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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. She met the Prince at a Lausanne sanatorium where he was being treated for his haemophilia.
- Luciano Pablo Sampedro y Ocejo
- 5 March 1906, Sagua La Grande, Cuba
- Edelmira Robato y Turro
- Roman Catholicism
May 1, 2022 · About Edelmira, Countess of Covadonga. 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 ...
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Jun 23, 1994 · Countess of Covadonga. Wife of the prince Alfonso de Borbón. ... Death 23 Jun 1994 (aged 88) ... Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Edelmira Sampedro ...
Jun 21, 2023 · The Prince of Asturias renounced his rights to the then-defunct Throne to marry the Cuban commoner, after which he took the courtesy title of Count of Covadonga. 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 ...
The Countess was the daughter of a Cuban merchant, Luciano Pablo de Sampedro y Ocejo, later hyphenated to de Sampedro-Ocejo, and wife Edelmira Robato y Turro, later hyphenated Robato-Turro. She was a cousin of Jorge Mañach y Robato. She met the Prince at a Lausanne sanatorium where he was being treated for his haemophilia.
In a change of attitude from her in-laws, Edelmira retained the title Countess of Covadonga, and lived in Havana. For over 60 years she refused all interviews, and never remarried. By all accounts the Spanish Royal family treated her with respect and accorded her the rights and status of a royal widow.
Edelmira Sampedro y Robato. Spanish countess (1906-1994) ... date of death. 23 May 1994. ... enwiki Edelmira, Countess of Covadonga;
