page_title: Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás
hierarchical_section_title: Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Carmen Polo, Lady of Meiras, with mantilla, in the day of her granduaghter's wedding (8 March 1972) to Prince Alfonso of Bourbon, later Duke of Cadiz
context_page_description: María del Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés, 1st Lady of Meirás, Grandee of Spain was the wife of General and caudillo Francisco Franco.
  She played an important role in Francoist Spain, exerting major influence in the election of Carlos Arias Navarro and in censoring the press. She was, undoubtedly, the most influential woman in Francoist Spain. She was nicknamed as la Collares in Spain.
context_section_description: María del Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés, 1st Lady of Meirás, Grandee of Spain (11 June 1900 – 6 February 1988) was the wife of General and caudillo Francisco Franco.
  She played an important role in Francoist Spain, exerting major influence in the election of Carlos Arias Navarro (when her husband was already ill) and in censoring the press. She was, undoubtedly, the most influential woman in Francoist Spain. She was nicknamed as la Collares ('the one with the necklaces') in Spain.
caption: Carmen Polo, 1972
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