Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva

Lula's first wife, Maria de Lourdes da Silva Ribeiro, died in labour in 1971 when Lula was in his twenties. [5] Marisa's first spouse, Marcos Cláudio dos Santos,[6] had died in 1971 during a robbery assault.

In March 1974, Lula had an illegitimate daughter, Lurian, with his then-girlfriend, Miriam Cordeiro.[7] The two never married.[8]

Two months later, in May 1974, Lula married Marisa Letícia Rocco Casa, a 24-year-old widow whom he had met the prior year. He had three sons with her, and adopted her son from her first marriage.[7]

On 24 January 2017, Marisa Letícia suffered a stroke. She died ten days later on 3 February, at the age of 66 at Sírio-Libanês Hospital.[9][10] President Michel Temer declared three days of official mourning.[11] She was cremated the next day. Her ashes were interred in the Cemitério Jardim da Colina, in her native São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo.[12]

•  Denmark: Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (12 September 2007)
•  Portugal:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (5 March 2008)
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty (23 July 2003)
•  Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (10 April 2008)
•  Norway: Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (7 October 2003)
•  Spain: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
•  Sweden: Member Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star

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  Marisa Letícia with Syrian First Lady Asma al-Assad at the National Museum of Damascus in 2003
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  President Lula waves to the crowd with First Lady Marisa Letícia during the 2005 Independence Day military parade in Brasília
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  Lula and Marisa Letícia with Pope Benedict XVI in São Paulo, Brazil, 10 May 2007
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  Marisa Letícia and King Harald V of Norway attend a state dinner in the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway, 13 September 2007
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  The President and First Lady pose for an official photo with the Dutch Royal Family in April 2008