Carmen Iglesias
Carmen Iglesias Countess of Gisbert | |
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| Born | María del Carmen Iglesias Cano 16 March 1942 Madrid, Spain |
| Seat E of the Real Academia Española | |
| Assumed office 30 September 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Gonzalo Torrente Ballester |
María del Carmen Iglesias Cano, 1st Countess of Gisbert, is a Spanish historian. She is the Director of the Real Academia de la Historia. In this role she has been responsible for the launch of the electronic version of Spain´s dictionary of national biography, the Diccionario biográfico español. She is also a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, which regulates the Spanish language.
She holds the non-hereditary title Countess of Gisbert, which was bestowed on her by King Juan Carlos.