Countess LuAnn Divorce: Count Alex Dumps Countess LuAnn for Ethopian Princess
Can Luann still call herself a Countess after being dumped by her French Count for a real Ethiopian princess?
Will Luann continue to rag on the other Real Housewives of New York City if they or their hubbies fail to show proper “respect”?
Who is the mysterious Ethiopian princess Count Alex fell in love with leaving behind a heartbroken Countess LuAnn?
And, will Luann find true love again among the royal set? These are the burning questions this season on Real Housewives of New York City pertaining to what to do with Countess Luann de Lesseps?
First up, the question of whether Luann, 43, is still a countess after getting dumped by her husband of 16 years, Count Alexandre de Lesseps.
Countess LuAnn was Count Alex’s fourth wife. Together they have two children, Victor, 14, and Noel, 12.
How to address LuAnn in polite society? It’s a matter of rearranging the designation of Countess. The Countess’ new title: LuAnn Countess de Lesseps, a “courtesy†title bestowed on ex-wives. So, in reality, LuAnn is now a “courtesy” countess and, “countless”.
At the start of this season LuAnn overheard Ramona Singer’s husband Mario call her “countless”. LuAnn made Mario and Ramona pay for Mario’s “transgression” after LuAnn took the opportunity to spoil Ramona’s planned outing on a yacht with friends including Housewives Jill Zarin and Alex McCord. Not to be deterred LuAnn informed Ramona that unless Mario “apologized” for hurting LuAnn’s feelings, the woman who used to be a countess and still acted liked one wouldn’t grace Ramona’s planned Labor Day barbecue. In short, LuAnn ruined Ramona’s outing leaving Ramona in tears while Jill Zarin sided with LuAnn. Neither LuAnn or Jill attended Ramona’s barbecue. (Writing about this is almost as tedious as watching these women and their constant bickering.)
Count Alexandre de Lesseps
From Famegame:
Count Alexandre de Lesseps was born into French aristocracy. His great-great-great grandfather, Ferdinand de Lesseps, built the Suez Canal and started the Panama Canal, later presenting, for France, the Statue of Liberty to America. He is an entrepreneur, investment banker, and pioneer of micro financing in developing countries. He is President of Coral Capital Limited of London and Pandaw Investment Holdings in Hong Kong. He is co-founder and President of Blue Orchard Finance S.A. of Geneva, a leading microfinance management company.
Count Alex spent a large portion of his young life in Africa: Khartoum, Sudan and in Tangiers, Morocco. Three months prior to receiving the “I want to break up” email from the Count, LuAnn and Alex had separated. Alex dumped LuAnn for a real princess from Ethiopia, 37-yr-old Princess Kemeria Abajobir Abajifar.
Princess Kemeria Abajobir Abajifar
From HollywoodCelebgossips.com:
Princess Kemeria is the granddaughter of King Abajifar, the last King from the Gibe Kingdom of Jimmaa, located in today’s Ethiopia. She is the niece of Ababiya Abajobir, a prominent man in the Oromo-Ethiopian community. Mr. Abajobir was one of the founding members of the OLF (Oromo Liberation Front), a guerrilla organization representing the majority Oromo ethnic group of Ethiopia. She served in various positions in the organization throughout its nearly four decades’ history.
Unlike LuAnn, if Princess Kemeria gets married and then divorced, the Princess retains her title. If she were to marry the Count what would her new title be? In European circles she’d be demoted to “Countess”. In Africa, she’d always be a princess. She’d also be the Count’s fifth wife.
Blindie.com has a photo of Princess Kemeria which shows the Princess can be quite glamorous.
According to People, “Countess†LuAnn is currently dating a commoner, French wine distributor Jacques Azoulay.
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Unlike some real kindoms in Europe (the UK, the Netherlands etc) France is a Republic. Hence like in all other republics, nobility titles are non existent or irrelevant and anachronistic(unless linked to some real assets). Therefore neither the count nor his countess are such except in some pre revolutionary paralel universe in either France or the US. he monarchic political system with its entire hyerarchy does not exist, neither do the titles except for personal nostalgia. On the contrary the Ethiopian Princess will always be precisely that as her native land acknowledges the monarchy. Either way she would ALWAYS, in Europe or Antarctica use her title as princess first, as that denotes her as royalty as opposed to a mere count which is aristocracy. I am always baffled that this most fundamental political element escapes most people….
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