Marie-Marguerite, Duchess of Anjou (née Vargas Santaella; born 21 October 1983) is a Venezuelan-born heiress and wife of Louis Alphonse de Bourbon, the Legitimist pretender to the defunct kingdom of France.
MarÃÂa Margarita Vargas Santaella was born on 21 October 1983 in Caracas. Her father, VÃÂctor José Vargas IrausquÃÂn, 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 TellerÃÂa. She studied at the Colegio Merici de las Madres Ursulinas in Caracas and did her degree on pedagogy at the Universidad Metropolitana de Caracas.
She married Prince Louis Alphonse of Bourbon, Duke of Anjou and Legitimist Pretender to the French throne, in a civil ceremony in Caracas on 6 November 2004 and in a religious ceremony the following day at the Church of St. Stanislaus of Krakovia in La Romana, Dominican Republic.
The Duke and Duchess of Anjou are parents to four children:
They currently live in Madrid, Spain.
MarÃÂa Margarita obtained French nationality in 2012.
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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