[2] He helped to found the Madrid Maternity Clinic and became the head of its sterility, infertility and family planning unit.
In 1943, he married María del Rosario de la Cueva y Perignat and the couple had two sons, Julio and Carlos.
In December 1981, he was kidnapped by Basque separatist organisation ETA and held for two weeks, eventually being rescued by a police anti-terrorism unit.
After Jaime was born in 2004, Iglesias rejected suggestions that Ronna was the driving force behind their decision to start a family.
Ruth Iglesias, his fourth child, and only daughter, was born on July 26, 2006, 7 months after her father died.