Jump to content

Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 195.22.28.18 (talk) at 14:57, 16 February 2007 (→Family Life). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

You must add a |reason= parameter to this Cleanup template – replace it with {{Cleanup|February 2007|reason=<Fill reason here>}}, or remove the Cleanup template.

María del Carmen Franco y Polo, 1st Duchess of Franco (b. 1926) She was the only child of Spain's Caudillo, leader, General Francisco Franco and his wife Carmen Polo y Martínez Valdés. In Asturian fashion, she was known by many cryptic nicknames, namely Nenuca, Carmencita, and Morita.

Family Life

She married Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú - 10th Marquis de Villaverde, a proeminent surgeon, responsible for the first heart transplant ever made in Spain (the son of José María Martínez y Ortega and his wife Esperanza Bordiú y Bascarán, 7th Countess of Argillo), with whom she had several children. Her first daughter María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco married first the Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, legitimist pretender to the French throne and head of the House of Bourbon, Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz. Her first son is Francisco Franco Martinez-Bordiu, Señor de Meirás and Marquis de Villaverde.

After the death of her father, King Juan Carlos of Spain created her Duchess of Franco and a Grandeza de España in her own right, with the title of Doña.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Carmen_Franco,_1st_Duchess_of_Franco&oldid=108610725"