Aimee Marcos
{{Short description|Philippine musician and drummer (born 1979)}}
{{distinguish|text=her older sister, Imee Marcos}}
{{Philippine name|Romualdez|Marcos|Bernedo|ph=married}}
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| name = Aimee Marcos
| image = Vinny and Aimee Marcos at Bongbong Marcos's presidential inauguration.jpg
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| caption = Marcos (right) with her nephew at her brother Bongbong's presidential inauguration
| birth_name = Aimee Romualdez Marcos
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|05|02}}
| birth_place = United States
| spouse = Cid Bernedo
| children = 1
| parents = {{plainlist|
- Teresita Romualdez}}
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| current_member_of = The Dorques
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Aimee Romualdez Marcos-Bernedo (born May 2, 1979) is a Filipino musician and public figure known as the drummer of indie music band the Dorques. She is the adopted{{Cite web |title=How the young Marcoses welcomed SC decision on Marcos burial |url=https://rappler.com/technology/social-media/marcos-heirs-celebrate-sc-decision-burial |access-date=2020-09-14 |website=Rappler |date=8 November 2016 |language=en}} daughter of the late former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and former first lady{{Cite web |title=Ex-Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos sentenced to prison for graft |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/imelda-marcos-convicted-graft-sentenced-prison-n934356 |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=NBC News |language=en}} Imelda Marcos.{{Cite news |last=Maceda Aguila |first=Kap |date=November 25, 2006 |title=Chasing Aimee |url=https://www.philstar.com/feature/371173/chasing-aimee |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528192216/https://www.philstar.com/2006/11/25/371173/chasing-aimee |archive-date=May 28, 2022 |access-date=September 15, 2018 |work=The Philippine Star}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/a-dynasty-on-steroids-20121119-29kwy.html|title="A dynasty on steroids"|date=November 23, 2012|work=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=September 1, 2018|language=en}}{{Cite magazine|last=Seno|first=Alexandra A.|date=February 21, 1997|title=ASIANOW - Asiaweek|url=http://edition.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/97/0221/feat5.html|url-status=dead|magazine=Asiaweek|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224012338/https://edition.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/97/0221/feat5.html|archive-date=February 24, 2019}}
She was the only member of the immediate Marcos family to still be a minor when martial law was formally lifted in 1981 and when the Marcoses went into exile in Honolulu in 1986,{{Cite magazine |last=Dunne |first=Dominick |date=August 1986 |title=Imelda in Exile |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1986/08/dunne198608 |magazine=Vanities |language=en}}{{Cite magazine |last=Yabes |first=Criselda |date=February 24, 2016 |title=Last Waltz at the Palace: The Untold Story of People Power |url=http://rogue.ph/last-waltz-at-the-palace-the-untold-story-of-people-power/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227035752/http://rogue.ph/last-waltz-at-the-palace-the-untold-story-of-people-power/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 27, 2016 |magazine=Rogue Media Inc. |language=en-US}} and she has stayed away from politics.
She is currently living in Cagayan de Oro with her husband, Cid Bernedo, and their son.{{Cite web |last=Marfori |first=MJ |date=2022-07-09 |title=A rare catch-up with Aimee Marcos |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2022/07/09/2194013/rare-catch-aimee-marcos |website=The Philippine Star |access-date=2022-08-24 |language=en-US}}
Early life
Aimee Marcos was born on May 2, 1979 to Teresita Romualdez, and was soon adopted into the family of Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda, Romualdez's aunt.{{cite news|last=Gabinete|first=Jojo|title=Anak nga ba ni Imee Marcos si Little Aimee?|url=https://www.pep.ph/pepalerts/cabinet-files/154557/little-aimee-real-mom-a734-20201024|access-date=January 13, 2025|work=PEP.ph |publisher=Philippine Entertainment Portal Inc.|date=October 24, 2020|language=Filipino, English|quote=Sa burol ni Teresita namin nalaman na siya ang biological mother ni Aimee.}}{{cite news|last=Lo|first=Ricky|author-link=Ricky Lo|title=Wedding between a Kapatid & a Kapuso|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2016/01/31/1548326/wedding-between-kapatid-kapuso|access-date=January 13, 2025|work=Philstar.com|publisher=Philstar Global Corp.|date=January 31, 2016|location=Manila, Philippines}} After the People Power Revolution ousted the Marcoses from power in 1986, Aimee joined the family in going into exile in Honolulu.
In popular culture
Marcos was portrayed by Lana Puda in the 2022 period drama film Maid in Malacañang.
She was the drummer of [https://thedorques.bandcamp.com/album/the-dorques The Dorques,] [https://thedorques.bandcamp.com/album/the-dorques (their first album here)] a Manila-based multilingual indie band and also was a DJ in some smaller venues across the metro. She was also drummer for the Marshas, Geezer, and Princess Bato in high school.
See also
References
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Category:21st-century drummers
Category:Filipino women musicians
Category:People from Cagayan de Oro
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