Spice Girls leader Geri Halliwell's Córdoba-born great-grandfather executed after Spanish Civil War

Spice Girls leader Geri Halliwell's Córdoba-born great-grandfather executed after Spanish Civil War

Emiliano Hidalgo, former Republican mayor of Dos Torres, was executed on 27 December 1940 after a Francoist court martial. His 116-page military file reveals the charges that led to his execution.

Spice Girl Geri Halliwell’s Great-Grandfather Executed by Franco Regime

Spice Girls star Geri Halliwell-Horner has family roots in Córdoba through her great-grandfather, a former Republican mayor who was executed following the Spanish Civil War. Emiliano Hidalgo Fernández served as mayor of Dos Torres during Spain’s Second Republic. He was killed by firing squad on December 27, 1940, aged 61, at La Salud Cemetery in Córdoba. Hidalgo was arrested in May 1939, shortly after the Civil War ended, and brought before a Fr…