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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Polo and the second or maternal family name is Martínez-Valdés.
The Most Excellent
Carmen Polo
Grandee
1950
Lady of Meirás 26 November 1975 – 6 February 1988
Personal details
Born
María del Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés
(1900-06-11)11 June 1900 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Died
6 February 1988(1988-02-06) (aged 87) Madrid, Spain
Resting place
Mingorrubio Cemetery
Spouse
Francisco Franco
(m. 1923; died 1975)
Children
Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco
Parent(s)
Felipe Polo y Flórez de Vereterra Ramona Martínez-Valdés y Martínez-Valdés
María del Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés, 1st Lady of Meirás, Grandee of Spain (11 June 1900 – 6 February 1988) was the wife of the dictator, general and "caudillo" Francisco Franco. She exerted a major influence in censoring the press.[1] She was endowed the Lordship of Meirás by Juan Carlos I on 26 November 1975.[2]
^"Carmen Polo de Franco of Spain Dies". The Washington Post. 7 February 1988.
^P, S. R. (28 October 2018). "El pueblo 'roba' las llaves de Meirás y del palacio de Cornide a Franco". El País.
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