Duke of Franco

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Dukedom of Franco
COA Duke of Franco.svg
Creation date1975
MonarchJuan Carlos I
PeeragePeerage of Spain
First holderMaría del Carmen Franco y Polo, 1st Duchess of Franco
Present holderMaría del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco, 2nd Duchess of Franco
Heir apparentLouis Alphonse de Bourbon

Duke of Franco (Spanish: Duque de Franco) is a hereditary title in the Spanish nobility. The title was created in 1975 by King Juan Carlos 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. These arms are a variation of the arms of Andrade family of Galicia, from whom Franco was descended through females. As with all Spanish dukedoms, a Grandeeship is attached to the title.

History[]

In 1950, Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, had married Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquess of Villaverde, by whom she had several children. Dukes and duchesses of Franco are also Grandees of Spain. After the death of the 1st Duchess of Franco, succession of the ducal title with accompanying dignity has been requested by her eldest daughter María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco.[1] Under Spanish nobiliary law, her eldest daughter Maria is first in line, but does not succeed automatically; with the application to the Crown and the issue of the Royal Letter of Succession, and after an announcement period of thirty days, succession only legally enters into force after a tax is paid.

In 2018, the far-left Izquierda Unida party sent a letter to King Felipe VI asking that title of Duke or Duchess of Franco be repressed as a violation of Spain's Historical Memory Law but the power to make or unmake nobility resides solely in the Spanish monarch and is not covered by that law.[2] The Dukedom was granted to the heir apparent, María del Carmen Martínez-Bordíu y Franco, the eldest daughter of the late Duchess, on the same year, as published in the Official State Gazette on 4 July 2018.[3]

Dukes of Franco[]

The heir apparent is Luis Alfonso, Duke of Anjou (born 1974), second son of the 2nd Duchess' first marriage.

References[]

  1. ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado: no. 74, p. 25370 Archived 2018-04-30 at the Wayback Machine, 26 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-30 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "Felipe VI no puede suprimir el Ducado de Franco sin un proceso previo del Consejo de Estado". Monarquia Confidencial. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Título de Duque de Franco" (PDF). Ministry of Justice. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.


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