Birth Name: Francisco Franco Bahamonde
Date of Birth: 4 December 1892
Place of Birth: Ferrol, Galicia, Spain
Date of Death: 20 November 1975
Place of Death: Madrid, Spain
Ethnicity: Spanish (Andalusian, Galician), 1/16 Italian
Francisco Franco was a Spanish general. He served as the Caudillo of Spain, from 1 October 1936 to 20 November 1975, his death. He also served as the President of the Government of Spain, from 30 January 1938 to 8 June 1973.
Francisco was baptized thirteen days later at the military church of San Francisco, with the baptismal name Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo; Francisco for his paternal grandfather, Paulino for his godfather, Hermenegildo for his maternal grandmother and godmother, and Teódulo for the saint day of his birth.
Francisco’s father, Nicolás Franco y Salgado Araújo, belonged to six uninterrupted geneations of the Spanish Navy, and was of Andalusian descent. Francisco’s mother, María del Pilar Bahamonde y Pardo de Andrade, was an upper middle-class Roman Catholic.
Francisco was married to María del Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés, 1st Lady of Meirás, Grandee of Spain.
Francisco’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his sixth great-grandfather, Juan Franco Reyna.
Francisco’s paternal grandfather was Francisco Franco y Vietti (the son of Nicolás Franco y Sánchez and Josefa de Vietti y Bernabé Roberta y del Busto). Francisco’s great-grandfather Nicolás was the son of Juan Franco y de Viñas, de Lamadrid y Freyre de Andrade, and of Josefa Sánchez Freyre de Andrade Canales de León y Piñeiro. Francisco’s great-grandmother Josefa was the daughter of Italian nobleman Antonio Vietti (or Antonio de Vietti y Roberta, Conde de Calabiana in Spanish), of Asti, Asti, and of Francisca Bernabé y del Busto.
Francisco’s paternal grandmother was Hermenegilda Salgado-Araújo y Pérez (the daughter of Isidoro Salgado-Araújo y Belorado and Manuela Pérez y Alins). Isidoro was the son of José Salgado-Araújo Paxarín Parada y Pérez and Josefa Belorado Gómez. Manuela was the daughter of Jacinto Pérez Gómez and Antonia Alins y Aragonés del Pino.
Francisco’s maternal grandfather was Ladislás Bahamonde y Ortega (the son of Ramón Bahamonde de Castro and María Josefa Ortega Medina). Ramón was the son of Dionisio Bahamonde Taibo and Bernardina de Castro y Montenegro. Francisco’s great-grandmother Josefa was the daughter of Gregorio Ortega Pérez and María Medina Díez.
Francisco’s maternal grandmother was María del Carmen Pardo de Andrade y Pardo de Andrade (the daughter of Francisco Javier Pardo de Andrade y Coquelin and Luisa Pardo de Andrade y Soto). Francisco’s great-grandfather Francisco was the son of Ramón Pardo de Andrade y Bermúdez de Castro and Margarita Coquelin Robín. Luisa was the daughter of Antonio Pardo de Andrade y del Río and Antonia de Soto Taboada López y Méndez.
Sources: Genealogies of Francisco Franco – https://www.geni.com/
http://gw.geneanet.org/
