Marta Esther Rocafort-Altuzarra, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish noble
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Place of Birth: Havana, Havana Province, Cuba
About Marta Esther Rocafort-Altuzarra
- Marta Esther Rocafort y Altuzarra, later hyphenated Rocafort-Altuzarra (18 September 1913 in Havana – 4 February 1993 in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida) was the second wife of the Count of Covadonga (previously known as Alfonso, Prince of Asturias). Rocafort, a fashion model, was the eldest daughter of Blas Manuel Rocafort y González, a prominent Cuban dentist, and wife Rogelia Altuzarra y Carbonell.
- Her siblings were Elvira and Blas Rocafort y Altuzarra, later hyphenated Rocafort-Altuzarra. Rocafort began dating the Count in New York City before his first marriage to Edelmira Sampedro y Robato ended. On 3 July 1937, the Count married Rocafort-Atuzarrra in a lavish wedding in Havana, Cuba attended by the President of Cuba, Federico Laredo BrĂş.
- Two months later they separated and on 8 January 1938, they were divorced in New York City. The widowed countess then married the Miami millionaire, Thomas E.
- H.
- "Tommy" Atkins, Jr.
- at the Central Baptist Church in Miami on 19 March 1938.
- Her former husband died six months later in Miami on 6 September 1938. Marta Atkins married a third time to Rodolfo Caballero. Her nephew is the Spanish fashion designer Juanjo Rocafort (Juan José Rocafort Huete).
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