How to Pronounce Josefa de Tudó, 1st Countess of Castillo Fiel
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May 19, 1779 Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain Died on 20 Sep 1869 (aged 90)
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About Josefa De Tudó 1st Countess Of Castillo Fiel
- Josefa de Tudó y Catalán, 1st Countess of Castillo Fiel, (in full, Spanish: Doña Josefa Petra Francisca de Paula de Tudó y Catalán, Alemany y Luesia, primera condesa de Castillo Fiel, primera viscondesa de Rocafuerte), also known as Pepita Tudó (19 May 1779 - 20 September 1869) was the mistress of Spanish Prime Minister Manuel de Godoy.
- It has been suggested she was the model for two paintings by Goya, La maja desnuda (The Naked Maja) and La maja vestida (The Clothed Maja).Tudó was born in Cádiz and she was always called "Pepita", a diminutive of Josefa.
- Her father was a gunner named Antonio de Tudó y Alemany who died when she was young.
- Since the age of sixteen, Pepita and her mother, Catalina Cathalán y Luecia, and her sisters, Magdalena and Socorro, lived in the house of Manuel de Godoy, one of the most powerful men in Spain.
- Pepita was his lover by 1800. However, the Queen of Spain, María Luisa, forced Godoy to marry María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga, Countess of Chinchón, a marriage which was favorable to Godoy for social reasons.
- The marriage did not end Godoy's relationship with Pepita; in 1805, she gave birth to a son, Manuel, and in 1807, she gave birth to another son, Luis. In 1807, under Godoy's influence, Carlos IV presented Pepita with the title of Countess of Castillo Fiel and Viscountess of Rocafuerte.
- When María Teresa died in 1828, Godoy and Pepita could finally marry, even though they had secretly performed a marriage ceremony years earlier.
- They moved to Paris in 1832 where they lived in somewhat straitened circumstances. Later, Pepita returned to Spain in hopes of reclaiming the family properties.
- At ninety years old, Pepita told a reporter that Godoy knew only one true love: Queen María Luisa.
- She died in 1869 in Madrid.
