January 20, 1935
It was announced today that Don Jaime, second son of former King Alfonso XIII, will marry Emanuela de Dampierre, in Rome on March 4, reports the Associated Press. This will be second marriage this year "inch American blood will join that if the royal family of Spain. Earlier this month, the king's elder daughter, Infanta Beatriz, married Prince Alessandro Torlonia, "grandson of an American industrialist."
The beautiful 21-year-old Emanuela, the daughter of a French Count, has American blood through her maternal grandmother, Josephine Curtis of New York. Her American family tree includes links to Gen. Aquila Giles, aide-de-camp to George Washington; General William Tecumseh Sherman; and "other leaders in the civil and military life of the United States."
The bride's mother, Donna Vittoria Ruspoli, a member of the Italian nobility, said that the Count de Dampierre "had an American woman named Corbin among his forbears." Donna Vittoria, who resumed her maiden name after her divorce from the count, said she had "no further knowledge of the Count's American blood."
Officials, speaking on behalf of the king, said that Don Jaime's wedding will be "conducted as quietly as possible because of his father's political situation," and because the family is still in mourning for the king's youngest son, Don, Gonzalo, who was killed in a car accident last August.
Don Jaime, a deaf mute, is said to be extremely intelligent, "easily able to make dinner partners forget his difficulties." He enjoys dancing, horseback riding, and "plays an exceptionally good game of golf."
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