Fortalejo

The Fortalejo clan is one of the main family in the fictitious world of Kristine Series created by Martha Cecilia. The clan's well known patriarch is Don Leon Fortalejo, a feared business man, whose business acumen made the Fortalejo family one of the richest in the country.

The family is not known to most common people but the upper elites are aware of the Fortalejos as being one of the most powerful family in and out of the country. Lance had commented that in a gossip paper in Houston, the Fortalejos are one of the 100 richest family in the world.

Fortalejo secrets are mostly kept in a tight group that not even their closest family allies know that goings of the family.

History
The Fortalejo clan is a family with Spanish roots residing in an island town known as Paso de Blas in Palawan.

Patriarchs

 * 1) Don Leon Fortalejo
 * 2) Bernard Fortalejo

Villa Kristine
Villa Kristine is the ancestral home of the Fortalejos located in Paso de Blas Palawan. The Villa is named after the wife of Don Leon, Dona Kristine Esmeralda. The original building is a traditional Spanish colonial house built in the early 1900s. It was renovated to add modern conveniences sometime before 1993 without damaging the original structure, adding three indoor bathroom to the main house was the biggest change in the villa.

Villa Kristine also has a secrete basement known to only few Fortalejos, mostly just by the new or future patriarch and their wives.

Known Fortalejo Family Members

 * 1) Don Leon Fortalejo
 * 2) Bernard Fortalejo
 * 3) Emerald Fortalejo
 * 4) Jewel Fortalejo
 * 5) Kristine Esmeralda Fortalejo
 * 6) Don Rafael Fortalejo
 * 7) Margarita Fortalejo-Cervantes
 * 8) Nathaniel Fortalejo-Cervantes
 * 9) Leonard 'Lenny' Fortalejo
 * 10) Julianne Fortalejo
 * 11) Jessica Fortalejo
 * 12) Aidan Fortalejo
 * 13) Cameron Fortalejo

Kristine Group of Companies
Kristine Group of Companies (KGC) is the conglomerate owned by the Fortalejos and their extended family. The company's share holders are mostly known family members with very few non family members own significant stocks in the company.

KGC Companies
Aside from the prominent companies under the KGC umbrella, the Fortalejos are also avid horse breeders owning thoroughbreds of high quality.
 * 1) Kristine Cement
 * 2) Kristine Hotel & Resort
 * 3) Kristine Steel
 * 4) Hacienda Kristine Meats