Cayetana Rivera y Martínez de Irujo, a member of one of Spain’s most prominent aristocratic families and a descendant of a long line of bullfighters, is dating the Peruvian bullfighter Roca Rey

Cayetana Rivera y Martínez de Irujo (26) has been dating the Peruvian bullfighter Andrés Raúl Roca Rey Valdez (29), who lives in Spain and is better known as Roca Rey, since shortly before Holy Week.

She is one of the granddaughters of the late Duchess of Alba, Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva, who held a Guinness World Record for being the aristocrat with the most titles in the world. In addition to belonging to Spain’s most prominent aristocratic family, she also comes from a family with roots in the world of bullfighting, as her father, Francisco Rivera Ordoñez, is a bullfighter; as is her uncle Cayetano Rivera Ordoñez; her grandfather, the famous bullfighter Paquirri; as well as her great-grandfather, Antonio Ordoñez Araujo, and her great-great-grandfather, Cayetano Ordóñez y Aguilera, better known as “El Niño de la Palma.”

For his part, Andrés Roca Rey also has ties to bullfighting, as his brother is a bullfighter, his uncle was a rejoneador, and his grandfather worked as the administrator of the Lima bullring. He has lived in Spain for many years, specifically in a town in the province of Seville.

So, even though it has been a bombshell in the Spanish press, it’s really not that unusual.