María del Rosario Nadal y Fuster de Puigdórfila (born 22 October 1968), also known as the Princess of Preslav, is a Spanish consultant, art director, and former model. A former

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for

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, she works as an independent adviser to private

art collector A private collection is a privately owned collection of works (usually artworks) or valuable items. In a museum or art gallery context, the term signifies that a certain work is not owned by that institution, but is on loan from an individual ...

s and serves as the deputy director of the

Colección Jumex Colección Jumex is a private art collection owned by Eugenio López Alonso. The collection is housed at Museo Jumex, the main outpost of Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, located in the Polanco neighborhood in Mexico City. The museum opened ...

. She is a senior member of the

Bulgarian royal family The last Bulgarian royal family () is a line of the Koháry branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which ruled Bulgaria from 1887 to 1946. The last tsar, Simeon II, became Prime Minister of Bulgaria in 2001 and remained in office until ...

as the estranged wife of

Kyril, Prince of Preslav Kyril, Prince of Preslav, Duke in Saxony (born 11 July 1964), also known as Kyril of Saxe-Coburg, is the second son of Simeon II and Margarita Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. His father, Simeon, served as Tsar of Bulgaria from 1943 to 1946 and Prime Mi ...

, from whom she separated in 2009.

Early life

Rosario was born Doña María del Rosario Nadal y Fuster de Puigdórfila on 22 October 1968 in

Palma de Mallorca Palma (, ; ), also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–2008, and 2012–2016), is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is ...

to Doña Isabel Fuster de Puigdórfila y Villanova and Miguel Nadal y Bestard. A member of the

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by birth, she is the granddaughter of Joaquín de Puigdórfila y Zaforteza, 9th Count of Olocau. Her family is descended from the

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emperor

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through his daughter

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. She was educated at the Colegio Madre Alberta. She went on to study fine art at

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Career

In 1989 Rosario worked at

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and in London and Italian art galleries. She later began working as a contemporary art

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and independent adviser to private art collectors and established her own company, RSC Contemporary. In the 1990s Rosario served as a

to the Italian designer

Valentino Garavani Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani (; born 11 May 1932), known mononymously as Valentino, is an Italian fashion designer, the founder of the Valentino (fashion house), Valentino brand and company. His main lines include Valentino, Valentino G ...

and modeled in one of his advertisement campaigns. She has been featured on the cover of ''Vanity Fair España'', '' Vogue Spain'' and ''

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''. In the early 2000s she became the personal art adviser for Mexican businessman

Eugenio López Alonso Eugenio López Alonso is the sole heir to the Grupo Jumex fruit juice fortune, one of Mexico's most successful national enterprises, the president of Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, and a significant contemporary art collector. He has w ...

. In 2013 Rosario and Vicente Todolí launched the Jumex Museum in

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as part of the

, for which she serves as the deputy director. In her role at Jumex, she has procured works by

Antoni Muntadas Antoni Muntadas (born 1942 in Barcelona) is a postconceptual multimedia artist, who resides in New York since 1971. His work often addresses social, political and communications issues through different media: such as photography, video, text and ...

, Xabier Salaberría, Txomin Badiola, and

Santiago Sierra Santiago Sierra (born 1966) is a Spanish artist, known for performance art and installation art. Much of his work deals with the topic of social inequities. He lives in Madrid. Career Sierra's most well-known works involve hiring laborers to co ...

and has worked in partnerships with the

Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art The Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (, , MACBA, ) is a contemporary art museum situated in the Plaça dels Àngels, in El Raval neighborhood, Ciutat Vella district, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The museum opened to the public on 28 Novem ...

and

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía The ''Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía'' ("Queen Sofía National Museum Art Centre"; MNCARS) is Spain's national museum of 20th-century art. The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992, and is named for Queen Sofía. I ...

. Rosario also owns and manages Arar Producciones Rurales SL, a Spanish company that cultivates

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Personal life

Rosario married

, the son of Tsar

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and Doña Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela, on 15 September 1989 in an

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ceremony at St. Anne's Chapel in the

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Palace in Palma de Mallorca. The wedding was attended by senior members of the

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including

Juan Carlos I of Spain Juan Carlos I (; Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 November 1975 until Abdication of Juan Carlos I, his abdic ...

Queen Sofía of Spain Sofía (Sophia Margaret Victoria Frederica; Μαργαρίτα Βικτώρια Φρειδερίκη, romanized: ''Sofía Margaríta Bictória Freideríki''; born 2 November 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who was Queen of Spai ...

Felipe, Prince of Asturias Felipe VI (; Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia; born 30 January 1968) is King of Spain. In accordance with the Spanish Constitution, as monarch, he is head of state and commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armed F ...

Infanta Cristina of Spain Infanta Cristina (Cristina Federica Victoria Antonia de la Santísima Trinidad de Borbón y de Grecia, born 13 June 1965) is the younger daughter of King Juan Carlos I and his wife, Queen Sofía. She is sixth in the line of succession to th ...

, and

Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo (Elena María Isabel Dominica de Silos de Borbón y de Grecia; born 20 December 1963), is the first child and eldest daughter of King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía of Spain, Queen Sofía. As the eldest sister of ...

. She has three children: Princess Mafalda-Cecilia, Princess Olimpia, and Prince Tassilo. In September 2009 she and her husband were included in the Best Dressed List by '' Vanity Fair España''. Rosario was added to the list again in 2013. She was added to the

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in 1995. Rosario and Prince Kyril separated in October 2009. She has since been in a relationship with Albanian artist

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. She resides in

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. While she and Prince Kyril are separated, they are not divorced, and she has made official appearances with him since the separation. In 2010 she accompanied her estranged husband to the

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and

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. Rosario is a godmother of

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. She is a close friend of

and is also the godmother of her daughter, Irene Urdangarin y de Borbón. In 2015 she spoke out in support of Infanta Cristina and her husband,

Iñaki Urdangarin Iñaki Urdangarin Liebaert (born 15 January 1968) is a retired Spanish handball player turned entrepreneur and the former husband of Infanta Cristina, younger daughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía. He was the brother-in-law of King Fel ...

, after they were investigated for fraud and corruption.

References

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