Lordship of Meirás | |
Creation Date: | 26 November 1975 |
Peerage: | Peerage of Spain |
First Holder: | Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés, 1st Lady of Meirás |
Last Holder: | Francisco de Asís Franco y Martínez-Bordiú, 11th Marquess of Villaverde |
Present Holder: | Abolished |
Extinction Date: | October 2022 |
Lord of Meirás (Spanish; Castilian: Señor de Meirás) was 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.[1] [2] The title makes reference to the Pazo de Meirás, summer home of Franco in Galicia.[3]
It was abolished in October 2022, under the purview of the Law of Democratic Memory.[4]
Boletín Oficial del Estado. 0212-033X. 20 October 2022. Ley 20/2022, de 19 de octubre, de Memoria Democrática. 33–34. Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. Madrid.