Eugenia Martínez de Irujo's Partners Before Her 2017 Wedding

Eugenia de Montoro: Ten Relationships Leading to the 2017 Wedding

How many relationships fit into a duchess’s public biography? For Eugenia Martínez de Irujo, Duchess of Montoro, the answer is measured in names: from Sevillian Luis González-Conde to music executive Narcís Rebollo, whom she married in 2017. In between were bullfighters, aristocrats, businessmen, and an actor. One of the Duchess of Alba’s daughters turned her love life into a map of Spanish high society over recent decades, a collection her circle dubbed her sentimental "sorbo-meter" (a play on her name).

From Dueñas Palace to Liria Palace: The Settings

Settings matter, and here they were never neutral. Early romances blossomed in Dueñas Palace in Seville and Liria Palace in Madrid, two residences of one of Spain’s wealthiest noble houses. She was 20 when she began dating Sevillian Luis González-Conde; that engagement lasted two years.

Next came a young man from La Sarracena, Sergio Baigorri. The profile repeated: same environment, same circle, same class. Some read this sequence as strategic climbing within the aristocracy; others see it as pure emotional improvisation. Either way, the result is a closed catalog of suitors where surname weighs more than love at first sight.

The Bullfighting Era: Fran Rivera and El Litri

Bullfighting occupied a whole chapter. First Fran Rivera Ordóñez, then Miguel Báez, El Litri, both in the 1990s, when bullfighting stars dominated headlines with media weight hard to replicate today. With Fran Rivera, she had her only daughter. The relationship broke up, returned, and ended in a union presented as final but wasn’t.

After definitively splitting with Rivera, she returned to a familiar profile: a boyfriend from a well-off family. Nicolás Vallejo-Nájera, Colate, fit the mold. They dated for months. Colate later married singer Paulina Rubio, with whom he has a son, Andrea Nicolás.

Gonzalo Miró and the Younger Men Years

In 2005 came Gonzalo Miró, then a media-savvy twenty-something. This was the most exposed period, antiestéticaturing a visible image change and a modern couple presentation. Later, two names surfaced: twenty-something Enrique López and Ignacio Ventosa, a discreet Catalan businessman in his thirties.

It’s worth separating documented facts from unproven rumors. This era spawned all sorts of speculations, including unconfirmed rumors about the paternity of some of the Duchess of Alba’s children. Without resolution or confirmation, these remain where they belong: in speculation.

From Vicente Dalmáu to José Coronado

The duchess tried a more formal profile. Vicente Dalmáu, Count of Creixell and Marquis of Murrieta, met the requirements: genuine nobility, attractiveness, and slightly younger age. The relationship didn’t take off, burdened by a pool of suitors and public exposure. Then she was linked to actor José Coronado, during a period marked by cross-rumors and incompatible schedules.

Narcís Rebollo and the 2017 Conclusion

At fifty, after a journey from bullfighter to businessman, Eugenia de Montoro closed that chapter with Narcís Rebollo. The wedding took place in 2017. He is a music industry executive of her age, well-positioned in the sector. The family estate near Doñana, 200 hectares managed jointly among siblings, is part of the same heritage ecosystem supporting the surname.

Dueñas Palace continues to serve as a showcase: private events have been held there with artists from Rebollo’s own label, illustrating how public life and business overlap in this family.

Why Celebrity Yields to Noble Titles

The fascination isn’t reciprocal by chance. Celebrities are fascinated by nobility because they’re closer than anyone to resembling it, yet aren’t quite there. A title opens doors money alone cannot. Hence each generation of duchesses finds willing candidates, and bidding for a wedding in a historic palace still works as a showcase and brand asset.

With these precedents, the question isn’t whether Eugenia de Montoro chose well, but how much of that choice was decision versus class inertia. Real estate management gets audited. Sentimental management never does.