Vicente Sartorius y Cabeza de Vaca | |
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Marquis de Mariño | |
Spouse(s) | Isabel Zorraquín y de Corral (m. ?; div. ?) Princess Nora of Liechtenstein (m. 1988) |
Issue
Isabel Sartorius y Zorraquín
Cecilia Sartorius y Zorraquín Luis José Sartorius y Zorraquín, 5th Marquis de Mariño Maria Teresa Sartorius y de Liechtenstein |
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Noble family | Sartorius |
Father | Carlos Sartorius y Díaz de Mendoza |
Mother | María de Lourdes Cabeza de Vaca y Carvajal |
Born | 30 November 1931 Madrid, Spain |
Died | 22 July 2002 Ibiza, Spain |
(aged 70)
Buried | 24 July 2002 |
Vicente Sartorius y Cabeza de Vaca, 4th Marquis de Mariño (Madrid, 30 November 1931 – Ibiza, 22 July 2002) was a Spanish nobleman and Olympic bobsledder.
In the 1950s, Sartorius had a professional bobsled career. He competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, finishing fourth in the two-man event and ninth in the four-man event.
He was the second child and son of Carlos Sartorius y Díaz de Mendoza (1898–1966) and his wife María de Lourdes Cabeza de Vaca y Carvajal (born 1903). Through his father he was a great-grandson of Luis José Sartorius, 1st Count de San Luis, who was Prime Minister of Spain from 1853 to 1854, during the reign of Queen Isabella II.
After the death of his elder brother, Antonio Sartorius y Cabeza de Vaca, 3rd Marquis de Mariño, on 24 December 1976, he succeeded as the 4th Marquis de Mariño.
Sartorius married first Isabel Zorraquín y de Corral (1940–2009) from Argentina; they later divorced. Together they had three children, two daughters and one son:
Secondly in 1988, he married Princess Nora of Liechtenstein (born 1950). With the princess he had one daughter:
Sartorius died of a heart attack during holiday in Ibiza, Spain. He was buried two days later.