Marie Marguerite, Duchess of Anjou
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| Marie Marguerite | |
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| Duchess of Anjou | |
 Marie Marguerite in Sainte-Anne-d'Auray, 2015 | |
| Born | María Margarita Vargas Santaella 21 October 1983 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Spouse | |
| Issue | Princess Eugénie, Madame Royale Prince Louis, Duke of Burgundy Prince Alphonse, Duke of Berry Prince Henri, Duke of Turaine |
| House | Bourbon (by marriage) |
| Father | Víctor José Vargas Irausquín |
| Mother | Carmen Leonor Santaella Tellería |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Marie Marguerite, Duchess of Anjou (née María Margarita Vargas Santaella; born 21 October 1983) is a Venezuelan heiress and wife of Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou, who is considered by Legitimists to be the rightful king of France, making her the Legitimist queen of France and Navarre.
Early life[]
Marie Marguerite was born on 21 October 1983 in Caracas. Her father, Víctor José Vargas Irausquín, is the owner of Banco BOD or Banco Occidental de Descuento (BOD Bank or Western Bank of Discount - WBD). Her mother is Carmen Leonor Santaella Tellería. She has a sister, María Victoria, who is married to Francisco Javier d'Agostino Casado. She also had a brother, Víctor José, who died young. She studied at the Colegio Merici de las Madres Ursulinas in Caracas and did her degree on pedagogy at the Universidad Metropolitana de Caracas.
Personal life[]
She married Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou in a civil ceremony in Caracas on 5 November 2004 and in a religious ceremony the following day at La Romana, Dominican Republic. The couple have a daughter, Princess Eugénie of Bourbon (born 5 March 2007) at Mount Sinai Hospital, Miami, Florida. She gave birth to twin boys, Louis and Alphonse (Spanish: Luis and Alfonso), on 28 May 2010.[1] They currently live in Madrid, Spain. The couple had their fourth child, Henri, on 1 February 2019 in New York.
Heraldry[]
As the current titular queen of France and Navarre, Marie Marguerite had her arms remade by Hervé Pinoteau and in 2016. Her arms include, as heraldic tradition expects, a parti (per pale) of her husband's arms (in this case the full arms of France) and her father's (here the remade arms of the Vargas family) ; surmounted by the royal crown of France.
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References[]
- ^ Los Duques de Anjou anuncian el nacimiento de sus hijos Luis y Alfonso Archived 2011-09-06 at the Wayback Machine; accessed 14 April 2014.
Bibliography[]
Cassani Pironti, Fabio. Bref crayon généalogique de S.A.R. la Princesse Marie-Marguerite, Duchesse d'Anjou, née Vargas Santaella, Le Lien Légitimiste, n. 16, 2007.
External links[]
- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Caracas
- Venezuelan Roman Catholics
- Duchesses of Anjou
- Duchesses of Bourbon
- Dames of Malta