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Alfonso and Edelmira. The Countess was the daughter of a Cuban merchant, Luciano Pablo Sampedro y Ocejo, later hyphenated to Sampedro-Ocejo, and his wife Edelmira Robato y Turro, later hyphenated Robato-Turro. She was a cousin of Jorge Mañach y Robato.
May 1, 2022 · Edelmira Ignacia Adriana Sampedro-Ocejo y Robato was known as Countess of Covadonga after her marriage to Alfonso, former Prince of Asturias, in 1933. The Countess was the daughter of a Cuban merchant, Luciano Pablo Sampedro y Ocejo, later hyphenated to Sampedro-Ocejo, and wife Edelmira Robato y Turro, later hyphenated Robato-Turro.
- March 05, 1906
- Coral Gables, FL, United States
- Sagua la Grande, Cuba
Jun 21, 2023 · The couple divorced in 1937, with Edelmira keeping the title Countess of Covadonga until her death in 1994, while Prince Alfonso died in a car crash due to his haemophilia in 1938 after a short lived second marriage.
The couple divorced 8 May 1937, with Edelmira keeping the title Countess of Covadonga. In a civil ceremony on 3 July 1937, Alfonso married another commoner, Marta Esther Rocafort-Altuzarra, in Havana. They divorced on 8 January 1938. He had no children by either of his wives.
The Countess was the daughter of a Cuban merchant, Luciano Pablo Sampedro y Ocejo, later hyphenated to Sampedro-Ocejo, and his wife Edelmira Robato y Turro, later hyphenated Robato-Turro. She was a cousin of Jorge Mañach y Robato .
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Nov 20, 2016 · The couple were then officially styled Count and Countess of Covadonga. Prince Alfonso and his Cuban bride, Edelmira Sampedro. The marriage was rocky, apparently related to infidelity issues, and finally ended in divorce in 1937; there were no children.