guell

Updated: September 22, 2025

I often met a very queer, distinguished looking old Spaniard named Don Jose Guell y Rente, who had been married to a sister of King Francis, the husband of King Isabella, but had been separated from her after, as he declared, she had tried to cut his throat. As witness to his connubial difficulties, he showed a large scar across his throat.

Georg Morris Cohen Brandes - Recollections of My Childhood and Youth