Maria Margarita, Duchess of Anjou
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Princess Marie Marguerite of Bourbon, Duchess of Anjou (née
NEE
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María Margarita Vargas
Vargas (surname)
Vargas is a Spanish, Portuguese and South American surname stemming from old nobility with two branches, de Vargas and de Vargas-Machuca, and may refer to the following:-Actors and TV personalities:* Vivian Vargas, Filipino actor....
Santaella
Santaella
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; born 21 October 1983, Caracas
Caracas
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) is a Venezuelan heiress and wife of Louis Alphonse of Bourbon, Duke of Anjou, who is considered to be the head of the French
France
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Royal House
Royal House
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making Marie Marguerite the Legitimist titular queen consort of France by royalists who consider the renunciation of Philip V of Spain
Philip V of Spain
Philip V was King of Spain from 15 November 1700 to 15 January 1724, when he abdicated in favor of his son Louis, and from 6 September 1724, when he assumed the throne again upon his son's death, to his death.Before his reign, Philip occupied an exalted place in the royal family of France as a...
as invalid.
Marie Marguerite's father is the well-known lawyer
Lawyer
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and owner of Banco BOD or Banco Occidental de Descuento (BOD Bank or Western Bank of Discount - WBD) Víctor José Vargas
Vargas (surname)
Vargas is a Spanish, Portuguese and South American surname stemming from old nobility with two branches, de Vargas and de Vargas-Machuca, and may refer to the following:-Actors and TV personalities:* Vivian Vargas, Filipino actor....
Irausquín and wife Carmen Leonor Santaella Tellería. She often appears in magazines around the world such as ¡Hola!
¡Hola!
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from Spain
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that cover the life of the European royalty
Royal family
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.
Marie Marguerite studied at the Colegio Merici de las Madres Ursulinas in Caracas and did her degree on pedagogy at the Universidad Metropolitana de Caracas. She speaks English and Spanish and some French.
Marie Marguerite married Louis Alphonse in a civil ceremony in Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
on 5 November 2004 and in a religious ceremony the following day at La Romana, La Romana, Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
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. The couple have a daughter, Eugénie of Bourbon (b. 5 March 2007 at Mount Sinai Hospital
Mount Sinai Medical Center & Miami Heart Institute
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, Miami, Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade County, Florida
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, Florida
Florida
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). Marie Marguerite had twins on 28 May 2010, named Louis
Prince Louis of Bourbon
Louis of Bourbon, Duke of Burgundy is the elder son of Louis Alphonse of Bourbon, Duke of Anjou, Legitimist pretender to the throne of France...
and Alphonse.
She has a sister María Victoria, married to Francisco Javier d'Agostino Casado. She also had a brother named Víctor José after his father, who died young.
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