María Margarita Vargas Santaella

Marie-Marguerite de Bourbon, Duchess of Anjou (; 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.

Early life María Margarita Vargas Santaella 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 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 Wedding 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.

Issue

The Duke and Duchess of Anjou are parents to four children:

Princess Eugénie (Eugénie de Jésus; born on 5 March 2007 in Miami, Florida, United States). Prince Louis (born on 28 May 2010 in New York City, United States). Prince Alphonse (twin of the above; born on 28 May 2010 in New York City, United States).

They currently live in Madrid, Spain.

Marie-Marguerite obtained French nationality in 2012.