in mount 14¾" x 11", no place,

Annotated on the verso that the inscription is by Queen Ena. Don Fernando was a nephew of Empress Eugénie (Queen Ena's godmother) on his father's side, and through his mother descended from the Dukes of Alba. His French-born wife descended from the famous engineer. The Count and Countess were staunch supporters of Queen Ena in the court rivalries of the 1920s and when she was in exile the Count sometimes helped out with hotel bills, saying "Ena has been very naughty".
In 1933 Marisol was made Countess of Odiel and married Alfonso XIII's nephew the Infante José Eugenio, 1909-1966, (son of Ferdinand Maria of Bavaria and Spain, 1884-1958, by his first wife Maria Teresa, 1882-1912, the King's sister). Pepito succeeded his father as Duke of Tamames.
From Queen Ena's private collection.

Item Date:  1920

Stock No:  51951      £425

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