DIVORCE REFUSED
Ex-Cnrwn Prince of Spain HAVANA, Oct. 15. i Owing to the Count of Covadonga's faiiure to appear, the Court dismissed ! his divorce suit in aecordance with the | Cuhan law govejning petitions for di- ; yor.ee by mutual consent, The Count of Covadogua is Ihe eld- ; est son of Es-King Ajt^nso of Spain. dLe was marxied x.epently at Hiivai. to Marta lioeafort, aged 23, a former New York model. The former wife of the Count had divorced him on ihe ; grounds of ineompatibility. Four years Sgo Spain's Crown Prince Alfonso, • Prinee of Asturias. Knight of the olden Fleece, while undergoing tre. ment in a Lausanne Sanatorium, met : and married a fellow-patient. Senorita San Pedxo-Ocedo, a rjch Cuban m'y
hant's daughter. As the senorita was a commoner, Ex-King Alfonso refused to countenance the marriage, or, fo a long time to recognise his son. Beeanse of the father'a attitude the Crown Prince relinquished his title anci heirdom to the Spanish Throne. Afterwards he wenb to New York and engaged. in the m.ofcojrbjueings*^.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 20, 16 October 1937, Page 5
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