Kristine Esmeralda Fortalejo

Kristine Esmeralda Fortalejo is the wife of Leon Fortalejo. She had been long dead at the beginning of the series. She died giving birth to her second child Margarita. The Villa Kristine, the Fortalejo family's ancestral home is named after her. It was also in following to her that female born Fortalejos are named after precious stones.

A life-size painting of her can be seen in the villa playing important role to many events in the history of the family.

Kristine was a Spanish beauty. It was mentioned that Kristine and Emerald bears strong resemblance. In one scene in The Devil's Kiss, Emerald noted that had it not been for the vintage style of clothing that Kristine was wearing in the painting she would have mistaken the person as herself.