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
Franco y sus nietos en el Azor Fondo Marín Kutxa Fototeka 2
Francisco Franco, the dictator of Spain, died on 20 November 1975 at the age of 82. His designated successor, Prince Juan Carlos de Borbón, was proclaimed King Juan Carlos I on 22 November. The follow
Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde
…who wants to be a playboy and he is a playboy that wishes to be a surgeon." Dr Martínez-Bordiú headed the medical team that tended the dictator in his final illness (November 1975). In 1984, Jaime Peñafiel's gossip magazine La Revista published pictures of Franco in his hospital bed surrounded by tubes and medical…
Carlos Arias Navarro (left) with Franco in October 1975, the month before his death
Juan Carlos I addressing the Cortes Españolas