He belongs to a great line of matadors in our country. He was born into the afternoon of the party and the dress of light. Francisco Rivera He knew at a very early age the crudeness of his people’s art. his father, Francisco Rivera ‘Paquiri’ He died in Pozoblanco, crushed by an attack from ‘Avispado’, a bull that changed Riveras’ life one afternoon in September 1984.
His father Francisco Rivera followed in the footsteps of the ‘paqueri’
Despite those indelible and tragic memories, Francisco Rivera knew that bullfighting, cape art, and the sharp edge of bullying were an integral part of his life. And he took the option, at the age of twenty-one and with many dreams, in Royal Maestranza of Sevillehand in hand Spartacus and with Jesuline de Ubric the witness
How old was Fran Rivera when he married Eugenia Martinez de Iruzo?
Season after season, young Francisco showed his good work in the square and earned a great reputation for professionalism but also for bravery and safety. Bullfighting becomes his world… and that world is filled with the arrival of love. On October 23, 1998, he married Eugenia Martínez de Iruzo at the Cathedral of Seville. Daughter of the Duchess of Alba. Fran was 24 years old and Eugenia was 30. A year later, their relationship was rewarded with birth His daughter Cayetana, who will be known as Tana Rivera.
When did Francisco Rivera get divorced?
And although the bullfighter and the Duchess of Montoro lived in a fairy tale with a very Spanish flavor, their marriage eventually broke up definitively. 2002.
Death of his mother, Carmina Ordonez
Two years after his divorce, Francisco suffered the second major loss of his life, his mother, Carmen Ordonez, He died on July 23, 2004, and parts of his world collapsed with him. Devoted to her daughter and her profession, which has brought her many victories, incl Gold Medal 2009 for Merit in Fine ArtsOver the years, Francisco Rivera became one of the golden bachelors on the national scene.
The Golden Bachelor
Recovering from the loss of his mother and his failed marriage, Bullfighting began a brief relationship with the model in the summer of 2004. Carla GowanesThe daughter of Carlos Gowanes and Carrie Lapik, which only lasted three months and they both managed to finish in October of the same year.
After this breakup, Francisco enjoyed being single for the first months of 2005, ending it in the first summer months where he began a serious three-year relationship. BLANCA MARTINEZ DE IRUZOHis ex-wife’s cousin. And after predicting that this love story would end in a wedding, Blanca and Francisco ended their relationship in August 2008, destroying the idea of a ‘yes, I do’.
Being a heartthrob, the bullfighter could not find his better half and after having a short-lived love affair with Miss Spain Elizabeth Reyes, which they ended in late 2008, Francisco gave love another chance this time with a flamenco dancer. Cecilia GomezSara Barras is a former dancer in the company, and with whom Francisco Rivera seems to have found the stability and tranquility he sought. But their relationship soured and in March 2011, the bullfighter and the dancer ended their romance.
His love story with Lourdes Montes
After this new breakup, Francisco enjoyed his celibacy, although it did not last long as he soon found a new owner for his heart, his name Lourdes MontesA beautiful Sevillian lawyer, niece of the popular singer José Manuel Soto and ten years his junior, and who gradually fills the bullfighter’s life.
And the right-hander has always said that the happiest day of his life was the day he met her. it happened Seville April Fair Thanks to a group of mutual friends who introduced them to one of Rial’s booths. “We had a total crush. In fact, the day I saw her I said to a friend: ‘Look, I’m going to introduce you to the woman I’m going to marry,'” Francisco said, though he thinks I was so clear about it. No, even though it’s happening eventually.
When were Fran Rivera and Lourdes Montes married?
The bullfighter and lawyer turned designer said ‘I do’ for the first time on September 14, 2013 in a civil wedding in Ronda. He published a wedding photo Hello! After ten months of this exclusive marriage, they sealed their love in a religious wedding. Chapel of the Sailors of SevilleHeadquarters of the Brotherhood of Hope of Triana.
How many children does Fran Rivera have?
As a result of this marriage, two children were born: Carmenwho came into the world on August 19, 2015 and Francisco, whom they affectionately call jobBorn on January 10, 2019 and who became the third child of a bullfighter and who has been with his elder sister for twenty years, Kaytna.
Withdrawal of place
Retiring from the arena was difficult for him and although he first announced that he was cutting his ponytail on October 13, 2012, he re-emerged in the arena in 2015 to ditch it permanently. On September 2, 2017 in Rhonda Buring. “I can’t make my people suffer for the rest of their lives,” the right-hander admitted Hello! Before the day of withdrawal. The women in his life were not absent during the farewell, his wife and two daughters, but undoubtedly one of the most emotional moments was when Francisco dedicated the last bull of his career to his daughter Tana.
Fran Rivera’s business
After retiring from bullfighting, the right-hander continued to be associated with bullfighting Businessman and owner of Rhonda Bulling and other businesses, including the organization of bullfighting events and the employment of artists. Moreover, together with his brother Cayetano Rivera he manages Entertainment MuseumAn entity dedicated to tourist and other short stay accommodation and its partners Steel Supply SLA limited company dedicated to the wholesale trade of scrap metal and waste products. Likewise, it was introduced to the gourmet market in Seville ‘The Barranco Market’ and through two companies dedicated to the agricultural sector Cultivation of cereals, pulses and oilseeds.
Where does Fran Rivera currently live?
Francisco Rivera lives Seville with Lourdes Montes and her two young children. The house, which the bullfighter showed his followers at the event, is filled with memories of his childhood with his parents as well as his time in bullfighting. Also, Pakiri and Carmina’s son owns another farm called ‘La Calma’, a land he bought at the beginning of 2022, in the city of Sevillian. Villamanrique de la Condesa40 km south of Seville and 25 km from El Rocio (Huelva). The area is one of the most beautiful in all of Andalucia, at its gates Doñana Natural Park.
