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María del Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés, 1st Lady of Meirás, Grandee of Spain (11 June 1900 – 6 February 1988) was the wife of the dictator, general and "caudillo" Francisco Franco. She exerted a major influence in censoring the press. [1] She was endowed the Lordship of Meirás by Juan Carlos I on 26 November 1975. [2]
Franco was born in Oviedo. It is rumoured that she was actually the daughter of Francisco Franco's younger brother, Ramón Franco and a prostitute who died shortly after giving birth. [4] [5] [6] On 10 April 1950, in El Pardo, she married Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde. [7] Villaverde was a prominent surgeon.
On 14 September 1926, Franco and Polo had a daughter, María del Carmen. Franco would have a close relationship with his daughter and was a proud parent, though his traditionalist attitudes and increasing responsibilities meant he left much of the child-rearing to his wife. [39]
Carmen Martínez-Bordiú was born in the Palacio Real de El Pardo in Madrid and was the daughter of Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde, and Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco. Her maternal grandparents were the fascist dictator ( caudillo ) Francisco Franco , the Spanish Head of State at the time of her birth and for the ...
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Duchess of Franco (Spanish: Duquesa de Franco) was a hereditary title in the Spanish nobility. The title was created in 1975 by King Juan Carlos I and bestowed upon Carmen Franco, the daughter and only child of Spain's Caudillo, General Francisco Franco. Together with the dukedom, she received a coat of arms of new creation.
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