48
marries beautiful divorcee Octavia Adolfina Ricart. He’s 18; she’s about 19. They lived together almost two years prior to their marriage. His mother dislikes her.
c. 49
his first child, Maria Altagracia, is born
1950 his second child and first son, Rafael Ramfis, is born
52
his third child, Aida Azilde, is born
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divorces Octavia
53
the divorce from Octavia is annulled
54
his fourth child, Mercedes/Merceditas, is born
3 June 54
he and Octavia, three of his kids, and Angelita join his father and his wife in Madrid, Spain, where they are on an official visit to Generalisimo Francisco Franco y Bahamonde
12 June 54
the Trujillos visit Barcelona
c. 17 June 54
awaits his father in Cadiz, Spain, aboard the Presidente Trujillo
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the Trujillos visit Sevilla and travel the up the coast to Malaga
10 July 54
the Trujillos return to Madrid
End July 54
he, his wife and his father board the United States in Le Havre. His mother, Rhadamés and Angelita remain in Europe a little longer.
4 August 54
arrives with his wife in New York from Le Havre, France, aboard the United States
55
his father buys the Sea Cloud, a 316-foot, 2,300-ton, four-masted auxiliary yacht from wealthy Joseph E. Davies, former U.S. ambassador to Moscow, for a reported $2.5 million. Built in Kiel, Germany, in 1931, the yacht was commissioned by financier E. F. Hutton and his wife, Marjorie Post, heiress to the Post cereal fortune, and originally christened Hussar. Trujillo orders the ship completely overhauled, redecorated for $5 million and renamed Angelita.
c. 55
his fifth child, Claudia del Carmen / María Angélica, is born
57
his sixth child, Rafael Leonidas, is born
December 57
he and Octavia formally separate
End 57
his wife leaves for Cuidad Trujillo with five of their six kids
60
divorces Octavia