Lord of Meirás ( es, Señor de Meirás) was a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of

Grandee Grandee (; es, Grande de España, ) is an official royal and noble ranks, aristocratic title conferred on some Spanish nobility. Holders of this dignity enjoyed similar privileges to those of the peerage of France during the , though in neith ...

, granted in 1975 by

Juan Carlos I Juan Carlos I (;, * ca, Joan Carles I, * gl, Xoán Carlos I, Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 Novem ...

to Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés,

First Lady First lady is an unofficial title usually used for the wife, and occasionally used for the daughter or other female relative, of a non-monarchical A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state fo ...

of Spain between 1939 and 1975 and wife of

Francisco Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War ...

. The title makes reference to the Pazo de Meirás, summer home of Franco in Galicia. It was abolished in October 2022, under the purview of the Law of Democratic Memory.:

Lords of Meirás (1975–2022)

* Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés, 1st Lady of Meirás (1975–1988) * Francisco Franco y Martínez-Bordiú, 2nd Lord of Meirás (1989–2022)

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Lords of Meirás (1975–2022)

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