Marie Marguerite, Duchess of Anjou

Marie Marguerite Duchess of Anjou Spouse Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou Issue Eugénie of Bourbon Louis of Bourbon, Duke of Burgundy Alphonse of Bourbon, Duke of Berry Full name María Margarita Vargas Santaella House House of Bourbon Father Víctor José Vargas Irausquín Mother Carmen Leonor Santaella Tellería Born (1983-10-21) 21 October 1983 Caracas, Venezuela

French Royal Family Legitimist HRH The Duke of Anjou HRH The Duchess of Anjou HRH Princess Eugenie HRH The Duke of Burgundy HRH The Duke of Berry

Marie Marguerite, Duchess of Anjou (née María Margarita Vargas Santaella; born 21 October 1983) is a Venezuelan heiress and wife of Louis Alphonse of Bourbon, Duke of Anjou, who is considered by Legitimists to be the head of the French Royal House making Marie Marguerite the Legitimist titular queen consort of France.

Early life

Marie Marguerite was born on October 21, 1983 in Caracas. Her father, Víctor José Vargas Irausquín, is the owner of Banco BOD or Banco Occidental de Descuento (BOD Bank or Western Bank of Discount - WBD). Her mother is Carmen Leonor Santaella Tellería. She has a sister, María Victoria, who is married to Francisco Javier d'Agostino Casado. She also had a brother, Víctor José, who died young. She studied at the Colegio Merici de las Madres Ursulinas in Caracas and did her degree on pedagogy at the Universidad Metropolitana de Caracas.

Personal life

She married Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou in a civil ceremony in Caracas on 5 November 2004 and in a religious ceremony the following day at La Romana, La Romana, Dominican Republic. The couple have a daughter, Eugénie of Bourbon (born 5 March 2007 at Mount Sinai Hospital, Miami, Florida. She gave birth to twins on 28 May 2010.^[1] They currently live in Madrid, Spain.

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Bibliography

Cassani Pironti, Fabio. Bref crayon généalogique de S.A.R. la Princesse Marie-Marguerite, Duchesse d'Anjou, née Vargas Santaella, Le Lien Légitimiste, n. 16, 2007.

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