Carmen Ordóñez

Carmina Ordóñez (2 May 1955 Seville, Spain - 23 July 2004 Madrid, Spain) was a member of Spanish families with a background in bullfighting. She was the daughter, ex-wife and mother of bullfighters.

She was married to a bullfighter, the late Paquirri, and her father was the famous bullfighter Antonio Ordóñez of the Ordóñez dinasty. Her sons Francisco Rivera Ordóñez and Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez are also bullfighters. She was married three times and had three children, two of them with Paquirri. Her third son, Julian, was born to her marriage with Julian Contreras. She is a cousin of Miguel Bosé and Paola Dominguín. She died of a heart attack in Madrid in 2004.

She was a lover of the city of Seville and its popular traditions, such as the Holy Week and the April's Fair. She used to visit the Esperanza de Triana, one of the most famous images of the Virgin Mary, located in Triana.

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