Antonio Álvarez de Toledo y Enríquez de Ribera, VII Duke of Alba (Madrid, 26 February 1615 – Madrid, 11 November 1690) was a Spanish noble and politician.
He was Viceroy of Navarre, president of the Council of Italy and a Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece.
[1] Due to his father's powerful personality, Antonio had long been aloof from political life, except in 1661, when he had been appointed Viceroy of Navarre for a few months.
When Antonio became the new Duke of Alba, he was a staunch supporter of the King's powerful illegitimate brother, John Joseph of Austria.
They had 2 children : Widowed in 1650, he remarried in Madrid to Guiomar de Silva Mendoza Corella, on 22 September 1656, daughter of the 1st Marquis of Orani.