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Quote: Originally posted by Harve$t Moon on June 25, 2011

 

Reluctant heiress leaves million to arts, nurse

Thu Jun 23, 8:52 PM EDT

A reclusive American heiress, who for decades chose to live in hospitals instead of lavish homes in New York and California, bequeathed her fortune to the arts, a hired nurse and a handful of close associates.

Huguette Clark, 104, died last month. Married briefly in 1928, the heir to a copper, timber and railroad fortune had no children, shunned the social limelight and the trappings of wealth, preferring to tend to her extensive doll collection said to be worth millions.

Clark's estate was valued at about $400 million when she died, according to the law firm Holland & Knight.

"Despite her substantial wealth stemming from the same gilded age that produced the Rockefellers, Astors and Vanderbilts, Huguette Clark lived a remarkably quiet and understated life," said John D. Dadakis, the New York Chair of Holland & Knight Private Wealth Services group.

"Her final will reflects that modesty, as well as her great generosity and empathy for those who took care of her in her later decades," he added in a statement.

In the will Clark stipulated the establishment of a foundation to promote and foster the arts, to be called the Bellosguardo Foundation after her 24-acre ocean front home in Santa Barbara.

Clark had not been to the home since 1963, when her mother died, but kept it well-maintained for nearly 50 years.

The estate, estimated to be worth over $100 million, will become a museum, housing her collection of art, which included Renoirs, books, musical instruments and other fine objects.

Clark left nothing to any members of her family. Instead she lbequeathed more than $30 million to Hadassah Peri, a nurse assigned to her in 1991 who became Clark's closest companion.

Beth Israel Hospital in New York, where Clark was described as having been a "semi-permanent resident" for 20 years after leaving her lavish, 42-room New York apartment, received $1 million.

She also made bequests of $500,000 to her lawyer and accountant, both of whom are being investigated by Manhattan's district attorney over the handling of her financial affairs.

Monet's seminal "Water Lilies", unseen publicly since 1925 and valued at about $25 million, will go to Washington's Corcoran Gallery of Art, where a gallery bears the name of her father, U.S. Sen. William A. Clark, who died in 1925.

Another home in Connecticut, exquisitely maintained and unseen by its owner for decades, is on the market for $24 million.

Interesting story, Moon, thanks.

Just about two of Mukesh Ambani's houses would pay for the world's longest bridge!

The Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province.

http://www.lotterypost.com/thread/233484/2121674

Quote: Originally posted by Harve$t Moon on June 30, 2011

A $100 Million ATM Receipt

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Dealbreaker.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scrooge McDuck lives. An ATM receipt showing a balance of nearly $100 million dollars was discovered at an East Hampton Village bank.

A customer found the receipt hanging out of the ATM's slot. The customer who found the receipt showed it to financial blog Dealbreaker com. The receipt, dated June 18, doesn't list the account holder's name but does indicate that the person has $99,864,731.94 in a personal savings account (that's after a $400 withdrawal and a $2.75 service charge). The East Hamptons is a well known playground for the very wealthy.

Is the receipt a mistake of some kind? Perhaps. Anyone with that amount of cash would know that keeping $100 million in a savings account isn't the wisest investment move. Savings accounts earn paltry interest rates and are only guaranteed by the federal government for amounts up to $250,000.

A buzzy article from The New York Post speculates that the holder of the account may be billionaire mogul David Tepper (Forbes lists him as the 208th richest person in the world). When contacted by The New York Post, Tepper denied ownership of the receipt and pointed out that he "would never do something as irresponsible as leaving $100 million in a savings account."

Maybe it really was Scrooge McDuck?

Thanks ~ Mike Krumboltz

 

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Some numbers for your investments, perhaps.

Pairs:   99  40  94  06  18  11

Pick 3:  400  864  731  275  879  208  250  000  100

Pick 4:  9491  6568  1014

Quinto: 40275

   Remember to get your receipt!

 <- One Million USD ... Multiple by 100 = $100 Million Dollars!

I agree, it would be crazy to put that 100 million in a simple savings account.

It looks like it would fit perfectly under my bed.

Similiar to these, Ridge?

Harve$t Moon, you are so creative.

This is hilarious!

Quote: Originally posted by Harve$t Moon on July 24, 2011

Google Earth

The Billionaire Sheikh Who Carved His Name Into an Island

The Sun has a curious report today on Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, a member of Abu Dhabi's ruling family. The paper informs us that the billionaire sheikh had workmen carve his name, Hamad, in capital letters into an island he owns in the United Arab Emirates called Al Futaisi, without elaborating on when the name was inscribed, how it was accomplished, or how The Sun learned of the exploit. The paper reports that the name is so massive--we're talking two miles across, with each letter over half a mile high--that it's visible from space. Indeed, it is. To get a sense of just how gigantic this thing is, here's a view of both Abu Dhabi and Al Futaisi captured by Google Earth's satellites in 2009 (we've inserted an arrow to Hamad's name):

 

 

Zoom in a little closer and you'll see this post's lead image. Zoom in still closer and you get this:

 

 

We'll forgive you if you have some questions. For example, don't names scrawled in sand wash away? The Daily Mail explains that the letters form waterways that "absorb the encroaching tide" (check out the "M" above). Or you might ask why Sheikh Hamad chose to write his name in Roman letters rather than in Arabic. Was it to make sure everyone in space knew who he was? Perhaps. But The Financial Times' Tom Gara has another explanation: "Not a lot of straight lines in Arabic." Gara adds that that Hamad halted the project "temporarily, halfway through (rumour is other royals weren't happy). For a while on Google Earth, it just said 'HAM.'"

 

Finally, just who is this man with the audacity to carve his name on an island for astronauts and satellites to see? The 63-year-old Hamad, it turns out, seems to live by the motto "go big or go home."

 

Forbes notes that Hamad's Emirates National Auto Museum features a "custom-built globe-shaped motor home said to be one-millionth the size of the Earth itself" and a pyramid housing his vast car collection.

 

Here's a shot of that motor home and pyramid from the museum's website:

 

 

Hamad also built the world's largest truck--an operational Dodge Power Wagon 64 times larger than the original with a whole apartment inside--in the middle of the desert.

 

The Daily Mail adds that Hamad has painted many of his cars in the colors of the rainbow, presumably the reason why he's nicknamed the "Rainbow Sheikh." Here's a picture showing the sheikh standing next to a real Jeep and a Jeep replica:

 

 

Before you start criticizing Hamad for his lavish displays of wealth, however, you may want to know that the sheikh is also a philanthropist who focuses on medical causes, according to The Daily Mail.

Thanks ~ Uri Friedman Jul 20, 2011

 

Check out the Sheikh's special groups of vehicles.

Click each youtube link and be amazed.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XUEvkMZHno Massive 1950's Dodge Powerwagon

 

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For more information, search google  "The Rainbow Sheikh"

 

his trailer

 

 

 

Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan ~ The Rainbow Sheikh

 

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His motto " Go Big or Go Home"

 

 

 

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Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan ~ "The Rainbow Sheikh"

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His motto:

"Go big or go home"

Russian Billionaires Buy U.S. Mansions

Aug 3, 2011

Roustam Tariko, billionaire owner of Russian Standard Bank and Russian Standard Vodka, completed the most expensive home purchase in Miami Beach since 2006 when he bought a $25.5 million estate on Star Island in April.

The transaction made Tariko the neighbor of another wealthy Russian with a taste for Florida luxury living. Vladislav Doronin, chairman of Moscow-based real estate developer Capital Group, paid $16 million in 2009 for the Star Island home previously owned by Shaquille O’Neal, the now-retired professional basketball player.

“In Russia, it’s a status thing now,” Jorge Uribe, a real estate agent with One Sotheby’s International Realty Inc., said in a telephone interview. “If you’re wealthy and you say you have a place in Miami, it’s like saying back in the old days, ‘I own a place in Ibiza or Monaco.’ It’s a <snip>tail conversation thing.”

International investors are buying some of the priciest homes in America as the broader housing market slumps and a weak dollar makes U.S. property more of a bargain. Sales of residences above $20 million are rising in New York, California and Florida, which are popular business and vacation destinations for foreigners, according to Miller Samuel Inc., Data Quick and real estate brokers who cater to luxury buyers.

Manhattan Record

More than two-thirds of the nation’s residences with asking prices of at least $20 million were in those three states, said Rick Goodwin, publisher of Unique Homes magazine in Princeton, New Jersey, which releases an annual list of luxury homes on the market each March.

Seven homes have sold in Manhattan for more than $20 million in the first six months of this year, up from five in the same period of 2010, data from New York-based appraiser Miller Samuel show. The median price of those transactions was $27.5 million, up 15 percent from the year-earlier period. The deals included a $48 million sale to Russian composer Igor Krutoy that set a record for a condominium in the city.

In Los Angeles County, 42 houses were listed for more than $20 million earlier this year, Goodwin said. Six properties sold above that level through June, compared with four in the first half of 2010, according to DataQuick, a real estate data service based in San Diego. Thirteen changed hands in all of last year, up from seven in 2009.

25% of Deals

The DataQuick tally for 2011 didn’t include the priciest mansion sold in Southern California this year. In July, British heiress Petra Ecclestone paid $85 million for the late television producer Aaron Spelling’s Holmby Hills estate.

Brokers with Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC sold about two dozen U.S. homes priced at more than $20 million in the first six months of this year, said Philip White, president and chief operating officer of the unit of Parsippany, New Jersey-based Realogy Corp. As many as 25 percent of those transactions were to international buyers, he said.

“We’re hopeful the second half of the year will be as good as the first in terms of the very high-end market,” he said in a telephone interview.

International buyers purchased an estimated $82 billion worth of U.S. homes in the 12 months ended March 31, a 24 percent increase from the year-earlier period, the National Association of Realtors reported May 18.

Forbes Billionaires

The precise number of foreign deals for U.S. luxury properties is difficult to calculate because many purchasers are registered as trusts or limited liability companies. Jed Smith, managing director of quantitative research for the National Association of Realtors, said the number of overseas buyers for multimillion-dollar homes is increasing, helped by the rise of emerging markets such as Russia, Brazil, China, and India.

“There’s substantial growing wealth overseas,” Smith said in a telephone interview from Washington. Just go to the Forbes list of billionaires and see that we’re no longer the only folks on it.”

Of the 214 newcomers to Forbes magazine’s annual global ranking of billionaires this year, 54 were from China and 31 from Russia. The Asia-Pacific region had more billionaires than Europe for the first time in more than 10 years and gained the most of any region, with 105 additions, according to the list. Moscow displaced New York as the city with the greatest number of billionaires with 79, compared with New York’s 58.

Aspen Sales

The Forbes list was topped for a second year by Mexico’s Carlos Slim, who in July 2010 bought a Manhattan townhouse known as the Duke Semans mansion for $44 million.

Foreign buyers are also turning to resort locales such as the ski area of Aspen, Colorado said Tim Estin, a broker at Mason Morse Real Estate in the town.

“It’s a pre-eminent international mountain resort brand,” Estin said of Aspen, where luxury properties are selling at discounts of as much as 30 percent from the peak.

In the last three years, Aspen had at least five deals above $10 million in which the purchaser was from Russia, according to Craig Morris, president of the town’s Morris & Fyrwald Sotheby’s International Realty..

“Four years ago we didn’t have any Russian buyers,” he said.

In Miami Beach, Tariko’s home is the city’s only sale exceeding $20 million since three lots sold on Star Island for $27 million in April 2006, said Ron Shuffield, president of Esslinger Wooten Maxwell Inc., a real estate brokerage based in Coral Gables, Florida.

Nine Bedrooms

The 15,000-square-foot (1,400-square-meter) mansion at 13 Star Island has nine bedrooms, nine full bathrooms and three half-baths, said Shuffield, citing tax records. The driveway is lined with palm trees and the home has views of downtown Miami across Biscayne Bay.

Tariko declined to comment on his purchase, his assistant, Tatiana Kapusta, said in an e-mail.

The seller of the property, Thomas H. Morgan, declined to discuss details of the transaction. Morgan, the founder of Morgan Energy Corp., a closely held oil and gas exploration company based in Englewood, Colorado, said it’s no surprise that foreigners are stepping up to buy while Americans hold back.

“Americans don’t want to put down 80 percent or pay cash,” Morgan said in a telephone interview. “A lot of Americans are tapped out.”

Morgan, who said his “hobby” is building trophy homes, constructed the Star Island mansion in 2003.

Slower Price Gains

New York and Los Angeles were near the bottom of a list measuring luxury real estate price appreciation in 15 cities that attract “the world’s global elite,” ahead of only Moscow, according to a June 4 report by Knight Frank LLP, a London-based property consulting firm. In the year through March 31, prices rose 1 percent in Manhattan and fell 2.2 percent in Los Angeles. Prices in Paris increased the most, with a 22 percent gain, followed by Hong Kong, Helsinki, Shanghai and Beijing.

The firm defines luxury as the top 5 percent to 10 percent of the market in each city.

“Compared to other markets around the western world, the U.S., including New York and Los Angeles, lost significant value during the crash and are more fairly priced,” Liam Bailey, the head of residential research at Knight Frank in London, said in an e-mail. “There is no doubt a surge in interest in New York, particularly for people looking for deals.”

Selling at Discounts

U.S. home prices in 20 cities are 32 percent below their peak in July 2006, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller index. While luxury values haven’t been hit as hard, the sellers don’t always get what they want. The Spelling home in Los Angeles was on the market for two years at $150 million before selling at a 43 percent discount. The Miami Beach estate bought by Tariko fetched 20 percent less than its $32 million list price.

A weakening U.S. currency helps make the nation’s homes seem like a good deal, said White, the Sotheby’s president. The dollar has fallen against each of the 16 most-traded currencies in the past year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Among emerging-market currencies, the Russian ruble increased 7.7 percent against the dollar in the 12 months through yesterday. The Brazilian real advanced 12 percent, while the Chinese yuan gained 5.2 percent.

For Russians, interest in luxury properties is as much evidence of conspicuous consumption as it is efforts to capture bargains, said Edward Mermelstein, a real estate attorney Rheem Bell & Mermelstein LLP with offices in New York and Moscow.

Making a Splash

“Those trophies, they’re buying them to make a splash,” Mermelstein said in a telephone interview from New York. “They’ll definitely gravitate to a property that’s higher profile as much as to a property with a long-term investment potential.”

Yuri Milner, founder of Moscow-based DST, which invests in Internet companies including Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Groupon Inc., paid $100 million for a 25,500-square-foot mansion in Los Altos Hills, California, according to property records. The transaction is the biggest for a U.S. single-family home sale this year.

Milner’s spokesman, Leonid Solovyov, declined to comment on the purchase because it is private.

In Manhattan, Krutoy and his wife, Olga, bought their 6,000-square-foot condo at the Plaza hotel in March. The deal came six months after the couple completed the purchase of a $12.85 million home in Long Island’s beach area of the Hamptons.

Gin Lane

The Krutoys razed the Southampton mansion and are building a new house at the site on Gin Lane, where neighbors have included designer Vera Wang, shopping-mall magnate Alfred Taubman and New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger.

“He was looking at Gin Lane because that’s what he knows - - it’s the Fifth Avenue of the Hamptons,” said Susan Breitenbach, a senior vice president at Corcoran Group, the Krutoys’ broker for the sale, one of five deals she handled this year involving Russian buyers. “That’s what they really wanted and that’s what they stuck with.”

Krutoy bought the Manhattan property because he was seeking a home in the city, rather than looking to take advantage of a bargain, said Ilya Bykov, principal at Protax Services Inc., a New York-based firm that provides legal, tax and property- management services for international clients. Bykov represented Krutoy in his search, negotiation and closing for the Plaza apartment, and helped provide legal representation for the Hamptons home.

Russian buyers “have the money and they always want the best in everything,” Bykov said of the people he represents. “Most of these people are buying pied-a-terres and it’s quite common that the person would buy a luxury apartment in New York and a condo or penthouse in Miami.”

$100 Million

Kirk Henckels, director of the private brokerage at New York’s Stribling & Associates, said he was approached by a would-be buyer from Russia seeking to spend $100 million on a Manhattan home.

“I said, ‘We don’t have properties that high,’” Henckels said in an interview.

The most expensive single residential property currently for sale in Manhattan is the Woolworth Mansion, a 1916 “neo- French Renaissance” edifice on East 80th Street. The sellers are asking $90 million, according to StreetEasy.com, a real estate listings website.

Buyers from Russia and China have expressed interest in the seven-floor mansion, said Paula Del Nunzio, the broker with Brown Harris Stevens who is listing the property.

Extell’s One57

The newest Manhattan condo building to catch the attention of foreign buyers is a 90-story tower under construction on West 57th Street by Extell Development Co., according to Mermelstein and Bykov. The property, known as One57, will be the tallest residential tower in New York when completed in 2013.

The 95-unit building will record “a number of signed contracts” in the next 30 days for units ranging from $7 million to “north of” $40 million, Gary Barnett, Extell’s president, said in a telephone interview. He declined to say where the buyers are from, but said inquiries have come in from overseas, including Russia.

Among the contracts to be signed in the next month is one for a full-floor, 6,200-square-foot unit that offers panoramic views of Manhattan, including Central Park, Barnett said.

“Three-hundred-sixty-degree views, unobstructed. That’s something special,” Barnett said. “If you were worth $100 million dollars or you were a billionaire, this is something unusual. If you can afford the best of the best, why shouldn’t you do that?”

In the Los Angeles area, about 75 percent of the people looking at “super luxury homes” for $20 million or more are from countries such as China, Indonesia, Korea and Russia, said Dally Forster Jones, a Beverly Hills broker. Forster Jones plans an October trip to China to seek potential customers, she said.

Glitz, Glamour

Asian clients prefer Bel Air, Beverly Hills and Holmby Hills, known as the Platinum Triangle of Los Angeles, with their palm-tree shaded boulevards and history as home to Hollywood celebrities, Forster Jones said.

“They prefer the West Coast, because it’s much easier for the Asian buyers to get to,” she said. “There’s a lot of glitz, a lot of glamour, a lot to do.”

Europeans also like Los Angeles mansions, said Forster Jones, who shared the listing of Spelling’s 56,000-square-foot estate. The buyer is the daughter of British billionaire Bernie Ecclestone, the president and chief executive officer of London- based Formula One Management Ltd.

Russian Interest

Russians are among the best customers for luxury homes in the Los Angeles area, said Jeff Hyland, president Hilton & Hyland Real Estate Inc., Beverly Hills, who shared the Spelling mansion listing with his partner, Rick Hilton, and Forster Jones.

One example is the 2010 purchase and resale this year of a $19.5 million mansion by Dasha Zhukova, art collector and partner of Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich, said Hyland, who wasn’t involved in those transactions.

“You have the new wave of the oligarchs with their big yachts they dock off the beach at Malibu when they’re here,” he said in a telephone interview. “It’s all about the weather here. It’s about the ease with which people can move back and forth in Los Angeles. They can get in their Ferrari or their Rolls Royce Ghost and drive where they want without need of security.”

Thanks ~ John Gittelsohn

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“If you’re wealthy and you say you have a place in Miami, it’s like saying back in the old days, ‘I own a place in Ibiza or Monaco.’ It’s a <snip>tail conversation thing.”   

The snipped word is this: 

Spanish duchess taps fortune for OK to wed at 85

   

 

        

    

Following up on the Duchess of Alba.  She has more titles than any other noble that is recognized by a country.  She has wealth that is so immense and important that she can't sell it.  Much of her wealth is Spain's national treasures!

Here is her family lineage:

 Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba

Full name

María del Rosario Cayetana Paloma Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Fernanda Teresa Francisca de Paula Lourdes Antonia Josefa Fausta Rita Castor Dorotea Santa Esperanza Fitz-James Stuart, Silva, Falcó y Gurtubay

 

Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart
Duchess of Alba
The Duchess attending the Sevillian Polo Awards in late 2009.
Duchess of Alba
Tenure	February 18, 1955 – present
Predecessor	Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba
Heir Apparent	Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Huéscar
Spouse(s)	Pedro Luis Martínez de Irujo y Artazcoz (m. 1947; dec. 1972) Jesús Aguirre y Ortiz de Zárate (m. 1978; dec. 2001)
Issue
Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Huéscar Alfonso Martínez de Irujo, 15th Duke of Aliaga Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 23rd Count of Siruela Fernando Martínez de Irujo, 11th Marquis of San Vicente del Barco Cayetano Martínez de Irujo, 13th Count of Salvatierra Eugenia Martínez de Irujo, 12th Duchess of Montoro
Full name
María del Rosario Cayetana Paloma Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Fernanda Teresa Francisca de Paula Lourdes Antonia Josefa Fausta Rita Castor Dorotea Santa Esperanza Fitz-James Stuart, Silva, Falcó y Gurtubay Born March 28, 1926 (1926-03-28)(age 85) Liria Palace, Madrid
Noble Family	House of Alba House of FitzJames
Father	Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba
Mother	María del Rosario de Silva, 9th Marquise of San Vicente del Barco
Born	March 28, 1926 (1926-03-28)(age 85) Liria Palace,  Madrid
Baptised	April 18, 1926 Royal Chapel, Royal Palace of Madrid

 

Doña María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, 18th Duchess of Alba de Tormes, Grandee of Spain, is the current head of the House of Alba and the third woman to carry the title in her own right. The Duchess is a descendant of King James VII of Scotland, through his illegitimate son James Fitz-James, Duke of Berwick (1670–1734), born of a relationship with Arabella Churchill, only sister of the great Duke of Marlborough, making her a distant relative of both Sir Winston Churchill and Diana, Princess of Wales, descendants of Arabella's daughter Henrietta FitzJames. She entered Vanity Fair s International Best-Dressed List in 2009.

She was born at the Palace of Liria on March 28, 1926, as the only child of Don Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó, 17th Duke of Alba, and Doña María del Rosario de Silva y Gurtubay, 9th Marquise of San Vicente del Barco. Her godmother was Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain.

Cayetana (of Alba) has many more titles of aristocracy; according to Guinness World Records, she has more titles recognized by an existing government than any other noble.

 Life and family

On October 12, 1947, the Duchess married Don Pedro Luis Martinez de Irujo y Artacoz (1919–1972), son of the Duke of Sotomayor. The wedding was considered to be the last great feudal wedding in Spain and attracted the attention of the international media, even overshadowing interest shown in the wedding of The Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (later Queen Elizabeth II), which was held a month later.The French newspaper Libération called it "the most expensive wedding of the world"; rumour has it that 20 million pesetas were spent at that time.Six children were born of this marriage, all of whom have received titles of nobility with that of Grandee of Spain from their mother.

·        Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Huéscar, born October 2, 1948 in Madrid. In 1988, he married Matilde Solís-Beaumont y Martínez de Campos, but they later divorced.

o    Fernando Juan Fitz-James Stuart y Solís (born 14 September 1990 in Madrid)

o    Carlos Arturo José María Fitz-James Stuart y Solís (born 29 November 1991 in Madrid)

·        Alfonso Martínez de Irujo y Fitz-James Stuart, 15th Duke of Aliaga, born 22 October 1950 in Madrid. On 4 July 1977 he married María de la Santísima Trinidad de Hohenlohe-Langenburg y de la Cuadra (born 8 April 1957), whom he later divorced.

o    Luis Martínez de Irujo y Hohenlohe (born 26 May 1978)

o    Javier Martínez de Irujo y Hohenlohe (born January 1981). He married sherry heiress Inés Domecq y Govente in 2008

·        Jacobo Martínez de Irujo y Fitz-James Stuart, 23rd Count of Siruela, born 15 July 1954 in Madrid. On 1 November 1980, he married María Eugenia Fernández de Castro y Fernández-Shaw (born 15 October 1954) but they later divorced. He married journalist, editor and writer Inka Martí Kiemann in April 2004

o    Jacobo Martínez de Irujo y Fernández de Castro (born 23 January 1981). He married Asela Perez Becerril on May 14, 2011. Co-owners of an art gallery

o    Brianda Eugenia Martínez de Irujo y Fernández de Castro (born 11 April 1984)

·        Fernando Martínez de Irujo, 11th Marquis of San Vicente del Barco, born 11 July 1959. According to a profile of the Duchess of Alba published in 2008 in The Independent, the biological father of Fernando "is widely reported to be Sevillian flamenco dancer Antonio, el bailarin [Antonio Ruiz Soler, 1921-1996]", which, the paper previously stated, was "a rumour the Alba family never denied".  Antonio, el bailarin declared this parentage in his posthumously published memoirs, though the publication of that information in the Spanish magazine Interviú led a Spanish court to award the duchess 90,000 euros, calling it an assault on the aristocrat's honor "with ... intention to profit".

·        Cayetano Martínez de Irujo y Fitz-James Stuart, 13th Count of Salvatierra, born 4 April 1963 in Madrid. By his ex-wife, Genoveva Casanova, from Mexico, he has twin children. Cayetano married Genoveva Casanova y González (daughter of Kenneth Larry Casanova and his wife Mariana González y Reimann) in October 2005, after five years of relationship. The twins Luis and Amina were 4 years old at the time of their wedding.

o    Luis Martínez de Irujo y Casanova (born 25 October 2001)

o    Amina Martínez de Irujo y Casanova (born 25 October 2001)

·        Eugenia Martínez de Irujo, 12th Duchess of Montoro, born 26 November 1968. On 23 October 1998, she married bullfighter Francisco Rivera Ordóñez of the Ordóñez bullfighting dynasty. The couple divorced in 2002.

o    Cayetana Rivera y Martínez de Irujo (born 16 October 1999)

After becoming a widow, the Duchess remarried on 16 March 1978 to Jesús Aguirre y Ortiz de Zárate (1937–2001), a doctor of theology and a former Jesuit priest. The wedding caused shock; Aguirre was illegitimate, which was scandalous in 1970s Spain.

Eleven years younger than the Duchess, he maintained a good relationship with her children. During their marriage he administered, with his stepson Carlos, the Alba estates. Aguirre died in 2001.

Details emerged in 2008 regarding the Duchess's intention to marry Alfonso Díez Carabantes, a civil servant who also runs a public relations business, 24 years her junior. It was reported that there were objections from her children and from King Juan Carlos, and the House of Alba that year issued a statement saying that the relationship "was based on a long friendship and there are no plans to marry".  As of 201 the duchess had decided to proceed with the marriage, overcoming her children's opposition by giving them their inheritance in advance, although Díez has formally renounced any claim to her wealth.

The duchess is a well-known socialite in Spain and is featured prominently on various television shows and in various media reports.

  Ancestry

Ancestors of Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba

16. Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Alba                       8. Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 15th Duke of Alba                               17. Rosalía Ventimiglia di Grammonte                       4. Carlos María Fitz-James Stuart, 16th Duke of Alba                                     18. Cipriano de Palafox, 9th Count of Montijo                       9. María Francisca de Palafox, 10th Countess of Montijo                               19. María Manuela Kirkpatrick de Closeburn y Grivegnée                       2. Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba                                           20. Juan Falcó, 13th Marquis of Castel Rodrigo                       10. Manuel Falcó, 14th Marquis of Almonacid de los Oteros                               21. Carolina d’Adda                       5. María del Rosario Falcó, 20th Countess of Siruela                                     22. Felipe Osorio, 7th Count of Cervellón                       11. María del Pilar Osorio, 3rd Duchess of Fernán-Núñez                               23. Francisca de Asís Gutiérrez de los Ríos, 2nd Duchess of Fernán-Núñez                       1. Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba                                                 24. Andrés de Silva, 13th Duke of Aliaga                       12. Alfonso de Silva, 15th Duke of Híjar                               25. María Isabel de Campbell y Vicent                       6. Alfonso de Silva, 16th Duke of Híjar                                     26. Luis Fernández de Córdoba, 15th Duke of Medinaceli                       13. María del Dulce Nombre Fernández de Córdoba y Pérez de Barradas                               27. Ángela Pérez de Barradas, 1st Duchess of Denia and Tarifa                       3. María del Rosario de Silva, 9th Marquise of San Vicente del Barco                                           28. José María Gurtubay y Zubero                       14. Juan Gurtubay y Meaza                               29. Rosa Meaza y Basterra                       7. María del Rosario Gurtubay y González de Castejón                                     30. Luis González de Castejón y Gil-Delgado                       15. Adelaida González de Castejón y Torres                               31. Adelaida Torres y Uribarri

Patrilineal descent

Cayetana's patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son. Patrilineal descent is the principle behind membership in Ducal Houses, as it can be traced back through the generations - which means that Cayetana’s historically accurate House name is Stuart.

Alan fitz Flaad. d. 1114

Walter fitz Alan, 1106–1177

Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland, d. 1204

Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland, 1178–1241

Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland, 1214–1283

Sir John Stewart of Bonkyl, 1246–1298

Sir Alan Stewart of Dreghorn, 1280–1333

Sir Alexander Stewart, d. 1374

Sir Alexander Stewart, d. 1404

Sir John Stewart, 1st Lord Aubigny, 1370–1429

Sir Alan Stuart of Darnley, d. 1409

John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox, 1430–1495

Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox, 1488–1513

Henry Stuart, 1st Duke of Albany, 1545–1567

James I of England, 1566–1625

Charles I of England, 1600–1649

James II of England, 1633–1701

James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, 1670–1734

James Fitz-James Stuart, 2nd Duke of Berwick, 1696–1738

James Fitz-James Stuart, 3rd Duke of Berwick, 1718–1785

Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 4th Duke of Liria and Jérica, 1752–1787

Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 5th Duke of Liria and Jérica, 1773–1794

Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Alba, 1794–1835

Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 15th Duke of Alba, 1821–1881

Carlos María Fitz-James Stuart, 16th Duke of Alba, 1849–1901

Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba, 1878–1953

Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba, b. 1926

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Spanish nobility
Preceded by Maria del Rosario de Silva	Marquise of San Vicente del Barco 11 January 1935 – 26 January 1994	Succeeded by Fernando Martinez de Irujo
Preceded by Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart	Duchess of Montoro 28 January 1947 – 24 November 1994	Succeeded by     Eugenia Marrtinez de Irujo
	Duchess of Alba de Tormes 18 February 1955 – present	Incumbent Heir: The Duke of Huescar
	Countess of Siruela 18 February 1955 – 9 June 1982	Succeeded by Jacobo Ritz-James Stuart
Preceded by     Alfonso de Silva	Countess of Salvatierra 31 December 1957 – 26 January 1994	Succeeded by Cayetano Martinez de Irujo

 

 

Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba, b. 1926

Titles, styles and honours

  Titles

  Dukedoms

·        18th Duchess of Alba, Grandee of Spain

·        17th Duchess of Híjar, Grandee of Spain

·        11th Duchess of Montoro, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her daughter Doña Eugenia

·        11th Duchess of Berwick, Grandee of Spain

·        11th Duchess of Liria and Jérica, Grandee of Spain

·        12th Countess-Duchess of Olivares, Grandee of Spain

·        3rd Duchess of Arjona, Grandee of Spain

Marquesates

·        17th Marquesa of the Carpio, Grandee of Spain

·        10th Marquesa of San Vicente del Barco, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Fernando

·        23rd Marquesa of Coria

·        20th Marquesa of Moya

·        18th Marquesa of Barcarrota

·        19th Marquesa of Sarria

·        18th Marquesa of Villanueva del Fresno

·        17th Marquesa of Villanueva del Río

·        20th Marquesa of la Mota

·        16th Marquesa of Almenara

·        17th Marquesa of Orani

·        14th Marquesa of Eliche

·        12th Marquesa of Osera

·        12th Marquesa of Tarazona

·        14th Marquesa of San Leonardo

·        16th Marquesa of la Albaga

·        15th Marquesa of Valdunquillo

·        16th Marquesa of Mirallo

·        10th Marquesa of Castañeda

Countships

·        20th Countess of Lerín, Grandee of Spain, Constabless of Navarre

·        22nd Countess of Lemos, Grandee of Spain

·        20th Countess of Osorno, Grandee of Spain

·        22nd Countess of Siruela, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Jacobo

·        18th Countess of Palma del Río, Grandee of Spain

·        19th Countess of Aranda, Grandee of Spain

·        16th Countess of Monterrey, Grandee of Spain

·        12th Countess of Salvatierra, Grandee of Spain -Ceded to her son Don Cayetano

·        25th Countess of San Esteban de Gormaz

·        24th Countess of Ribadeo

·        21st Countess of Miranda del Castañar

·        20th Countess of Villalba

·        18th Countess of Gelves

·        11th Countess of Tinmouth

·        19th Countess of Andrade

·        16th Countess of Fuentes de Valdepero

·        17th Countess of Galve

·        16th Countess of Casarrubios del Monte

·        16th Countess of Guimerá

·        11th Countess of Fuentidueña

·        14th Countess of Ayala

·        12th Countess of Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Viscountcies

·        12th Viscountess of la Calzada

  Baronies

·        11th Baroness of Bosworth

  Manorials

·        29th Dame of Moguer

Styles

·        28 March 1926 – 11 January 1935: The Most Excellent Doña Mª del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva

·        11 January 1935 – 28 January 1947: The Most Excellent The Marquise of San Vicente del Barco

·        28 January 1947 – 18 February 1955: The Most Excellent The Duchess of Montoro

·        18 February 1955 – present: The Most Excellent The Duchess of Alba de Tormes

Honours

·        Honorary President of the Spanish Red Cross

·        Order of Isabella the Catholic

·        Constable of Aragon

·        Marshal of Castilla

·        Dame of the Royal Arsenal Cavalry of Seville

·        Noble Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa

·        Member of the Hispanic Society of America, New York

·        Honorary President of the Opera Philharmonic

·        Member of Merit of the Royal Hispanic-American Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters of Cadiz

·        Honorary Mayor of Liria (Madrid)

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Pick 3

Method 1:  8-3-1
Method 2:  0-0-8
Method 3:  7-9-5
Method 4:  0-2-1
Method 5:  7-6-1
Method 6:  7-1-2

 

Play 4

Method 1:  9-4-7-8
Method 2:  0-2-6-0
Method 3:  1-6-0-6
Method 4:  5-6-7-0
Method 5:  1-3-0-4
Method 6:  9-4-7-0

 

Quinto

Method 1:  7-2-7-4-8
Method 2:  5-8-0-2-7
Method 3:  9-7-5-8-8
Method 4:  2-8-1-4-0
Method 5:  5-5-9-7-1
Method 6:  2-3-8-4-1

 

Multi-Country Euro Millions

Method 1:  11-15-31-41-45, Lucky Stars: 01-06
Method 2:  12-38-40-42-47, Lucky Stars: 01-07
Method 3:  09-11-13-22-40, Lucky Stars: 07-11
Method 4:  07-27-31-41-42, Lucky Stars: 01-07
Method 5:  06-13-26-46-47, Lucky Stars: 01-09
Method 6:  08-15-41-43-49, Lucky Stars: 01-05

 

Multi-Province Canada Lotto 6/49

Method 1:  02-10-19-33-37-44
Method 2:  01-05-17-22-28-43
Method 3:  12-30-34-38-41-48
Method 4:  15-16-26-34-40-43
Method 5:  01-07-12-24-43-45
Method 6:  02-10-14-15-21-40

 

Canada Multi-Province Lotto Max

Method 1:  02-11-12-19-25-29-49
Method 2:  01-03-04-23-25-32-37
Method 3:  03-06-11-16-19-37-39
Method 4:  04-16-19-30-34-40-48
Method 5:  04-05-08-15-16-25-28
Method 6:  03-08-10-11-36-41-46

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Occupation: Heiress, model, fashion designer, socialite

    Husband, James

  With Mom and Dad   Sister, Tamara

  She bought Aaron Spellings' old house with cash ($85 million); 57,000-sq foot

 Old ride Wedding gift

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Pick 3

Method 1:  5-2-4
Method 2:  9-4-9
Method 3:  8-9-3
Method 4:  9-4-8
Method 5:  7-0-0
Method 6:  9-9-2

Play 4

Method 1:  7-9-3-3
Method 2:  1-7-1-4
Method 3:  8-2-5-9
Method 4:  6-1-7-1
Method 5:  2-9-7-1
Method 6:  8-5-8-4

Quinto

Method 1:  1-9-0-1-2
Method 2:  5-3-1-9-5
Method 3:  0-4-7-8-3
Method 4:  7-6-3-3-6
Method 5:  7-5-4-0-5
Method 6:  6-9-2-4-0

Russian Billionaire gives this birthday gift to girlfriend, Naomi Campbell!

How will he top this gift for her next birthday, you might ask?

This eco-friendly house on Cleopatra's Island in Turkey was a gift from Naomi Campbell's Russian billionaire boyfriend. Photo: Luis de Garrido

As lavish birthday gifts go, it’s hard to top this one: Naomi Campbell received an island vacation home for her 41st birthday from her Russian billionaire boyfriend Vladislav Doronin, according to numerous online reports.

 

It’s shaped like the Egyptian Eye of Horus on a location known as Cleopatra Island in Turkey’s Gulf of Gökova.

The glass-domed, 25-bedroom, "horus" eye-shaped home invites natural light to illuminate and warm the home. Photo: Luis de Garrido

Spanish Architect Luis de Garrido, who specializes in sustainable building, designed Eco-House Horus to be completely energy, water, and food self-sufficient. As with his other projects, he relied on careful bioclimatic design to solve efficiency challenges.

The resulting eye-shaped, dome-shaped house has no less than 25 bedrooms and five lounges. If the world ends, Campbell and Doronin and a few dozen of their lucky friends just might be able to survive.

This exotic yet eco-friendly home has an innovative, photovoltaic-equipped lighting system. Photo: Luis de Garrido

Campbell and Doronin are small potatoes in comparison to the island’s vastly more famous couple (hint: the island is named after one of them). As it turns out, Eco-House Horus isn’t the first time a grand gesture has been made for a ladylove on this island. A long-ago romance might have also changed the landscape of this island.

A representative of architect Luis de Garrido’s firm noted that the structure is “not an expensive house, compared with the level of this kind of house. That is, we can demonstrate that a completely sustainable building [might] be really inexpensive, and also that a self-sufficient building could be obtained by a not too much additional cost (due to a well-studied bioclimatic design).”

Turkey’s Sedir Island, aka Cleopatra Island, has been a resort destination in the Gulf of Gökova since ancient Roman times. The sand on Cleopatra Beach is said to be exceptional, and different from other nearby beaches. Local legend has it that Mark Antony imported the sand especially for Cleopatra herself, who would not set foot on any land that wasn’t Egyptian.

The black outline making up most of the eye design is comprised of photovoltaic panels, which works in combination with the geothermal system to provide all of the energy needed for the house.

 

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Eco-House Horus

A representative of architect Luis de Garrido’s firm noted that the structure is “not an expensive house, compared with the level of this kind of house. That is, we can demonstrate that a completely sustainable building [might] be really inexpensive, and also that a self-sufficient building could be obtained by a not too much additional cost (due to a well-studied bioclimatic design).”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cleopatra Island, Turkey

Turkey’s Sedir Island, aka Cleopatra Island, has been a resort destination in the Gulf of Gökova since ancient Roman times. The sand on Cleopatra Beach is said to be exceptional, and different from other nearby beaches. Local legend has it that Mark Antony imported the sand especially for Cleopatra herself, who would not set foot on any land that wasn’t Egyptian.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Eye Outline

The black outline making up most of the eye design is comprised of photovoltaic panels, which works in combination with the geothermal system to provide all of the energy needed for the house.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winter Heating

This cross-section rendering details how the house stays warm in winter, using heat from the sun and geothermal heat. Glass floors allow the sun to penetrate all the way to the basement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer Mornings

This overhead-view rendering shows how the house manages to stay cool in summer without using air conditioning.

 

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Pick 3

Method 1:  2-2-3
Method 2:  6-8-4
Method 3:  1-2-6
Method 4:  7-7-4
Method 5:  3-1-9
Method 6:  1-5-6

Play 4

Method 1:  5-3-5-5
Method 2:  9-3-5-4
Method 3:  2-2-9-9
Method 4:  9-9-4-7
Method 5:  7-7-4-8
Method 6:  7-0-8-1

Quinto

Method 1:  2-8-5-3-7
Method 2:  3-3-6-6-4
Method 3:  8-8-3-6-9
Method 4:  0-2-3-3-1
Method 5:  3-3-9-5-1
Method 6:  9-8-2-6-5