To say the least, Madonna is one of the most internationally known artists in the world. She is the highly controversial, super-ambitious, multi-award winning artist who never stops reinventing herself and challenging the statuesque. She is known for pushing the boundaries of lyrical contents in mainstream popular music and for bringing in a new kind of visual imagery in music videos and during stage performances.
Date of Birth: August 16, 1958
Zodiac Sign: Leo
She always had an affinity for the performing arts and even dropped out of college to pursue her career in dancing. Life in New York wasn’t easy for the starlet and to survive, she had to take on several odd jobs which included being a waitress and a nude model.
Madge is so many things all at once; she is a freedom fighter, a feminist, a compassionate philanthropist and also an amazing mother. Read on as we take you into details about the large family of the famous music legend.
Madonna parents
Madonna Louise Ciccone (mother)
Date of Birth: July 11, 1933
Date of Death: December 1, 1963 (aged 30)
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Madonna’s mum was a staunch follower of the Catholic religion. She died of breast cancer while Madonna was just five and it affected her daughter greatly. Silvio soon remarried and this caused the little starlet to become a rebel.
Silvio Anthony Ciccone (father)
Date of Birth: June 6, 1931
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Silvio was an engineer designer who married another woman after the death of his first wife. His daughter resented him for several years because he made another woman his wife.
Joan Gustafson (step-mother)
Three years after the demise of Madonna’s young mum, Tony married Joan who was their housekeeper at the time.
Madonna siblings
Anthony Gerard Ciccone Jr. (elder brother from same parents)
Date of Birth: May 3, 1956
Date of Death: February 24, 2023 (aged 66)
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
He is the first male Ciccone and was named after his father. Anthony is literally the black sheep of the family and has lived on the streets or in shelters for several years because of his problems with alcohol. Tony initially accused his billionaire sister of not wanting to help him, when in the real sense; he declined all sorts of positive offers. He is said to have finally patched things up with his estranged family after seven years as a homeless alcoholic.
Martin Ciccone (elder brother from same parents)
Date of Birth: June 15, 1957
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Like his elder brother, he also has a negative social history. Martin has been in and out of jail, and had battled alcohol abuse but seems to be doing well with sobriety. He now works at a rehabilitation centre in Hollywood and he adds that his sister has been super supportive.
Paula Ciccone (younger sister from same parents)
Date of Birth: August 22, 1959
Zodiac Sign: Leo
She was born about a year after her sister and there is basically nothing that can be said about her personal life of her relationship with her big sister.
Christopher Ciccone (younger brother from same parents)
Date of Birth: November 22, 1960
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
He is a professional dancer, artist, interior decorator and designer. He has been known to work together with his sister on several of her projects including some of her tours and home designing. Christopher even authored a book titled Life with my sister Madonna. The gay celebrity sibling has been married to British hairdresser Ray Thacker since June 2016.
Melanie Ciccone (younger sister from same parents)
Year of Birth: 1962
Melanie has been married to singer and songwriter Joe Henry since 1987; both couple are parents to Levon and Lulu Henry.
Jennifer Ciccone (paternal younger half-sister)
Jennifer with mother
Year of Birth: 1968
She is the first child that was born to Tony and his second wife Joan.
Mario Ciccone (paternal younger half-brother)
Year of Birth: 1969
Mario is the youngest of all Madonna’s siblings. He is married and has 2 sons. Mario works as manager at Ciccone Vineyard & Winery.
(L-R) Anthony, Jennifer, Paula, Christopher, Madonna, Mario, Melanie and Marty
Sean Penn (former spouse)
Duration of Marriage: August 16, 1985 – 1989 (4 years)
Date of Birth: August 17, 1960
Zodiac Sign: Leo
He is the actor who turned out to be Madonna’s first husband. They met while Madge was filming a video for her smash hit, Material Girl; dated for 15 days and got married on her 27th birthday. Their 1985 wedding was annulled in December 1987 and by 1989, they were officially divorced on the grounds of irreconcilable differences.
After his marriage with the pop star ended, Penn moved in with actress Robin Wright and they became parents to Dylan Frances (born April 13, 1991) and Hopper Jack (born August 6, 1993). Both actors however separated in 1995 but reconciled and married on April 27 of the following year. Their union continued to be on and off again until their last divorce was finalized in 2010. He later got engaged to actress Charlize Theron but is also no more with her.
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Carlos Leon (former partner)
Duration of Relationship: 1995 – May 1997 (2 years)
The Cuban-born dancer was the former personal fitness trainer to the Vogue songstress. Madonna announced she was pregnant with his child in 1995 and she also insisted that it was a happy accident.
Guy Ritchie (former spouse)
Duration of Marriage: December 22, 2000 – December 15, 2008 (8 years)
Date of Birth: September 10, 1968
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
For years, it was just Madonna and her daughter Lourdes but things became more interesting when in the summer of 1998, she was introduced to British film director Ritchie by their mutual friends, singer Sting and his wife Trudie Styler. Madonna and the 10-year younger Guy hit off almost immediately and soon announced in 1999 that they were having a baby.
Ritchie and Madonna tied the knot but after eight years, had to go their separate ways. He has been married to model Jacqui Ritchie (nee Ainsley) since July 30, 2015 and they are parents to Rafael (born September 5, 2011), Rivka (born November 29, 2012) and Levi (born June 8, 2014).
Lourdes Maria Leon (daughter with Carlos Leon)
Date of Birth: October 14, 1996
Zodiac Sign: Libra
She is Madonna’s first biological child and is a student at the University of Michigan, where her mother also went to school. The pop queen admitted that becoming a mother changed her life in ways she never imagined and it even inspired her to join the Kabbalah faith, which she is still a part of today, as are all her children.
Lourdes with father and mother
Lourdes is a model, an occasional actress and is majorly popular for her mother’s social status. Leon is the exact carbon-copy of her mom and also seems to be enjoying her role as the big sister in this blended family.
Rocco Ritchie (son with Guy Ritchie)
Date of Birth: August 11, 2000
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Rocco is the only child Madonna had with a man she was married to. In the past, he was estranged from his mother and lived with his father in the UK. Mother and son appear to have patched their rocky relationship as Rocco was set to move to New York in 2017 with the hope to study art and film at the Parsons School of Design.
David Banda Mwale Ciccone Ritchie (adopted son with Guy Ritchie)
Date of Birth: September 24, 2005
Zodiac Sign: Libra
David was ill with pneumonia at the Home of Hope orphanage in Mchinji when the Like a Prayer hit maker first met him. He was still so little at the time and she immediately took so much interest in him and vowed to make his life better. She was finally able to adopt him in 2006. David continues his strides in perfecting his dream of becoming a global professional footballer.
Chifundo (Mercy) James (adopted daughter)
Date of Birth: January 22, 2006
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
Madonna had just divorced Ritchie when she first tried to adopt Mercy and a Malawian judge told her she was not fit to raise kids but the singer proudly stated that she fought for Mercy and won! The mega star explained how she had to hire a team of lawyers and is super excited that it paid off eventually in 2009 as she got another child to love on.
The music legend recalls that she met James soon after meeting David but they were living in different orphanages at the time. Mercy (whose mother died during childbirth) was in Blantyre at Kondanani at the time and was suffering from malaria when Madonna first held her.
The pop icon was broken to see kids suffer like that and vowed in that moment to look after Mercy and be committed to helping her grow up to be a strong and healthy adult. The Institute for Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care in Malawi is named after Mercy James.
Estere and Stelle Ciccone (adopted twin daughters)
Date of Birth: August 24, 2012
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Estere and Stelle’s mother reportedly died and their father Adam Mwale was unable to care for them so he took them to an orphanage. It so happened to be an orphanage where Madonna was a frequent visitor. She met them on one of her visits and her heart so melted that she knew she would become more than just a friend to them.
In 2017, after adopting the twin girls from a Malawian orphanage, Madonna opened a state-of-the art pediatric unit and the President declared her a daughter of the nation.
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July 4, 2018 at 11:45 am
too sweet