Carmen Franco y Polo
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María del Carmen Franco y Polo, 1st Duchess of Franco (b. February 14, 1926, in Oviedo) 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.
[edit] Family Life
On April 10, 1950, in El Pardo, she married Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis de Villaverde (August 1, 1922, Mancha Real-February 4, 1998, Madrid), 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 de 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.
[edit] External link
- Universal Studios Newsreel for 8th April, 1957: "18th anniversary of end of Spanish revolution in Spain, Franco and daughter watch soldiers, the caudillo looks on with pride, 18 years of peace and rebuilding".
