Angelita Trujillo

María de los Ángeles del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Trujillo Martínez (born 10 June 1939, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Grand Paris, France),[1] known as Angelita Trujillo, is a Dominican writer. She is most known by her role as the predilect daughter of former Dominican Republic dictator' Rafael Trujillo.[2]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Trujillo and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.

Early life

Angelita Trujillo is the daughter of the Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo and his third wife María de los Ángeles Martínez y Alba, known as la Españolita because of her Spanish origin.[1] She was born in the affluent Parisine suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Trujillo enjoyed a privileged childhood. She was a special envoy of the Dominican government to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom in 1953.[3] Two years later, the Fair for the Peace and Fraternity of the Free World, was held in Trujillo City (present-day Santo Domingo) where the 16-year-old Angelita, was crowned as "Queen Angelita I" to preside over the world's fair.[4]

Ancestors of Angelita Trujillo

16. Pedro Trujillo 8. José Trujillo Monagas (1841–circa 1890) 17. María Monagas 4. José Juan de Dios Trujillo Valdez (1865–1935) 18. Santiago Valdez 9. Silveria Valdez Méndez 19. Rufina Méndez 2. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina (1891–1961) 40. Luis Molina Castro 20. Ramón Molina Guerrero 41. María Guerrero 10. Pedro Molina Peña (1840–?) 42. Vicente de Peña 21. María Nicolasa de Peña de Rivera 43. Thomasa de Rivera 5. Altagracia Julia Molina Chevalier (1865–1963) 44. Barthélémy Carrié Levigne (1804–?) 22. Justin Alexis Victor Turenne Carrié Blaise (1827–1905) 45. Blaisine Blaise Croside 11. Luisa Erciná Chevalier (?–1940) 46. Bernard Chevallier 23. Eleonore Juliette "Diyeta" Chevallier Moreau (1810–1905) 47. Louise Moreau 1. María de los Ángeles del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Trujillo Martínez (born 1939) 12. Agustín Martínez 6. Francisco de Paula Martínez de Peña 13. Ana de Peña 3. María de los Ángeles Martínez Alba (circa 1915–?) 14. Andrés de Alba 7. Sebastiana de los Dolores Alba Martínez 15. Manuela Martínez

Exile

After her father’s assassination in 1961, the Trujillo family went into exile to Paris and later to Madrid. In Spain, Trujillo divorced Colonel Luis José León Estévez. After 7 years in Madrid, Trujillo moved to New York City, where she met Colonel Luis José Domínguez Rodríguez, and married him.[5]

Personal life

Trujillo married Luis José León Estévez and Luis José Domínguez Rodríguez, both colonels of the Dominican Air Force. León Estévez hailed from Canca La Piedra in Tamboril (Santiago Province) and was son of Manuel de Jesús León Jimenes and Dolores Ercilia Estévez Cabrera; Domínguez Rodríguez was native to Gurabo (Santiago Province) and his parents were José Ramón Domínguez Méndez and Mercedes Cervanda Rodríguez Taveras.[1]

In her first marriage she procreated 3 children: Luis José, Rafael Leónidas, and María de los Ángeles (b. Santo Domingo, April 1961; federal attorney and lawyer in the United States, she changed her surnames to "Domínguez Trujillo");[1] in her second marriage she gave birth to María Mercedes, Ramfis Domínguez-Trujillo (b. New York, 1970; presidential candidate to the Dominican Republic general election, 2020), María Laura, María Julia Domínguez-Trujillo.[1]

Angelita Trujillo resides in Miami, Florida.[6]

Works

• "Trujillo, mi padre, en mis memorias" (2010)[6]

References

1. Espinal
2. Thomas
3. Raifi Genao
4. Crassweller
5. Franjul
6. Liberato

Bibliography

• Crassweller, Robert D. Trujillo. The Life and Times of a Caribbean Dictator. The MacMIllan Co, New York, 1966. pp. 293–299.
• Espinal Hernández, Edwin Rafael (21 February 2009). "Descendencias Presidenciales: Trujillo" (in Spanish). Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
• Thomas, Juan Eduardo (12 February 2015). "Nieto de Trujillo anuncia formación partido político" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Listín Diario. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
• Peña, Ángela (24 May 2008). "El abuelo valiente en la estirpe de Trujillo" (in Spanish). Hoy. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
• Trujillo Ledesma, Flor de Oro; Vega, Bernardo. "Trujillo en la intimidad de según su hija Flor". (1965)
• Franjul, Miguel (25 May 2011). "Con la hija del Jefe: "No siento ningún odio por Imbert Barrera"" (in Spanish). Miami, Florida: Listín Diario. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
• Liberato, Ana S. Q. (2013). Joaquín Balaguer, Memory, and Diaspora: The Lasting Political Legacies of an American Protégé. Lexington Books. pp. 19–20.