Natalia Revuelta Clews (December 6, 1925 – February 27, 2015) was a Cuban

socialite A socialite is a person, typically a woman from a wealthy or aristocratic background, who is prominent in high society. A socialite generally spends a significant amount of time attending various fashionable social gatherings, instead of having ...

, mistress of

Fidel Castro Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President of Cuba, president ...

, and mother of his daughter Alina Fernández. Both Revuelta and Castro were married to other people.

Biography

She was active in the Cuban opposition movement following

Fulgencio Batista Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (born Rubén Zaldívar; January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was a Cuban military officer and politician who played a dominant role in Cuban politics from his initial rise to power as part of the 1933 Revolt of t ...

's coup in 1952 and, after being introduced to him, donated money and actively aided Castro and his movement. Following the birth of her daughter in 1956 and Castro's return from exile in Mexico, Revuelta supported the Cuban revolution but did not continue a relationship with him.

References

2015 deaths Fidel Castro family People from Havana 1925 births Cuban communists Female revolutionaries {{Cuba-bio-stub