Marie Marguerite, Duchess of Anjou

Full name
	María Margarita Vargas Santaella

Marie Marguerite
Marie Marguerite
	Duchess of Anjou; Princess of Bourbon family
Born	21 October 1983; Caracas, Venezuela
Spouse	Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou (m. 2004)
Issue	Princess Eugénie of Bourbon; Prince Louis, Duke of Burgundy; Prince Alphonse, Duke of Berry; Prince Henri, Duke of Turaine
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 her the Legitimist titular Queen Consort 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.

Arms of Marie Marguerite Vargas Santaella, as titular Queen Consort of France and Navarre

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. The couple had their fourth child, Prince Henri, Duke of Touraine, on 1 February 2019 in New York.

Heraldry

As the current titular Queen Consort of France and Navarre, Marie Marguerite had her arms remade by MM. Pinoteau (heraldist) and MM. d'Andeville (Heraldic Artist) 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.

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.

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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.

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.