Marie Marguerite, Duchess of Anjou

Full name
	María Margarita Vargas Santaella

Marie Marguerite
Marie Marguerite
	Duchess of Anjou
Born	21 October 1983; Caracas, Venezuela
Spouse	Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou (m. 2004)
Issue	Princess Eugénie of Bourbon; Louis of Bourbon, Duke of Burgundy; Alphonse of Bourbon, Duke of Berry
Full name
	María Margarita Vargas Santaella
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 of Bourbon, Duke of Anjou, who is considered by Legitimists to be the head of the French Royal House, making Marie Marguerite the Legitimist titular Queen Consort of France.

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, Prince Louis, Duke of Burgundy and Prince Alphonse, Duke of Berry (Spanish: Luis and Alfonso), on 28 May 2010.^[1] They currently live in Madrid, Spain.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Marie Marguerite, Duchess of Anjou

16. Simón Vargas Bastidas

8. Simón Vargas Falcón

17. Magdalena Falcón

4. Dr. Víctor José Vargas Hernández

18. Rafael Hernández Trejo

9. Emelina Hernández Hernández

19. Úrsula Hernández

2. Víctor José Vargas Irausquín

20. Estanislao Irausquín

10. Pompeyo Irausquín Vargas

21. Baudilia Vargas

5. Noemí Irausquín Suárez, Judge of Caracas

11. Carmen Suárez

1. Marie Marguerite, Duchess of Anjou

12. Juan Santaella López

6. Héctor José Santaella Guerra, Ambassador of Venezuela

26. José María Guerra Marcano

13. Carmen Guerra Rauseo

27. Lucía Rauseo Vallesilla

3. Carmen Leonor Santaella Tellería

28. Rodolfo Tellería Gibel

14. Rodolfo Tellería Alcaldepiña

29. Francisca Alcaldepiña Ochoa

7. Margarita Tellería Villapol

30. José Miguel Villapol Rodríguez

15. Concepción Margarita Villapol Santana

31. Margarita Santana Bravo

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.

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.

External links

Titles in pretence
Marie Marguerite, Duchess of Anjou Born: 21 October 1983
Vacant Title last held by María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco	— TITULAR — Queen Consort of France and Navarre 4 November 2004 – Present Reason for succession failure: Bourbon monarchy deposed in 1830	Incumbent

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[1] 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.