Francisco de Asís Rivera Ordóñez (prev. The Duke of Montoro; born 3 January 1974 in Madrid[1]) is a Spanish bullfighter.
He is the son of Francisco Rivera Paquirri and Carmen Ordóñez, and his brother is the matador Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez. His father’s second wife was Isabel Pantoja, with whom Francisco 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 granduncle was Luis Miguel Dominguín, his cousin is Jose Antonio Canales Rivera. In 2009, he was awarded the Fine Arts medal by the Culture Ministry of Spain, a coveted bullfighting prize, but his receipt resulted in a public outcry.[2]
He has one daughter, Cayetana Rivera y Martínez de Irujo (born October 16, 1999), from his marriage with Eugenia Martínez de Irujo, 12th Duchess of Montoro, on October 23, 1998. The couple divorced in 2002. Eugenia's mother is the current Duchess of Alba, Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, the most titled noble in Spain.
Currently (10/2011), Francisco Rivera is seeing Lourdes Montes Parejo, a 27 years old lawyer from Sevilla.[3])
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.