Francisco Rivera Ordóñez

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Francisco Rivera Ordóñez (born 3 January 1974 in Madrid^[1]) is a Spanish bullfighter.

He is the son of Francisco Rivera and Carmen Ordóñez. His father’s second wife was Isabel Pantoja, with whom Cayetano has a half brother, Francisco Rivera Pantoja.

He belongs to a long line of famous bullfighters: his father was Francisco Rivera Paquirri; his brother is Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez; his grandfather was Antonio Ordóñez, his grand-uncle was Luis Miguel Dominguín, his cousin is Jose Antonio Canales Rivera.

He has one daughter, Cayetana Rivera y Martínez de Irujo (born October 16, 1999), from his marriage with María Eugenia Brianda Timotea Cecilia Martínez de Irujo y Fitz-James Stuart (XI Duchess of Montoro, born November 26, 1968) on October 23, 1998. The couple divorced on 2002. Eugenia's mother is the current Duchess of Alba, Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart.

Rivera Ordóñez, who is known in the press as Fran, was the subject of a book: "Death and the Sun: A Matador's Season in the Heart of Spain," by American journalist, Edward Lewine.

[edit] See also

• List of bullfighters

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Spanish Celebraties: Francisco Rivera Ordoñez, includes a picture.