# Irene Marcos > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Irene_Marcos > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Irene_Marcos.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Marcos > Source revision: 1356166321 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Filipino exile (born 1960)}} {{Philippine name|Romualdez|Marcos|Araneta|ph=married}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2012}} {{Use Philippine English|date=April 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Irene Marcos-Araneta | image = Book of Condolence (52366756025) (cropped).jpg | caption = Marcos (seated), with spouse Gregorio Maria Araneta III (standing), [signing a book of condolence for Elizabeth II](/source/Reactions_to_the_death_of_Elizabeth_II) (2022) | birth_name = Maria Victoria Irene Romualdez Marcos | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1960|9|16}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = {{marriage|Gregorio Maria Araneta III{{cite web|author=AP Archive|author-link=Associated Press|title=G15068315|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFerVafdthw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/WFerVafdthw |archive-date=December 20, 2021 |url-status=live|website=[YouTube](/source/YouTube)|publisher=YouTube|access-date=May 24, 2019|date=October 4, 2018}}{{cbignore}}|1983}} | children = Alfonso Fernando Luis Araneta, Luis Mariano Constantino Araneta | parents = {{ubl|[Ferdinand Marcos](/source/Ferdinand_Marcos) (father)|[Imelda Marcos](/source/Imelda_Marcos) (mother)}} | relatives = {{ubl|[Araneta family](/source/Araneta_family)|[Marcos family](/source/Marcos_family)|[Romualdez family](/source/Romualdez_family)}} | occupation = | years_active = }} '''Irene Romualdez Marcos-Araneta''' ({{IPA|tl|aɪˈɾin ˈmaɾkɔs|lang}}; born '''Maria Victoria Irene Romualdez Marcos'''; September 16, 1960) is the third child of the late former [president](/source/President_of_the_Philippines) [Ferdinand Marcos](/source/Ferdinand_Marcos) and former [first lady](/source/First_Lady_of_the_Philippines) [Imelda Marcos](/source/Imelda_Marcos). Her brother [Bongbong Marcos](/source/Bongbong_Marcos) is the current president of the Philippines. Marcos's presence is known as being "the quiet one" because among the Marcos siblings, she is the only one not holding public office. Her best-remembered role in her father's 21-year rule involved expensive events, such as her 1983 wedding to Gregorio "Greggy" Maria Araneta III which was said to cost US$10.3 million,{{Cite book|last=Dalton|first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fvBc4Z60z0MC&q=irene+marcos+wedding+cost+US%2410.3+million&pg=PT889|title=The Rough Guide to the Philippines|date=September 6, 2007|publisher=Rough Guides UK|isbn=978-1-4053-8046-1|language=en}} and for her September 1985 party on the presidential yacht [BRP ''Ang Pangulo''](/source/BRP_Ang_Pangulo), whose lavishness caused a scandal when video coverage of it came out in the wake of the [1986 EDSA Revolution](/source/1986_EDSA_Revolution).{{Cite web|title=Filipinos Shocked, Disbelieving : Marcos' Video Collection Reveals Wild Disco Parties|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-03-11-mn-3131-story.html|date=March 11, 1986|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=May 22, 2020}} She gained media attention after being tagged in the [Panama Papers](/source/Panama_Papers) leak, and for triggering student protests after her attendance in various campus events.{{Cite web|title=Protests greet Irene Marcos at UP play|url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2019/09/08/1949873/protests-greet-irene-marcos-play|last=Mateo|first=Janvic|website=philstar.com|access-date=May 22, 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Irene Marcos was invited to Ateneo, and students are up in arms|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/227702-irene-marcos-invited-to-ateneo-students-protest-april-2019/|last=Paris|first=Janella|website=Rappler|date=April 8, 2019 |language=en|access-date=May 22, 2020}} == Controversies == She, her mother and brother have moved for the reversal of the [Sandiganbayan](/source/Sandiganbayan)'s decision to forfeit in favor of the government all assets, investments, securities, properties, shares, interests, and funds of [Arelma Inc.](/source/Arelma) being managed by Merrill Lynch [Asset Management](/source/Investment_management) in New York. thumb|right|175px|Irene Marcos with Filipino artisans ==Personal life== Marcos is married to businessman Gregorio Maria Araneta III, with whom she has two children. On February 21, 2024, Luis Marcos Araneta, husband of [Alexandra Rocha](/source/Xandra_Rocha) is the new president of [Araneta Properties](/source/Araneta_Properties) and Gregorio Araneta III group of companies after resignation of Crisanto Roy Alcid.{{cite news |last1= Castro|first1=Isagani |title=Greggy Araneta's son is new president of Araneta Properties|url=https://www.rappler.com/business/greggy-son-luis-marcos-new-president-araneta-properties/ |accessdate=February 23, 2024 |publisher=[Rappler](/source/Rappler) |date=February 23, 2024}} She was named in the internationally controversial [Panama Papers](/source/Panama_Papers),{{cite web|url=https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=marcos&c=PHL&j=&e=&commit=Search|title=Marcos in Offshore Leaks Database}} along with her husband, Gregorio Maria Araneta III,{{cite web|url=https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=araneta&c=PHL&e=&commit=Search|title=Araneta in Offshore Leaks Database}} her sister [Imee Marcos](/source/Imee_Marcos){{cite web|url=https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/search?c=PHL&cat=2&e=&j=&q=marcos&utf8=%E2%9C%93|title=Marcos in Offshore Leaks Database}} and her nephews Borgy Manotoc, [Matthew Joseph Manotoc](/source/Matthew_Manotoc), and Ferdinand Richard Michael Manotoc. == See also == * [Imee Marcos](/source/Imee_Marcos) * [Bongbong Marcos](/source/Bongbong_Marcos) * [Aimee Marcos](/source/Aimee_Marcos) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{commons category-inline}} *[https://archive.today/20130131130759/http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=481721&publicationSubCategoryId=65 Sandiganbayan asked to finalize forfeiture of $35-million Marcos account ] *[https://www.gmanews.tv/story/145930/Irene-Marcos-formally-demands-return-of-Canlubang-Mansion Irene Marcos demands return of Canlubang Mansion] {{The Marcoses}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcos, Irene}} Category:1960 births Irene Irene Category:Filipino exiles Category:Filipino expatriates in the United States Category:Filipino people of Spanish descent Category:Filipino philanthropists Category:Living people Irene Category:Filipino Roman Catholics Category:People named in the Panama Papers Irene Category:Children of prime ministers of the Philippines {{Philippines-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Irene Marcos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Marcos) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Marcos?action=history)). 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