bulls and pioneered artificial insemination to improve their stock. His book, El Toro Bravo, is still a textbook on the subject. He later demonstrated his loyalty to Francoist Spain by serving as mayor of Jerez (1952–57) and president of the provincial government of Cadiz from 1957 until 1967, when he became a deputy in the Cortes. "Curse" Of his 19 children, only two, Álvaro and Fabiola, survived to adulthood. Fourteen died as a consequence of their mother's Rhesus negative blood. A girl died during a blood transfusion, a boy died of dysentery at four months and another died, aged six, in a riding accident. In 1991 four of his grandchildren were killed in a car accident. Some attribute these unfortunate events to the "Domecq Curse". References 1917 births 2005 deaths Spanish military personnel People from Jerez de la Frontera