Enrique Iglesias
Birth Name: Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler
Place of Birth: Madrid, Spain
Date of Birth: 8 May, 1975
Ethnicity: Galician, Puerto Rican/Spanish [Andalusian, Castilian, Valencian], Filipino [Kapampangan], distant French, possibly distant Austrian
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Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish-born singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and cartoonist.
His father, Julio Iglesias (Julio José de la Cueva Iglesias), is a Spanish singer, with Spanish and Galician Spanish ancestry. His mother, Isabel Preysler (Maria Isabel Arrastia Preysler), is a Filipino journalist, socialite, and television host. Isabel’s ancestry is Spanish and Filipino (Kapampangan), with possible, distant, Austrian roots. Enrique has three children with his partner, Russian tennis player and model Anna Kournikova. His half-sister is socialite and television personality Tamara Falcó.
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Enrique has written songs in both Spanish and English.
Enrique’s father has stated that he has, or that he thinks he has, some degree of Sephardi Jewish ancestry on his own mother’s (Enrique’s paternal grandmother’s) side. It is not clear if this ancestry has been documented/verified. Julio’s recent ancestors were not Jewish.
Enrique’s paternal grandfather was Julio Iglesias Puga (the son of Ulpiano Iglesias Sarriá and Manuela Puga Noguerol). Julio was born in Ourense, Province of Ourense, Galicia, Spain, and was a prominent gynecologist. Ulpiano was the son of Juan Iglesias and Carmen Sarria. Manuela was the daughter of ElĂas Puga de la Torre and Elisa Noguerol Buján.
Enrique’s paternal grandmother was MarĂa del Rosario de la Cueva y de Perignat (the daughter of JosĂ© de la Cueva y de Orejuela and Dolores Perignat y Ruiz de Benavides). JosĂ© was the son of Manuel de la Cueva y Campo Redondo and Rosario de Orejuela y Prieto. Enrique’s great-grandmother Dolores was evidently born in Guayama, Puerto Rico. She was the daughter of JosĂ© Mariano Eleuterio Gavino de la SantĂsima Trinidad Perinat y Ochoa, a Spanish military officer, from Seville, Seville, and of Manuela Ruiz de Benavides y PĂ©rez. Enrique’s great-great-grandfather JosĂ© was of part French ancestry, from Paris.
Enrique’s maternal grandfather was Carlos PĂ©rez de Tagle Preysler (the son of Don Fausto Preysler y Moreno and MarĂa Carmen PĂ©rez de Tagle Pastor). Fausto was the son of Don JoaquĂn Preysler/Preisler Cernuda and Doña Natalia Moreno Ravelo, who were from Cádiz, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. Enrique’s great-grandmother MarĂa Carmen was born in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Central Visayas, the daughter of Don Benito PĂ©rez de Tagle y Mijares and Doña Carmen Pastor Teves.
Enrique’s maternal grandmother was MarĂa Beatriz Arrastia y Reynares (the daughter of JosĂ© Salgado Arrastia and Teodorica Reinares). MarĂa was born in Lubao, Pampanga, Central Luzon, Philippines. JosĂ© was the son of Don ValentĂn Arrastia Roncal, who was born in Allo, Navarra, Spain, and of Francisca Serrano Salgado.
Enrique’s maternal great-grandfather, José Salgado Arrastia, was also a paternal great-grandfather of American actor Steven R. McQueen, making Enrique and Steven half-second cousins.
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