 Her siblings were Elvira and Blas Rocafort y Altuzarra, later hyphenated Rocafort-Altuzarra.Rocafort began dating the Count in New York City before his first marriage to Edelmira Sampedro y Robato ended.On 3 July 1937, the Count married Rocafort-Atuzarrra in a civil wedding at the Spanish Embassy in Havana, Cuba, attended by the President of Cuba, Federico Laredo Brú.