Marriages
Her first husband was a German-born resident of Mexico named Scholtens, from whom she was divorced.
She married a second time on October 4, 1935, in Kensington, London, England, to Franz-Egon Maria Meinhard Engelbert Pius Aloysius Kaspar Ferdinand Dietrich, third Graf von Fürstenberg-Herdringen (1896–1975); she was his second wife. By him, she had two children:
- Dolores Guinness born as Dolores Maria Agatha Wilhelmine Luise, Freiin von Fürstenberg-Hedringen (July 31, 1936, to January 20, 2012). She married her stepbrother Patrick Benjamin Guinness (1931–1965), son of Loel Guinness, on 22 October 1955 in Paris. Have issue. Patrick was killed in a car accident in 1965. Have issue:
- Maria Alexandra (born 1956) married Foulques, Count de Quatrebarbes (born 1948) in 1979. Have issue.
- Loel Patrick (born 1957).
- Victoria Christina (born 1960) married Philip Niarchos in 1984, son of late Greek billionaire Stavros Niarchos. Have issue.
- Franz-Egon Engelbert Raphael Christophorus Hubertus, Freiherr von Fürstenberg-Hedringen (born July 27, 1939 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf). He married Agneta Sundby (born April 12, 1943), a Swedish model on August 20, 1967, in Visnum church, Visnum, Sweden. Later divorced and married Adelina Cuberyan.
She also had a stepdaughter from her husband's first marriage, the actress Betsy von Furstenberg. According to her friend Etti Plesch, Gloria Rubio Scholtens was introduced to Fürstenberg by her mentor, newspaper heir, diplomat, and art collector Friedrich Horstmann, who reportedly "dressed her up and presented her at a dinner as a mysterious aristocrat."
Her third husband was Prince Ahmad-Abu-El-Fotouh Fakhry Bey (1921–1998) whom she married in 1942. He was a grandson of King Fuad I of Egypt and a nephew of Princess Fawzia of Egypt (the first wife of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran) and King Farouk I of Egypt. During her marriage to Fakhri, she also was a mistress of the British ambassador to France, Duff Cooper. At same time Cooper were involved with Princesse Ghislaine de Polignac (1918–2011) and Louise de Vilmorin
After her divorce in 1949, Gloria Fakhri became involved with both Loel Guinness and David Beatty, 2nd Earl Beatty.
Her fourth husband, whom she married on April 7, 1951, in Antibes, was Group Captain Thomas Loel Guinness, a Member of Parliament (1906–1988) and a member of the extended Guinness beer family, though his particular branch made its fortune in banking and real estate. Of him, she told Noël Coward, "I could never sleep with Loel. He farts too much."
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