Rosita Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
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Rosita Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (born 26 September 1943) is British artist.
She was born Countess Dagmar Rosita Astrid Libertas Douglas in Madrid, Spain, the younger daughter of Carl Ludwig Douglas, Count Douglas, a Swedish nobleman and diplomat, and his wife Ottora Haas-Heye. The Duchess, a talented painter whose works have been exhibited and sold in London, New York, and Palm Beach, is a maternal aunt of Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein by marriage, Duchess Marie-Caroline of Wurttemberg, and their three sisters, Helene, Elisabeth, and Maria-Anna, who are all Princesses of Bavaria. Rosita descends through both her mother and father from medieval Scandinavian nobility and rulers.
She became the third wife of John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough on 20 May 1972, whereupon she became Duchess of Marlborough. They had three children:
The duke and duchess were divorced in 2008.[1]
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- http://www.geocities.com/omweso/StephenWard-NudeofRositaSpencer-Churchill-laterDuchessofMarlborough.jpg Nude sketch portrait of Rosita Spencer-Churchill by notorious osteopath and portrait painter Stephen Ward.
