Francisco Rivera Ordóñez

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rivera and the second or maternal family name is Ordóñez.
Francisco Rivera Ordóñez
Born Francisco de Asís Rivera Ordóñez
January 3, 1974
Madrid, Spain
Spouse(s) Eugenia Martínez de Irujo (1998-2002)
Lourdes Beatriz Montes Parejo (2013-present)
Children Cayetana
Parent(s) Carmen Ordóñez
Francisco Rivera «Paquirri»
Website
www.riveraordonez.com/

Francisco de Asís Rivera Ordóñez (prev. The Duke of Montoro; born 3 January 1974 in Madrid[1]) is a Spanish torero or 'bullfighter'.

Family lineage

Rivera belongs to a long line of famous bullfighters: his great-grandfather was Cayetano Ordóñez, El Nino de la Palma; his grandfather was Antonio Ordóñez; his granduncle was Luis Miguel Dominguín; his father was Francisco Rivera Paquirri; his brother is Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez; his cousin is Jose Antonio Canales Rivera.

Bullfighting career

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]

Personal life

He is the son of Paquirri (Francisco Rivera) 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 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 previous Duchess of Alba, Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, the most titled noble in the world.

Since 2011, Francisco Rivera has been dating Lourdes Beatriz Montes Parejo,[3] then a 27 year old lawyer from Sevilla.[4]

They married on September 14, 2013 in Ronda.

Books

Rivera Ordóñez, who is known in the press as "Fran", was the subject of the book Death and the Sun: A Matador's Season in the Heart of Spain by American journalist Edward Lewine. In 2012 he was again involved in a book, The Bull and The Ban by filmmaker Catherine Tosko and British bullfighter and writer Alexander Fiske-Harrison.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dinastías Rondeñas". Plaza de Toros de Ronda. Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
  2. ↑ Burnett, Victoria (2009-03-19). "As Bullfighter Gains Honor, Peers Perceive a Grave Loss". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
  3. ↑ Google Books
  4. ↑ http://www.hola.com/famosos/2011090454330/fran-rivera-lourdes-fiesta/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ The Bull and The Ban - Mitaurored

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