Red Duchess a rebel to the last as she snubs family and leaves all to wife

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5-2-2008 11:15 AM

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alanocu says:

Her discreet sexual preferences were known to her family, but the secret lesbian marriage has shaken Spain's proud and ancient aristocracy and is likely to unleash a legal battle over a sumptuous inheritance.

The duchess's German-born widow, 52, inherits a patrimony accumulated over seven centuries, a collection of six million letters and documents said to comprise Europe's biggest private archive, an undisclosed quantity of art and property, and the marital home, the 16th-century ducal palace.

Luisa Isabel's three children from her first marriage are furious and threaten court action to claim the inheritance they believe is theirs.

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5-2-2008 12:57 PM

tanyamm

I hope the widow wins. I'm sure with all that the estate included sh'll give her step-children something and probably get everything eventually anyway.

5-2-2008 7:27 PM