Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco
María del Carmen Franco y Polo, 1st Duchess of Franco, Grandee of Spain, Marchioness of Villaverde( 14 September 1926 – 29 December 2017) was the only child of Spain's" Caudillo" General Francisco Franco and his wife Carmen Polo y Martínez- Valdés.
In Asturian fashion, she is known by many nicknames such as Nenuca, Carmelilla, Carmencita, Cotota and Morita.
Lord of Meirás
Lord of Meirás is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of Grandee, granted in 1975 by Juan Carlos I to Carmen Polo y Martínez- Valdés, First Lady of Spain between 1939 and 1975 and wife of Francisco Franco.
The title makes reference to the Pazo de Meirás, summer home of Franco in Galicia.
Elizabeth Richardson, 1st Lady Cramond
Elizabeth Richardson, 1st Lady Cramond( 1576/77 – 1651) was an English writer and peeress.
She is remembered for her collections of prayers.
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Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás
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.
Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco
María del Carmen Franco y Polo, 1st Duchess of Franco, Grandee of Spain, Marchioness of Villaverde( 14 September 1926 – 29 December 2017) was the only child of Spain's" Caudillo" General Francisco Franco and his wife Carmen Polo y Martínez- Valdés.
In Asturian fashion, she is known by many nicknames such as Nenuca, Carmelilla, Carmencita, Cotota and Morita.
Nancy Baron
Nancy Baron is an American rock singer who was active in New York City in the early 1960s, known for the singles" Where Did My Jimmy Go?" and" I've Got A Feeling".
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco Bahamonde (4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general and dictator who ruled over Spain from 1939 to 1975.
During his rule Franco assumed the title "Caudillo".
This period in Spanish history, from the Nationalist victory in the Spanish Civil War to Franco's death, is commonly known as Francoist Spain or the Francoist dictatorship.
Franco was born in Ferrol, Spain, as the son of upper-class parents with strong connections to the Spanish Navy.
Franco, however, joined the Spanish Army as a cadet in the Toledo Infantry Academy in 1907, graduating in 1910.
He would go on to have a successful military career in Morocco and rapidly advanced through the ranks for bravery in combat.
He served in the Rif War and was in 1926 promoted to General at age 33, the youngest General in all Europe.
As a conservative and a monarchist, Franco opposed the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of the democratic secular republic in 1931.
He nevertheless continued his position in the Republican Army.
In 1934 Franco led the brutal suppression of the miners' revolutionary strike in Asturias, which sharpened the antagonism between Left and Right in the country.
When the leftist Popular Front won the 1936 elections, Franco joined other generals who launched a coup the same year, intending to overthrow the Republic.
The coup failed to take control of most of the country and precipitated the Spanish Civil War.
Franco took control of the Army of Africa, which were air-lifted to Spain.
With the death of the other leading generals, Franco became his faction's only leader and was appointed Generalissimo and Head of State in the autumn of 1936.
By a Unification Decree in 1937 Franco merged all Nationalist parties into a single party, the FET y de las JONS.
In 1939 the Nationalists defeated the Republicans in the civil war, which had claimed almost half a million lives.
The victory extended Franco's dictatorship over all of Spain, and it was followed by a period of repression of political opponents and dissenters.
Between 30,000 and 50,000 people died by this repression, which employed forced labor, concentration camps, and executions.
Combined with the Nationalist executions during the war, the death toll of the White Terror lies between 100,000 and 200,000.
Franco continued to rule Spain alone, with more power than any Spanish leader before or since, ruling almost exclusively by decree.
He nurtured a cult of personality and the "Movimiento Nacional" became the only channel of participation in Spanish public life.
During World War II, he espoused neutrality as Spain's official wartime policy, but supported the Axis — whose members Italy and Germany had supported him during the Civil War — in various ways.
After the war, Spain was shunned and isolated by many other countries for nearly a decade.
During the Cold War Franco became one of the world's foremost anti-Communist figures.
His regime was assisted by the West — particularly the United States.
Spain suffered chronic economic depression in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
After this period, the nature of Franco's regime changed from being openly totalitarian and severely repressive to an authoritarian system with limited pluralism.
By abandoning autarky and pursuing economic liberalization, Franco presided over the "Spanish miracle".
Economic authority was delegated to the technocrats of the Opus Dei, leading to tremendous economic growth.
The Francoist dictatorship continued to soften over time and Luis Carrero Blanco became Franco's "éminence grise", controlling the day-to-day operations of the government:
this increased when Franco began showing symptoms of Parkinson's disease in the 1960s.
The introduction of the Organic Law in 1966 limited and clearly defined Franco's powers and officially created the office of Prime Minister.
In 1973, beset with old age and sickness and wishing to partially relinquish the burden of governing Spain, Franco resigned as Prime Minister, and was succeeded by Carrero Blanco.
However, Franco remained as Head of State and Commander-in-Chief.
Franco died in 1975 at the age of 82 and was buried in the Valle de los Caídos.
Through the power to appoint a king, granted to him by the 1947 Law of Succession to the Headship of the State, he restored the monarchy before his death, appointing Juan Carlos as his successor and king of Spain.
Juan Carlos led the Spanish transition to democracy.
Franco remains a controversial figure in Spanish history and the nature of his dictatorship changed over time.
His reign was marked by both brutal repression, with thousands killed, and economic prosperity, which greatly improved the quality of life in Spain.
His dictatorial style proved very adaptable, which could introduce social and economic reform, and the only consistent points in Franco's long rule were above all authoritarianism, Spanish nationalism, National Catholicism, anti-Freemasonry, and anti-communism.
Elizabeth Richardson, 1st Lady Cramond
Elizabeth Richardson, 1st Lady Cramond( 1576/77 – 1651) was an English writer and peeress.
She is remembered for her collections of prayers.

Question: Where did Carmen Polo, 1St Lady Of Meirás's husband graduate from?
Answer: Toledo Infantry Academy