The daughter of the Earls of Asmir is the fiancée of Jasper Henson, brother of the new Duchess of Westminster. After her wedding in September she will become part of the inner circle of the English royal family.
This Friday, June 7, the attention of the British was focused on Chester Cathedral, where the wedding of the most important aristocrat in the United Kingdom, that of Hugh Grosvenor, took place. duke of westminster (33), owner of a fortune close to 12,000 million euroswith the thirty-year-old Olivia Henson. The bride also descends from an important bankers saga, the Hoare, founders of the largest private bank in England and daughter of a wealthy stockbroker, Rupert Cornelius Henson.
The marriage also aroused great expectation in the Spanish press, whose focus was on another couple present in the cathedral. It was about Jasper Henson (30), the only male brother of the Duchess of Wetsminsterand his fiancée, the Spanish aristocrat Isabel Rodríguez-Legorburu Cabrera-Kabana Sartorius(35) daughter of the counts of Asmir. When they marry next September, as planned, Elizabeth will become sister-in-law of the Duke of Westminster and will become part of the inner circle of the English royal family, since Hugh Grosvenor is godson of King Charles and godfather, in turn, of George and Archie, first-born of Princes William and Harry, who are close to him.
Isabel is the middle of the three children of the counts of Asmir, both brilliant professionals, who have instilled in their children the importance of effort and training.. Eduardo (38), the oldest, already has an outstanding career in the financial sector. Graduated in business administration at Cunef, after working at JP Morgan in Geneva and at UBS in Zurich advising large assets, he is currently managing director in Madrid of MDF Partners, a major financial advisory firm. His little sister is not far behindCarmen (30), who has a degree in business administration from the University of Comillas. She has worked at Amazon, Volvo, UBS and in the Spanish mission at the UN, and today he holds the position of marketing and project manager at Google.
Isabel, who like Carmen She was educated at the elite Mater Salvatoris girls’ school., while her brother Eduardo did it at Retamar, an Opus Dei boys’ center, she was the only one of the three to opt for psychology. Not in vain an uncle of his, José Ignacio López Ibor, son and grandson of prestigious psychiatrists, He is married to María, his mother’s sister. After completing this degree at the CEU, he did a master’s degree at the Complutense in clinical psychology and entered work at the López Ibor center in Madrid, specialized in mental health. He remained there until he decided to change his professional career and pursued a master’s degree in strategic management. Something that led him to sign in 2019 for the department of Knight Frank Spain human resourcesthe Spanish delegation of the largest private real estate consultancy in the world, where she currently holds the position of associate director.
In this company he also found love when he met Jasper Henson, who until 2020 worked for said firm. The son of a prominent British family, his mother, Caroline Frishes, descended from the Marquises of Bristol and his father, Ruphert Corneluis Henson, a stockbroker, is the owner of a considerable fortune. In addition to Olivia, the new Duchess of Westminster, he has another sister, Emily (26), a graduate in modern languages and business administration.
DISCREET
After a period in Portugal working in the wine sector as a “teacher” responsible for a winery, Jasper settled in Madrid, where he dedicated himself to real estate and today works at Freo Grup, a German fund manager specialized in the hotel industry. Very discreet, like his girlfriend, and also allergic to the public spotlight, he has worn his courtship with Isabel Rodríguez-Legorburu with total discretion until at the end of 2023, The Telegraph newspaper published a note announcing their commitment in its links section.
So in the UK few knew that Isabel belonged to a Spanish aristocratic family. In Spain it is also quite unknown, since the counts of Asmir They barely spend time at social events and much less on coated paper. They live focused on their professional careers and form a united family anchored in traditional values.
Eduardo Rodríguez-Legorburu inherited as a child the county of Asmir, granted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1866 to General Jorge Diez Martínez Álvarez y Carvajal after his father died in 1966. It is not the only title in his family, since one of his sisters is married to the Count of Almaraz. The professional career of this nobleman was oriented towards the financial sector and, after occupy management positions at BBVA, He was general director of the Credit Agricole bank and later head of the North American firm Russell Reynolds Associates, specialized in leadership consulting and talent acquisition. In 2005 he founded the consulting firm Legorburu & Associates, dedicated to intermediation in the purchase and sale of real estate. In 2016 he jumped into the wine sector when he was appointed director of Bodegas Riojanas.
Brilliant architect
His wife, Isabel Cabrera-Kabana Sartoriusis the great-granddaughter of the Count of San Luis, Fernando Sartorius Chacón, a conservative politician from the early 20th century who was governor of Madrid, ambassador to Portugal and Minister of Supplies. An architect by training, he has a brilliant resume, because after finishing his degree he obtained the position of architect of the Public Treasury in 1989. He has held important positions, the last of them as deputy director of Patrimonial Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was responsible for all Spanish real estate assets abroad, as well as the purchase and sale of properties and the supervision of projects.
However, he abruptly resigned in November 2018 after joining the Pedro Sánchez Government. The reason, as published, was to be “bridged” in the purchase of the new headquarters of the Spanish embassy in Caracas, which cost 6 million euros, and it was processed behind his back by an architect related to the new Government. However, the countess never revealed the ins and outs of her resignation, although she acknowledged: “Things changed a lot at the Foreign Ministry and for me it no longer made sense to continue.”
The Counts of Asmir They have resided in Aravaca for decadesa highly sought-after town on the outskirts of Madrid, the city where in September they will marry their daughter Isabel to the brother-in-law of Duke of Westminster, who will surely attend the weddingas will a good representation of British high society.
