Cristian Ortiz Domecq- Facts about Bertn Osborne's son

Publish date: 2024-05-17

Cristian Ortiz Domecq was the son of Bertín Osborne and his wife, Sandra Domecq Williams. Cristian Ortiz Domecq’s father, is a Spanish vocalist, actor and TV personality. He was born in Madrid, but raised in Puerto de Santa María and later in Jerez de la Frontera.

Cristian Ortiz Domecq died at less than one year of age, he died of a liver malformation.  He died 20 days after birth. The newborn died in his father’s arms, as his father himself recounted, he flew from Jerez to Madrid on a night flight so that they would help him at the La Paz hospital, but the child died due to the genetic malformation.

Cristian’s father Osborne was married to his mother Alejandra “Sandra” Domecq Williams, from 1977 until their divorce in 1991. They got married on On July 9, 1977 in church of San Miguel de Jerez. When the wedding took place, he was barely 22 years old and she was 23.

“I fell in love with a fandango.” That’s how Cristian Ortiz Domecq’s mother Alexandra Domecq would describe how the young Norberto Juan Ortiz Osborne conquered her.

Knowing and liking each other made perfect sense; they belonged to the same privileged social circle and shared friendships and spaces. “We have known each other forever, through our families. We have always seen each other, but I discovered him at a party that one of Bertín’s sisters gave me. That’s where it all started”, Cristian Ortiz Domecq’s mother would tell in 1981 in an interview with Hello!.

Cristian Ortiz Domecq’s mother also died in 2004. Sandra Domecq died of cancer in 2004 , at just 50 years old. The couple had three daughters: Alejandra (b. 1978), Eugenia (b. 1986) and Claudia (b. 1989), as well as a son (Cristian; 1977–1977).

After Cristian Ortiz Domecq’s parent’s divorce, his father remarried, on 10 June 2006, Fabiola Martínez Benavides, from Maracaibo, Venezuela; the couple has two children, Norberto Enrique and Carlos Alberto. 

Norberto was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, which led Bertin to create the Fundación Bertín Osborne, a non-profit organization devoted to helping children with this diagnosis. Bertin has brought his son to The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential (IAHP) for treatment, and has used his foundation to spread the word in Spain about IAHP’s work.

Cristian Ortiz Domecq’s father Osborne

Cristian Ortiz Domecq’s father Osborne  was born on 7 December 1954. His brith name is Norberto Juan Ortiz Osborne. But he better known in showbiz as Bertín Osborne, He is a Spanish vocalist, actor and TV personality. He was born in Madrid, but raised in Puerto de Santa María and later in Jerez de la Frontera.

His maternal surname comes from a great-great-great grandfather who immigrated from Exeter, England to Puerto de Santa María, Spain during the late 18th century and founded the Osborne Group wine company.

He is also a businessman known for his entrepreneurships, and a restaurateur. Osborne’s first musical performance was in 1971 at the Song Festival at El Escorial, but he had to wait until 1980 to sign his first contract to record an album.

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