MarÃa Isabel Preysler ArrastÃa (born February 18, 1951) is a
Filipina socialite and television host. She is the mother of singers
Enrique Iglesias, Julio Iglesias Jr., and journalist Chabeli
Iglesias.Preysler was born in Baybay, Leyte, Philippines, the third of
six children to a wealthy family with aristocratic ancestry. Her
ancestry is Spanish and Kapampangan Filipino. She attended a private
Roman Catholic school; Her father, Carlos Preysler y Pérez de Tagle,
was the executive director of Philippine Airlines and on the Board of
Directors for the Banco Español de Manila (Spanish Bank of Manila),
while her mother, MarÃa Beatriz ArrastÃa y Reinares, was the owner
of a real estate company in Manila. She is the niece of actress Neile
Adams, who is her mother's half-sister. She is also a first cousin
once removed of American actor Steven R. McQueen, who is Neile's
grandson.The Preysler family were originally part of the Austrian
Habsburg retinue of Philip the Handsome, Duke of Burgundy who moved to
Spain upon his marriage to Joan of Castile, eldest daughter and
heiress of the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I
of Castile. The Preyslers later made a name for themselves in trading
Austrian bred horses back in Spain. At the turn of the 20th Century,
two first cousins named Joaquin and Fausto Preysler migrated to the
Philippines and later married first cousins Vincenta Gonzales and
Carmen Pérez de Tagle respectively.
Filipina socialite and television host. She is the mother of singers
Enrique Iglesias, Julio Iglesias Jr., and journalist Chabeli
Iglesias.Preysler was born in Baybay, Leyte, Philippines, the third of
six children to a wealthy family with aristocratic ancestry. Her
ancestry is Spanish and Kapampangan Filipino. She attended a private
Roman Catholic school; Her father, Carlos Preysler y Pérez de Tagle,
was the executive director of Philippine Airlines and on the Board of
Directors for the Banco Español de Manila (Spanish Bank of Manila),
while her mother, MarÃa Beatriz ArrastÃa y Reinares, was the owner
of a real estate company in Manila. She is the niece of actress Neile
Adams, who is her mother's half-sister. She is also a first cousin
once removed of American actor Steven R. McQueen, who is Neile's
grandson.The Preysler family were originally part of the Austrian
Habsburg retinue of Philip the Handsome, Duke of Burgundy who moved to
Spain upon his marriage to Joan of Castile, eldest daughter and
heiress of the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I
of Castile. The Preyslers later made a name for themselves in trading
Austrian bred horses back in Spain. At the turn of the 20th Century,
two first cousins named Joaquin and Fausto Preysler migrated to the
Philippines and later married first cousins Vincenta Gonzales and
Carmen Pérez de Tagle respectively.
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