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{{Infobox royalty<br />
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| image = Anita Delgado.jpg<br />
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| succession =<br />
| reign =<br />
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| birth_name = Ana María Delgado Briones<br />
| birth_date = 8 February 1890<br />
| birth_place = [[Málaga]]<br />
| death_date = 7 July 1962 (aged 72)<br />
| death_place = [[Madrid]]<br />
| burial_place = [[Cementerio de San Justo]]<br />
| religion =<br />
| title = [[Raja|Rani]] of [[Kapurthala State|Kapurthala]]<br />
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Jagatjit Singh]]|1908|1949|end=died}}<br />
| spouse-type = Husband<br />
| issue = Ajit Singh Sahib Bahadur<br />
| signature = Ana de kapurtala.jpg<br />
| father = Ángel Delgado de los Cobos<br />
| mother = Candelaria Briones <br />
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'''Anita Delgado Briones''' (1890–1962) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[flamenco]] dancer and singer from [[Andalusia]] who achieved fame for having married the Indian [[Maharaja]] of [[Kapurthala]], thus becoming a [[Raja|Rani]] of Kapurthala.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
She was born on 8 February 1890 in [[Málaga]]. The family emigrated to Madrid, where her beauty and that of her sister, Candelaria, were welcomed. Painters [[Julio Romero de Torres]] and [[Ricardo Baroja]] asked that they model, but Anita refused being only 16.{{cn|date=October 2016}}<br />
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During the marriage ceremony of king [[Alfonso XIII of Spain]] in [[Madrid]], [[Jagatjit Singh|Sir Jagatjit Singh Sahib Bahadur]], the Maharaja of the [[princely state]] of [[Kapurthala State|Kapurthala]] watched her performances in a [[cafe-concert]]. He seduced her and stayed with her throughout the wedding but left after [[Mateo Morral|the bombing of the royal couple]] (31 May 1906). Later, however, her friends Romero de Torres, [[Ramón del Valle-Inclán|Ramón María del Valle-Inclán]] and [[Pastora Imperio]] convinced her to further meet him in Paris.{{cn|date=October 2016}} He had her educated (including in French) in order that he could explain his love for her. <ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/how-to-marry-a-maharaja-399010.html|title=How to marry a maharaja|date=2007-11-05|work=The Independent|access-date=2017-07-06|language=en-GB}}</ref>They married on 28{{cn|date=October 2016}} January 1908. After a [[Sikhism|Sikh]] marriage in India, she changed her name to Rani Prem Kaur Sahiba.<ref name="Independent">{{cite news|last1=Nash|first1=Elizabeth|title=How to marry a maharaja|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/how-to-marry-a-maharaja-399010.html|accessdate=1 October 2016|newspaper=The Independent|date=5 November 2007}}</ref><br />
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They later travelled in Europe and India, and she wrote a book about this time called "Impresiones de mis viajes a las Indias". She also gave the Maharaja a son, [[Ajit Singh of Kapurthala|''Maharajkumar'' Ajit Singh Sahib Bahadur]] (born 26 April 1908, educated at Cambridge University and at the Military Academy, [[Dehradun]]. Assistant to the Indian Trade Commissioner in Argentina, died in 1982). During the [[First World War]], her husband worked in Franco-British hospitals. They separated after the Maharaja married his 7th wife and as a result, Delgado stayed in Paris living secretly with her secretary in order that her allowance continued. A ship carrying her jewels to France sank en route. The jewels are said to be worth millions.<ref name=":0" /> She died on 7 July 1962 in Madrid.{{cn|date=October 2016}}<br />
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==In the media==<br />
A movie on Anita's life titled ''[[La princesa de Kapurthala]]'' starring the Spanish actress [[Penélope Cruz]] was slated to begin shooting in 2006. However a descendant of Jagatjit Singh, [[Shatrujit Singh]], has opposed the filming since he considers that [[Javier Moro]]'s novel on which it is based distorts truth, especially the allegations of the Maharajah forcing Anita to an abortion.<ref name="Wanadoo">''[http://cine.wanadoo.es/noticias/la_princesa_de_kapurthala__153800_1.html Las autoridades indias, contra Penélope Cruz]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}''.</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Anita Delgado Briones.jpg|Anita Delgado, {{circa|1910|1915}}.<br />
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File:Maharajah of Kapurthala and his wife in the United States.jpg|The Maharaja of Kapurthala and his wife in Chicago, 1915<br />
File:Delgado - Impressions de mes voyages aux Indes, p8.jpg|Delgado in 1915<br />
File:Anita_Delgado_and_son.jpg|Delgado with her son, Ajit Singh<br />
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=== Literature ===<br />
* Elisa Vázquez de Gey. ''Anita Delgado. Maharani of Kapurthala''. (1998) Editorial Planeta {{ISBN|84-226-8607-4}}<br />
* Elisa Vázquez de Gey. ''The Maharanis’ Dream''. (2005) Editorial Grijalbo {{ISBN|84-253-3961-8}} and {{ISBN|978-84-8346-367-3}} <br />
* Elisa Vázquez de Gey. ''The Princess of Kapurthala''. (2008) Editorial Planeta {{ISBN|978-84-08-08262-0}} <br />
* Javier Moro. ''Pasión india''. (2005) Editorial Seix Barral {{ISBN|84-322-9663-5}}<br />
* Manuel Ocón Dueñas: ''Anita Delgado''. Ed. Arguval. 1986.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [http://www.kapurthalaprincess.com The Kapurthala Princess] (English)<br />
* [http://www.princesadekapurthala.com La Princesa de Kapurthala] (Spanish)<br />
* [http://www.rtve.es/resources/TE_SRDOCU/podcast/mp3/5/4/1253522004245.mp3 Radio podcast dedicated to the life of the Princess of Kapurthala, Anita Delgado] by [[Radio Nacional de España]] (Spanish)<br />
* [http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/cronicas/cronicas-apasionante-vida-anita-delgado/475173/ Video documentary about the life of Anita Delgado] (Spanish)<br />
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Anita Delgado |sopt=t}}<br />
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