Known as Angelita Trujillo, she was a Dominican writer most known as the favorite daughter of former Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo. Including her mother's name she was born Maria de los Angeles del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus Trujillo Martinez. She wrote a book, "Trujillo, Mi Padre, en Mis Memorias," published February 23, 2010, in Spanish. She enjoyed a privileged childhood and on May 13, 1953, when she was almost 14 years old, was appointed Ambassadress Extraordinary as a member of the special mission to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of England, together with a crown of hers of the same age and honorary "General." Two years later, the Fair for the Peace and Fraternity of the Free World, was held in Trujillo City (present-day Santo Domingo) where the 16-year-old Angelita, was crowned as "Queen Angelita I" to preside over the world's fair.

After her father's assassination in 1961, the Trujillo family went into exile in Paris and later to Madrid. In Spain, Trujillo divorced Colonel Luis José León Estévez. After seven years in Madrid, Trujillo moved to New York City, where she met Colonel Luis José Domínguez Rodríguez, and married him.

Angelita Trujillo was married twice: to Luis José León Estévez and Luis José Domínguez Rodríguez, both colonels of the Dominican Air Force. León Estévez was from Canca La Piedra in Tamboril (Santiago Province) and was son of Manuel de Jesús León Jimenes and Dolores Ercilia Estévez Cabrera; Domínguez Rodríguez was native to Gurabo (Santiago Province) and his parents were José Ramón Domínguez Méndez and Mercedes Cervanda Rodríguez Taveras. In her first marriage she had three children: Luis José, Rafael Leónidas, and María de los Ángeles (b. Santo Domingo, April 1961; federal attorney and lawyer in the United States, she changed her surnames to "Domínguez Trujillo"); in her second marriage she gave birth to María Mercedes, Ramfis Domínguez-Trujillo (born in New York, 1970; presidential candidate to the Dominican Republic general election, 2020), María Laura, María Julia Domínguez-Trujillo. Angelita Trujillo lived in Miami, Florida during most of her exile. She died there August 21, 2023, at the age of 84.

Ramfis Trujillo llora la muerte de su madre Angelita: "Una pérdida que me ha dejado devastado"

Angelita era escritora y se conoció por ser la hija "favorita" del tirano Rafael Leonidas Trujillo

Santo Domingo, R.D.

Actualizada jueves, 24 de agosto de 2023 - 10:21

El político Ramfis Trujillo informó este martes el fallecimiento de su madre, María de los Ángeles del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Trujillo Martínez (Angelita Trujillo), hija del dictador dominicano Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. "Anuncio, con las palabras 'atragantadas' en las manos, el sentido fallecimiento de mi querida madre Angelita Trujillo M., mi ángel de la guarda, mi aliada, consejera, una de mis primeras razones de existir", publicó a través de su cuenta de X. En la misma publicación expresó que se trata de una pérdida que lo ha dejado "devastado" y que le hace "sangrar hasta el alma". Anuncio, con las palabras 'atragantadas' en las manos, el sentido fallecimiento de mi querida madre Angelita Trujillo M., mi ángel de la guarda, mi aliada, consejera, una de mis primeras razones de existir, una pérdida que me ha dejado devastado y me hace sangrar hasta el alma. En medio de mi profundo pesar por la muerte de mi adorada madre Angelita Trujillo Martínez, trato de sacar fuerza y valor en aquellos hermosos momentos y recuerdos que compartimos juntos, y que eternizarán en mi memoria todo lo que significó y significa ella en mi vida.

Sources: https://listindiario.com/la-republica/20230824/ramfis-trujillo-sobre-muerte-madre-perdida-me-dejado-devastado_769502.html; The Era of Trujillo: Dominican Dictator, by Jesus de Galindez. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, 1973, page 197.