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María del Carmen Franco y Polo
Duchess of Franco
Dowager Marquise of Villaverde
Coat of Arms for the Dukedom of Franco
Duchess of Franco
Tenure20 November 1975 – present
Heir apparentMaría del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco
Born (1926-02-14) 14 February 1926 (age 98)
Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
SpouseCristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde (m.1950–1998)
IssueMaría del Carmen, Duchess of Anjou and Cádiz
María de la O Martínez-Bordiú
Francisco Franco, 11th Marquis of Villaverde
María del Mar Martínez-Bordiu
José Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú
María de Aránzazu Martínez-Bordiú
Jaime Felipe Martínez-Bordiú
FatherFrancisco Franco
MotherCarmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás

María del Carmen Franco y Polo, 1st Duchess of Franco, Grandee of Spain, Dowager Marquise of Villaverde (born 14 February 1926) is the only child of Spain's Caudillo, dictator General Francisco Franco[1] and his wife Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdès. In Asturian fashion, she is known by many nicknames such as Nenuca, Carmelilla, Carmencita, Cotota and Morita.

Family life

Franco was born in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. On 10 April 1950, in El Pardo, she married Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde (1 August 1922 Jaén, Mancha Real – 4 February 1998 Madrid).[2] Villaverde was a prominent surgeon. In 1968 he conducted the first heart transplant operation in Spain. The couple had seven children:

  • María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco (b. El Pardo, 26 February 1951), who married Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, son of Infante Jaime of Spain, Duke of Segovia and grandson of King Alfonso XIII of Spain; and had issue:
  • María de la O "Mariola" Martínez-Bordiú y Franco (b. El Pardo, 19 November 1952), married in El Pardo on 14 March 1974 to Rafael Ardid y Villoslada (b. 1 February 1947), and had issue:
    • Francisco de Borja Ardid y Martínez-Bordiú (b. Madrid, 20 December 1975), married in Ciudad Real on 23 July 2005 María Ruíz y Vega
    • Jaime Rafael Ardid y Martínez-Bordiú (b. Madrid, 28 September 1976)
    • Francisco Javier Ardid y Martínez-Bordiú (b. Madrid, 7 April 1987)
  • Francisco Franco, 11th Marquis of Villaverde (b. 9 December 1954)
  • María del Mar "Merry" Martínez-Bordiú y Franco (b. 6 July 1956), married firstly at the Pazo de Meirás on 3 August 1977 and divorced in 1982, Joaquín José Giménez-Arnau y Puente (b. 14 September 1943), and had issue, and married secondly in New York City on 4 August 1986, and divorced in 1991, Gregor Tamler, without issue:
    • Leticia Giménez-Arnau y Martínez-Bordiú (b. 25 January 1979), married on 8 August 2008 to Marcos Sagrera y Palomo
  • José Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú y Franco (b. El Pardo, 10 February 1958), married civilly in New York City, New York, on 23 November 1984 and religiously in Madrid on 27 October 1990 to model Josefina Victoria Toledo y López (b. San José de Tirajana, Canary Islands, 1963), and had issue:
    • Daniel Martínez-Bordiú y Toledo (b. Madrid, 11 June 1990)
    • Diego Martínez-Bordiú y Toledo (b. Madrid, 4 May 1998)
  • María de Aránzazu "Arantxa" Martínez-Bordiú y Franco (b. 16 September 1962), married at the Pazo de Meirás on 27 July 1996 to Claudio Quiraga y Ferro, without issue
  • Jaime Felipe Martínez-Bordiú y Franco (b. 8 July 1964), married in Madrid on 24 November 1995 to Nuria March y Almela (b. July 1966), and had issue:
    • Jaime Martínez-Bordiú y March (b. Madrid, 13 November 1999)

Shortly after her father's death in 1975, King Juan Carlos created her Duchess of Franco and a Grandeza de España in her own right, with the honorific of Doña and a Coat of Arms of new creation. These Arms are a variation of the Arms of the de Andrade family of Galicia, from whom she is twice descended from the Pardo de Andrade branch, and twice again from the 7th Counts of Lemos and Sarria. [citation needed]

Opinions about her father

In 2008 the Duchess collaborated with Stanley G. Payne and Jesús Palacios Tapias to write Franco, My Father, a biography of her father from her point of view. She described her father as a warm person. With regards to the White Terror, she noted that "he didn't talk about it at home".[3]

Honours

Ancestry

Family of Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco
16. Nicolás Franco y Sánchez
8. Francisco Franco y Vietti
17. Josefa Vietti y Bernabé
4. Nicolás Franco y Salgado-Araújo
18. Isidoro Salgado-Araújo y Belorado
9. Hermenegilda Salgado-Araújo y Pérez
19. Manuela Pérez y Alins
2. Francisco Franco Bahamonde, Head of the State of Spain
20. Ramón Bahamonde y de Castro-Montenegro
10. Ladislao Bahamonde y Ortega
21. María Josefa Ortega y Medina
5. María del Pilar Bahamonde y Pardo de Andrade
22. Francisco Javier Pardo de Andrade y Coquelín
11. María del Carmen Pardo de Andrade y Pardo de Andrade
23. Luisa Pardo de Andrade y Soto
1. María del Carmen Franco y Polo,
1st Duchess of Franco
24. Telesforo Polo y Briz
12. Claudio Polo y Astudillo
25. Isabel Astudillo
6. Felipe Polo y Flórez de Vereterra
13. Bonifacia Flórez de Vereterra
3. María del Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés, 1st Lady of Meirás
14. Rafael Martínez-Valdés
7. Ramona Martínez-Valdés y Martínez-Valdés
15. María de la Caridad Martínez-Valdés

References

  1. ^ Staff (20 December 1954). "Milestones". Time. Time Inc. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  2. ^ "María del Carmen Franco y Polo, 1ª duquesa de Franco". geneall.net. 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  3. ^ http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/433755/0/franco/carmen/libro/
Spanish nobility
New title Duchess of Franco
1975–present 		Incumbent

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