Lourdes Leon

Leon in 2010, photo by PR Photos

Birth Name: Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Date of Birth: October 14, 1996

Ethnicity:
*father – Cuban [Spanish, possibly other]
*mother – Italian, French-Canadian, with remote Swiss-French and English

Lourdes Leon is an American fashion model, dancer, and singer.

She is the eldest daughter of American musician Madonna and of her former personal trainer, Cuban-born Carlos Leòn. Lourdes’ full name is Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon. Her half-brother, from her mother’s side, is Rocco Ritchie. Her uncle was artist, interior decorator, and designer Christopher Ciccone.

Lourdes’s paternal grandmother is named Maria Leon.

Lourdes’s maternal grandfather is Silvio Anthony “Tony” Ciccone (the son of Gaetano S. “Guy” Ciccone and Michelina Dijulio/Di Julio). Silvio was born in Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, to parents from Pacentro, Province of L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy. Gaetano was the son of Nicola Pietro Ciccone and Anna Maria Mancini. Michelina was the daughter of Raffaele Dijulio and Concetta or Giovanna Battista Laccone.

Lourdes’s maternal grandmother was Madonna Louise Fortin (the daughter of Willard Fortin and Elsie Mae Fortin). Lourdes’s grandmother Madonna was born in Michigan, of French-Canadian descent. Willard was the son of Narcisse “Nelson” Fortin, who was from Rimouski, St-Simon, Québec, and of Rosa/Rosie/Rose E. Lajoie. Elsie was the daughter of Canadian-born parents, Guillaume Henri “Shorty” Fortin and Marie Louise Demers.

Lourdes with father Carlos Leòn in 2006, photo by Prphotos.com

Sources: Genealogy of Lourdes Leon – https://www.geni.com

Genealogies of Lourdes’s mother – http://famouskin.com
http://www.perche-quebec.com

Genealogy of Lourdes’s mother (focusing on her own mother’s side) – https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca

One of Lourdes’s French ancestors – http://www.perche-quebec.com