Carmen Martínez-Bordiú

Carmen Martínez-Bordiú
Martínez-Bordiú in 1969
Duchess of Franco
Tenure4 July 2018 – 21 October 2022
PredecessorCarmen Franco
SuccessorTitle abolished
Consort of the Legitimist pretender to the French throne
Pretence20 March 1975 – 16 December 1986
Born (1951-02-26) 26 February 1951
Madrid, Spain
Spouses
(m. 1972; div. 1982)
    Jean-Marie Rossi
    (m. 1984; div. 1995)
      José Campos García
      (m. 2006)
      IssueFrançois, Duke of Bourbon
      Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou
      María Cynthia Rossi
      Names
      María del Carmen Esperanza Alejandra de la Santísima Trinidad
      HouseBordiú y Franco (by birth)
      Bourbon (by marriage)
      FatherCristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde
      MotherCarmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco

      María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco (born 26 February 1951), commonly known as Carmen Martínez-Bordiú, is a Spanish aristocrat and social figure.

      Martínez-Bordiú was the 2nd Duchess of Franco from July 2018 until revocation of her dukedom and associated grandeeship on 21 October 2022 as a result of the Democratic Memory Law. She was the granddaughter of former Spanish general and dictator Francisco Franco and this law aimed to remove some of the remaining Franco symbols from the country, including the abolition of her title of nobility, granted to her mother during the regime of General Franco.