Family Background
Her father was the distinguished Spanish diplomat and scholar Salvador de Madariaga. Her mother was the distinguished economic historian Constance Archibald.
Nieves's sister Isabel de Madariaga (1919 - ) became Professor of Slavonic Studies at the University of London.
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