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10/03/2014 – Cervera – Spanish Royals Attend a Dinner at Casa de ABC in Madrid on 3 October, 2014 – Casa de ABC – Madrid, Spain – Photo Credit: Solarpix / PR Photos
Birth Name: María del Carmen Rosario Soledad Cervera y Fernández de la Guerra
Place of Birth: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Date of Birth: 23 April, 1943
Ethnicity: Catalan, Spanish [Castilian, Leonese, Navarrese, possibly other]
Carmen Cervera is a Spanish philantropist, socialite, art dealer and collector, and beauty pageant titleholder. She is also known as Carmen “Tita” Cervera and Carmen “Tita” Thyssen.
Carmen was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, the daughter of Enrique Cervera Manent and María del Carmen Fernández de la Guerra y Álvarez. She had a son, Alejandro, with Manuel Segura. He was later adopted by her former husband, Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza. Her title is María del Carmen Rosario Soledad Cervera y Fernández de la Guerra, Dowager Baroness Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva.
Carmen’s paternal grandfather was surnamed Fernández de la Guerra. He was from Valladolid, Castile and Leon.
Carmen’s maternal grandmother was named María del Pilar Sabina Álvarez Gash. María was from Los Arcos, Navarra.