Name Marie Duchess | ||
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Issue Eugenie of BourbonLouis of Bourbon, Duke of BurgundyAlphonse of Bourbon, Duke of Berry Spouse Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou (m. 2004) Children Prince Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Alphonse of Bourbon, Duke of Berry, Eugenie of Bourbon Siblings Victor Jose, Maria Victoria Similar People Louis Alphonse - Duke of A, Maria del Carmen Martinez, Victor Vargas, Alfonso - Duke of Anjou an, Carmen Franco - 1st Duchess | ||
Louis XX - Heir of the Throne of France
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.
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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. They currently live in Madrid, Spain.