Gloria Guinness
| Gloria Guinness | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Gloria Rubio Altorre August 27, 1913 Guadalajara, Mexico |
| Died | November 9, 1980 (aged 67) Epalinges, Switzerland |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Resting place | Cimetière du Bois de Vaux, Lausanne |
| Residence | Epalinges, Paris, Piencourt in Normandy, New York City, Manalapan, Florida and Acapulco |
| Occupation | Editor, socialite |
| Spouse(s) |
Jacobus H. Scholtens (m. 1933–35) Franz Egon Graf von Fürstenberg-Herdringen (m. 1935–40) Prince Ahmad Fakhry Bey (m. 1942–49) Thomas "Loel" Guinness (m. 1951–80) |
| Children | Mrs. Patrick Guinness (Dolores Guinness) Freiin von Fürstenberg-Herdringen Franz-Egon Freiherr von Fürstenberg-Herdringen |
| Parent(s) | José Rafael Rubio and Dolores Alatorre |
| Relatives | Alexandra Cook, Loel Patrick Guinness and Victoria Niarchos, grandchildren |
Gloria Guinness (née Gloria Rubio Alatorre; August 27, 1913 – November 9, 1980) was a socialite and fashion icon, as well as a contributing editor to Harper's Bazaar from 1963 until 1971. She was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1964.
Born in Guadalajara,Mexico, she was a daughter of José Rafael Rubio Torres (1880-1916), a journalist, and his wife, Maria Luisa Dolores Alatorre Diaz (b. 1882). She had two elder siblings: Rafael and Maria Luisa.
As a young woman, she reportedly worked as a nightclub hostess.
Gloria Rubio was married four times, her spouses being:
(1) Jacobus Hendrik Franciscus Scholtens, a Dutch-born, Veracruz-based sugar-factory superintendent, whom she married in Mexico City on 31 March 1933. Rubio was 20, and the groom, son of Jan Scholtens and Maria Le Comte, was 47. They later divorced.
(2) Franz-Egon Maria Meinhard Engelbert Pius Aloysius Kaspar Ferdinand Dietrich, third Graf von Fürstenberg-Herdringen (1896–1975), whom she married on October 4, 1935, in Kensington, London, England; she was his second wife and had a stepdaughter from her husband's first marriage, the actress Betsy von Furstenberg. By him, she had two children:
(3) Ahmad-Abu-El-Fotouh Fakhry (1921–1998), whom she married in 1946 and divorced in 1949. The only child of Princess Fawkia of Egypt, Countess Wladimir d’Adix-Dellmensingen, and her first husband, Mahmud Fakhry Pasha, he was a grandson of King Fuad I of Egypt and a nephew of Princess Fawzia of Egypt (the first wife of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran) and of King Farouk I of Egypt.
(4) Group Captain Thomas Loel Guinness, a Member of Parliament (1906–1988) and a member of the extended Guinness beer family, though his particular branch made its fortune in banking and real estate. They married on April 7, 1951, in Antibes. By this marriage she had three stepchildren: Patrick Benjamin Guinness (1931-1965); William Loel Seymour Guinness (born 1939), and Belinda "Lindy" Guinness (born 1941, married the 5th and last Marquess of Dufferin and Ava).
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