Who married Edelmira, Countess of Covadonga?
Alfonso, Prince of Asturias married Edelmira, Countess of Covadonga on . Edelmira Sampedro y Robato was 27 years old on the wedding day (27 years, 3 months and 6 days). Alfonso, Prince of Asturias was 26 years old on the wedding day (26 years, 1 months and 11 days). The age gap was 1 years, 1 months and 25 days.
The marriage lasted 3 years, 10 months and 17 days (1417 days ). The marriage ended on . Cause: divorce
Edelmira, Countess of Covadonga: Marriage Status Timeline
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Edelmira, Countess of Covadonga
Edelmira Ignacia Adriana Sampedro-Ocejo y Robato (5 March 1906 – 23 May 1994) was known as the Countess of Covadonga after her marriage to Alfonso, former Prince of Asturias, in 1933.
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Alfonso, Prince of Asturias
Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (10 May 1907 – 6 September 1938), was heir apparent to the throne of Spain from birth until the abolition of the monarchy in 1931. He renounced his rights to the defunct throne in 1933. Alfonso was the eldest son of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg.
Alfonso's renunciation of his rights as heir to the Spanish throne in order to marry Cuban commoner Edelmira Sampedro caused controversy at the time. A similar situation would take place three years later in Britain with his second cousin Edward VIII, who would abdicate as King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India to marry an American divorcee, Wallis Simpson.
He died at the age of 31 as a result of a car crash. Though appearing to have sustained minor injuries, his haemophilia, inherited through his great-grandmother Queen Victoria, led to fatal internal bleeding.
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