María del Carmen Franco y Polo, 1st Duchess of Franco, Grandee of Spain, Marchioness of Villaverde was the only child of Spain's caudillo, General Francisco Franco and Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés. I
Pictured on her wedding day in 1950.
Don Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú y Ortega, 10th Marquess of Villaverde was a Spanish aristocrat, the son-in-law of dictator Francisco Franco, and a heart surgeon. In Spanish, his peerage is written El X
Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco
…daughter of Franco's younger brother, Ramón Franco, and a prostitute who died after giving birth to her. On 10 April 1950, in El Pardo, she married Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde. Villaverde was a prominent surgeon. In 1968, he conducted the first heart transplant operation in Spain. The couple had seven children: María del…
Franco y sus nietos en el Azor Fondo Marín Kutxa Fototeka 2