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{{Short description|Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)}}
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{{Infobox person {{Infobox person
| name = Ivana Trump | name = Ivana Trump
| image = Ivana Trump cropped retouched.jpg | image = Ivana Trump cropped retouched.jpg
| caption = Trump in 2007 | caption = Ivana in 2007
| birth_name = Ivana Marie Zelníčková | birth_name = Ivana Marie Zelníčková
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1949|2|20}} | birth_date = {{Birth date|1949|2|20}}
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| death_place = New York City, U.S.
| resting_place = ], ], U.S.
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| occupation = {{flatlist| | occupation = {{flatlist|
* Businesswoman * Businesswoman
* socialite
* model
* designer * designer
* author * author
* model
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| citizenship = Czech Republic<br>United States | citizenship = {{ubl|Czechoslovakia (until 1993)|Czech Republic (from 1993)|United States (from 1988)|Austria (from 1973)}}
| alma_mater = ] | education = ]
| years_active = 1970–2022 | years_active = 1970–2022
| notable_works = '']'', 2017
| television = '']'', 2006
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* {{marriage|Alfred Winklmayr|November 1971|August 7, 1973|reason=divorced}} * {{marriage|Alfred Winklmayr|November 1971|August 7, 1973|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|]|April 7, 1977|March 22, 1992|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|]|April 9, 1977|December 11, 1990|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Riccardo Mazzucchelli|November 29, 1995|June 17, 1997|reason=divorced}} * {{marriage|Riccardo Mazzucchelli|November 29, 1995|June 17, 1997|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Rossano Rubicondi|April 12, 2008|December 27, 2009|reason=divorced}} * {{marriage|Rossano Rubicondi|April 12, 2008|December 27, 2009|reason=divorced}}
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'''Ivana Marie Trump''' ({{née|'''Zelníčková'''}}, {{IPA-cs|ˈzɛlɲiːtʃkovaː|lang}}; February 20, 1949 – July 14, 2022)<ref name = WABC>{{cite news|url = https://abc7ny.com/ivana-trump-donald-new-york-city-upper-east-side/12051906/|title = Ivana Trump, 1st wife of former President Donald Trump, dies at 73|work = ]|date = July 14, 2022|accessdate = July 14, 2022}}</ref> was a Czech-American businesswoman, media personality, fashion designer, author, and former model. She lived in Canada in the 1970s before migrating to the United States, where she married ] in 1977. She held key managerial positions in ]<ref name=":8">{{Cite magazine|last=Shnayerson|first=Michael|date=January 2, 1988|title=Inside Ivana's Role in Donald Trump's Empire|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/1988/01/ivana-trump-business-empire|access-date=2020-08-23|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=en-us}}</ref> as vice president of interior design, as CEO and president of Trump's Castle casino resort, and as manager of the ]. '''Ivana Marie Trump''' (February 20, 1949 – July 14, 2022) was a Czech-American businesswoman, ], and model. She lived in ] in the 1970s, before relocating to the United States and marrying ] in 1977. She held key managerial positions in ], as vice president of interior design, CEO and president of Trump's Castle casino resort, and manager of the ].


Ivana's divorce from Donald Trump, finalized in 1992, was the subject of extensive media coverage in the 1990s. Following the divorce, she developed her own lines of clothing, fashion jewelry, and beauty products which were sold on ] and the ]. Ivana wrote an advice column for '']'' called "Ask Ivana" from 1995 through 2010 and has published several books including works of fiction, self-help, and an autobiography. Ivana and Donald Trump were prominent figures in New York society throughout the 1980s. The couple's divorce, granted in 1990, was the subject of extensive media coverage.{{Efn|Coverage of the case continued until 1991; when they reached a post-divorce settlement.<ref name=":15" />}} Following the divorce, she developed her own lines of clothing, fashion jewelry, and beauty products which were sold on ] and the ]. She wrote an advice column for '']'' called "Ask Ivana" from 1995 through 2010, and published several books, including works of fiction, self-help, and the autobiography '']''.


==Early life and education== ==Early life and education==
Ivana Zelníčková was born on February 20, 1949, in the ]n city of ] (known between 1949 and 1990 as Gottwaldov), ], the daughter of Miloš Zelníček (1927–1990) and Marie Zelníčková (née Francová; born c. 1926).{{sfn|Hurt III|1993|p=96}}<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.blesk.cz/clanek/celebrity-ceske-celebrity/572210/extchyne-americkeho-prezidenta-marie-zelnickova-92-ze-zlina-trump-mi-rika-babrle.html |title=Extchyně amerického prezidenta Marie Zelníčková (92) ze Zlína: Trump mi říká bábrle!|website=Blesk.cz|date=October 23, 2018 |access-date=June 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.myheritage.com/names/marie_zeln%C3%AD%C4%8Dkov%C3%A1 |title=Marie Zelníčková (born Francová)|website=myheritage.com|access-date=June 1, 2019}}</ref> Her father was an electrical engineer and her mother worked as a telephone operator.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Burleigh|first=Nina|date=2017-11-27|title=Donald Trump's first ex-wife, Ivana, once wore homemade clothes. Now she spends holidays at Mar-a-Lago|url=https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-ivana-donald-ivanka-trump-russia-communism-czech-republic-721669|access-date=2020-08-23|website=Newsweek|language=en}}</ref> Her father encouraged her skiing talent, a practice she began at age four.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Bell|first=Bill|date=February 11, 1990|title=They met, they saw and they conquered: Donald and Ivana Trump seemed to have it all|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/trumps-article-1.2715780|access-date=2020-08-23|website=New York Daily News}}</ref> After developing skills as a skier, she joined the junior national ski team, which offered her opportunities to travel beyond the ] communist boundaries of what was then the ].<ref name=":1" /> She attended ] in Prague and earned a master's degree in ] in 1972.<ref name=":5">{{cite magazine| last1= van Meter| first1 = Johnathan| date= May 1989| title = That's Why the Lady is a Trump| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=xaCC4gI-zJkC&q=trump%20master's%20degree&pg=PA86| issn = 0890-1759| magazine = ]| publisher = Sussex Publishers, LLC| via = ]}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> Ivana Marie Zelníčková ({{IPA|cs|ˈzɛlɲiːtʃkovaː|lang}}) was born on February 20, 1949, in Gottwaldov, ] (now ], ]), the daughter of Miloš Zelníček 1927- 1991 and Marie Zelníčková 1926 (née Francová).{{sfn|Hurt III|1993|p=96}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.respekt.cz/tydenik/2018/44/donald-trump-v-hledacku-stb|title=Zemřela Ivana Trumpová. První manželce Donalda Trumpa bylo 73 let|publisher=Respekt|date=October 27, 2018|access-date=December 31, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/marie_zeln%C3%AD%C4%8Dkov%C3%A1|title=Marie Zelníčková (born Francová)|website=myheritage.com|access-date=June 1, 2019|archive-date=August 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801212809/https://www.myheritage.com/names/marie_zeln%C3%AD%C4%8Dkov%C3%A1|url-status=live}}</ref> She was raised in a ] household.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |author-link=Jia Tolentino |date=2017-12-04 |title=The Trumpishness of Ivana |language=en-US |magazine=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-trumpishness-of-ivana |access-date=2024-01-03 |issn=0028-792X}}</ref> Her father was an ] and her mother worked as a telephone operator.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|last=Burleigh|first=Nina|date=November 27, 2017|title=Donald Trump's first ex-wife, Ivana, once wore homemade clothes. Now she spends holidays at Mar-a-Lago|url=https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-ivana-donald-ivanka-trump-russia-communism-czech-republic-721669|access-date=August 23, 2020|website=Newsweek|language=en|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924144516/https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-ivana-donald-ivanka-trump-russia-communism-czech-republic-721669|url-status=live}}</ref> Her father encouraged his daughter's ] abilities, a practice she began at age four.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4">{{cite news|last=Bell|first=Bill|date=February 11, 1990|title=They met, they saw and they conquered: Donald and Ivana Trump seemed to have it all|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/trumps-article-1.2715780|access-date=August 23, 2020|newspaper=New York Daily News|archive-date=November 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118090555/https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/trumps-article-1.2715780|url-status=live}}</ref> After developing skills as a skier, Ivana joined the junior national ski team, which offered her opportunities to travel beyond the ] communist boundaries of what was then the ].<ref name=":1" /> She attended ] in Prague and earned a master's degree in ] in 1972.<ref name=":5">{{cite magazine| last1 = van Meter| first1 = Johnathan| date = May 1989| title = That's Why the Lady is a Trump| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=xaCC4gI-zJkC&q=trump%20master's%20degree&pg=PA86| issn = 0890-1759| magazine = ]| publisher = Sussex Publishers, LLC| via = ]| access-date = July 14, 2022| archive-date = July 10, 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210710004200/https://books.google.com/books?id=xaCC4gI-zJkC&q=trump%20master%27s%20degree&pg=PA86| url-status = live}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> In 1970, Ivana appeared on ] in the children's television series '']''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Heinlein|first=Stefan|date=November 16, 2016|title=Ex-Frau von Donald Trump – Ivana Trump plant Diplomatenkarriere in Prag|url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ex-frau-von-donald-trump-ivana-trump-plant.1773.de.html?dram:article_id=371467|access-date=August 24, 2020|website=Deutschlandfunk|language=de-DE|archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117133017/https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ex-frau-von-donald-trump-ivana-trump-plant.1773.de.html?dram:article_id=371467|url-status=live}}</ref>


In 1988, Ivana told journalists that she was selected as an alternate on the Czechoslovak ski team during the ], specializing in ] and ].<ref name="mmw">{{cite web|last=White|first=Marion M.|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EB528F413ED16AC?p=AWNB|title=Ivana Trump: Hard work, discipline and self-reliance|work=]|date=September 26, 1988|access-date=July 19, 2019|archive-date=November 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107132556/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EB528F413ED16AC?p=AWNB|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> However, Czechoslovakia only sent four female athletes to the 1972 Winter Olympics and none were alpine skiers. In 1989, Petr Pomezný, Secretary General of the ], denied Ivana's claim and stated that, despite searching extensively, no record could be found of her involvement.<ref name=":5" /> In 2021, ] confirmed that Czechoslovakia had not sent female alpine skiers to the 1972 Winter Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ibrahim |first=Nur |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ivana-trump-czech-1972-olympics/ |title=Was Ivana Trump an Alternate for Czech Ski Team in '72 Olympics? |work=] |date=July 8, 2021 |access-date=April 6, 2024}}</ref>
In 1970, Trump appeared on ] in the children's television series '']''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Heinlein|first=Stefan|date=November 16, 2016|title=Ex-Frau von Donald Trump - Ivana Trump plant Diplomatenkarriere in Prag|url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ex-frau-von-donald-trump-ivana-trump-plant.1773.de.html?dram:article_id=371467|access-date=2020-08-24|website=Deutschlandfunk|language=de-DE}}</ref>


== Emigration to Canada ==
Accounts differ as to Trump's history of skiing competitively.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|last=Dixon|first=Christine-Marie Liwag|date=2018-12-27|title=The stunning transformation of Ivana Trump|url=https://www.thelist.com/141413/the-stunning-transformation-of-ivana-trump/|access-date=2020-08-23|website=The List|language=en-US}}</ref> It was reported that she was selected as an alternate on the Czechoslovak ski team during the ], specializing in ] and ].<ref name="mmw">{{cite web |last=White|first=Marion M.|url= https://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EB528F413ED16AC?p=AWNB |title=Ivana Trump: Hard work, discipline and self-reliance|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|date=September 26, 1988|access-date=July 19, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> However, in 1989, Petr Pomezný, Secretary General of the ], refuted the claim and stated that despite searching extensively, no record could be found of her involvement.<ref name=":5" />
In 1971, Ivana married Alfred Winklmayr, an ] ski instructor and her platonic friend, in order to obtain Austrian citizenship.<ref name="Lague"/><ref name="McCauley" /><ref name="Conconi" /> The marriage granted her the freedom to leave Czechoslovakia without ] so she could retain the right to return to visit her parents.<ref name="Lague">{{cite news |last=Lague |first=Louise |url=https://people.com/archive/ivana-alone-vol-33-no-11/ |title=Ivana Alone |work=] |date=March 19, 1990 |access-date=April 23, 2023}}</ref>{{sfn|Hurt III|1993|p=99}}<ref name="McCauley">{{cite news |last=McCauley |first=Dana |url=https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/this-is-the-woman-who-made-donald-trump-a-household-name/news-story/429266fca850e552ef18f66cfd4718f6 |title=This is the woman who made Donald Trump a household name |website=news.com.au |date=May 1, 2016 |access-date=April 22, 2023 |archive-date=November 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104211237/https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/this-is-the-woman-who-made-donald-trump-a-household-name/news-story/429266fca850e552ef18f66cfd4718f6|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Gross">{{cite news |last=Gross |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7PcJmjU_n0UC&pg=PA46 |title=Ivana's New Life |work=] |date=October 15, 1990 |access-date=April 22, 2023}}</ref> As Ivana Winklmayr, she received her Austrian passport in March 1972.<ref name="Conconi">{{cite news|last=Conconi|first=Chuck|date=February 22, 1990|title=Personalities|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/02/22/personalities/6416c328-06cb-4efc-817e-03292e68d5a3/|access-date=November 22, 2017|newspaper=]|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034207/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/02/22/personalities/6416c328-06cb-4efc-817e-03292e68d5a3/|url-status=live}}</ref> The following year, she obtained an absentee divorce from Alfred Winklmayr in ], ], where he had moved to teach skiing.<ref name="Lague"/>{{sfn|Hurt III|1993|p=99}}<ref name="Conconi"/>


Ivana was romantically involved with the lyricist and playwright {{ill|Jiří Štaidl|cs}} who was killed in a car accident in 1973.{{sfn|Burleigh|2018|p=82}} After Štaidl's death, Ivana moved to Canada where she lived with George (Jiří) Syrovátka whom she had dated since 1967; Syrovátka had defected to Canada in 1971 and owned a ski boutique in Montreal.{{sfn|Hurt III|1993|p=99}}<ref name="Lague" /><ref name="Gross" /> She claimed at the time to be married to Syrovátka, though the two never wed.<ref>{{cite book|last1=King|first1=Norman|title=Ivana Trump|date=1990|publisher=Carroll and Graf|page=47}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Haddrick |first=Margaret |date=1975-12-31 |title=The Two Faces of Ivana - Model and Sportswoman |work=Montreal Gazette |page=9}}</ref> Ivana worked as a ski instructor while living in Canada.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|last1=Hallemann|first1=Caroline|last2=Dangremond|first2=Sam|date=June 25, 2019|title=Here's What You Need to Know About Ivana Trump, Donald's First Wife |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/news/g2605/donald-trump-first-wife-ivana-trump/ |access-date=August 23, 2020 |work=] |archive-date=August 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825055245/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/news/g2605/donald-trump-first-wife-ivana-trump/|url-status=live}}</ref> She lived in ] for two years where she continued to improve her English via night courses at ].<ref name="Gross" /> Working as a model, Ivana told the '']'' in 1975 that she considered modelling to be a job, rather than a career.<ref>{{Cite news|date=February 20, 2019|title=How a move to Canada helped Donald and Ivana Trump meet|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/archives/how-a-move-to-canada-helped-donald-and-ivana-trump-meet-1.5006869|access-date=August 22, 2020|archive-date=October 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022072331/https://www.cbc.ca/archives/how-a-move-to-canada-helped-donald-and-ivana-trump-meet-1.5006869|url-status=live}}</ref> Her modelling clients included ] department store and the fashion designer Auckie Sanft, along with promotional work for the ] in Montreal.<ref name="Gross" />
== Immigration to Canada ==
In 1971, Zelníčková married Alfred Winklmayr, an Austrian ski instructor and her platonic friend, in order to obtain Austrian citizenship.<ref name="McCauley" /><ref name="Conconi" /> The marriage granted her the freedom to leave Communist Czechoslovakia without defection so she could retain the right to return to visit her parents.{{sfn|Hurt III|1993|p=99}}<ref name="Lague">{{cite news|last=Lague|first=Louise|url = https://people.com/archive/ivana-alone-vol-33-no-11/ |title =Ivana Alone|work =People Magazine| date =March 19, 1990|access-date=November 4, 2018}}</ref><ref name="McCauley">{{cite news|last=McCauley|first=Dana|url = https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/this-is-the-woman-who-made-donald-trump-a-household-name/news-story/429266fca850e552ef18f66cfd4718f6 |title =This is the woman who made Donald Trump a household name|work =People Magazine| date =May 1, 2016|access-date=November 4, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Gross">{{cite news|last=Gross|first=Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7PcJmjU_n0UC&q=new+york+magazine+ivana+trump+george+syrovatka&pg=PA46|title=Ivana's New Life|work=New York Magazine|date=October 15, 1990|access-date=November 4, 2018}}</ref> Ivana Winklmayr received her Austrian passport in March 1972.<ref name="Conconi">{{cite news|last=Conconi|first=Chuck|date=February 22, 1990|title=Personalities|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/02/22/personalities/6416c328-06cb-4efc-817e-03292e68d5a3/|access-date=November 22, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> The following year, she obtained an absentee divorce from Alfred Winklmayr in Los Angeles, California, where he had moved to teach skiing.{{sfn|Hurt III|1993|p=99}}<ref name="Lague"/><ref name="Conconi"/>

Zelníčková was romantically involved with the lyricist and playwright ] who was killed in a car accident in 1973.{{sfn|Burleigh|2018|p=82}} After Staidl's death, Zelníčková moved to Canada where she lived with George (Jiři) Syrovatka whom she had dated since 1967; Syrovatka had defected to Canada in 1971 and owned a ski boutique in Montreal.{{sfn|Hurt III|1993|p=99}}<ref name="Lague" /><ref name="Gross" />
Zelníčková worked as a ski instructor while living in Canada.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last1=Hallemann|first1=Caroline|last2=Dangremond|first2=Sam|date=2019-06-25|title=Here's What You Need to Know About Ivana Trump, Donald's First Wife|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/news/g2605/donald-trump-first-wife-ivana-trump/|access-date=2020-08-23|website=Town & Country|language=en-US}}</ref> She lived in Montreal for two years where she continued to improve her English by taking night courses at ] and also worked as a model.<ref name="Gross" /> In 1975, Zelníčková told the '']'' that she considered modeling to be a job, rather than a career.<ref>{{Cite news|date=February 20, 2019|title=How a move to Canada helped Donald and Ivana Trump meet|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/archives/how-a-move-to-canada-helped-donald-and-ivana-trump-meet-1.5006869|access-date=August 22, 2020}}</ref> Her modeling clients included ] department store and the designer Auckie Sanft, along with promotional work for the ] that were being hosted in ].<ref name="Gross" />] in 1985, with U.S. president ] and First Lady ]]]


== Marriage to Donald Trump == == Marriage to Donald Trump ==
] in 1985, with U.S. president ] and First Lady ]]]
Ivana was in New York City with a group of models in 1976 when she met ].<ref name="Gross"/> On April 7, 1977, they were married at ] in a wedding officiated by ].{{sfn|Barrett|2016|p=132}}{{sfn|Blair|2015|p=300}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mahler|first1=Jonathan|last2=Flegenheimer|first2=Matt|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/21/us/politics/donald-trump-roy-cohn.html|title=What Donald Trump Learned From Joseph McCarthy's Right-Hand Man|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 20, 2016|access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Cranley|first=Ellen|title=Trump has been married 3 times — here's what we know about his prenups|url=https://www.insider.com/donald-trump-prenup-melania-everything-we-know-2019-4|access-date=2020-08-28|website=Insider}}</ref> The couple became tabloid figures in New York society during the 1980s. They worked together on several large projects, including the ] on ] in Manhattan, the renovation of the ] in New York City, and the construction of the ] in ].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Brenner|first=Marie|date=September 1990|title=After the Gold Rush|url=https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/share/e515a2cd-a51b-4f83-8d61-6ebb9a104e0a|access-date=2020-08-30|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{cite web|last=Bender|first=Marylin|date=August 7, 1983|title=The Empire and Ego of Donald Trump|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/07/business/the-empire-and-ego-of-donald-trump.html|access-date=October 31, 2016|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
Ivana was in ] with a group of models in 1976 when she met Donald Trump.<ref name="Gross"/> On April 9, 1977, the couple married at ] in a wedding officiated by ].{{sfn|Barrett|2016|p=132}}{{sfn|Blair|2015|p=300}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mahler|first1=Jonathan|last2=Flegenheimer|first2=Matt|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/21/us/politics/donald-trump-roy-cohn.html|title=What Donald Trump Learned From Joseph McCarthy's Right-Hand Man|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 20, 2016|access-date=June 3, 2019|archive-date=June 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610051303/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/21/us/politics/donald-trump-roy-cohn.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Donald and Ivana Trump seemed to have it all|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/trumps-article-1.2715780|date=July 20, 2016|access-date=March 10, 2023|website=New York Daily News}}</ref> They became tabloid figures in New York society during the 1980s and worked together on several large projects, including the ] on ] in Manhattan, the renovation of the ] in New York City, and the construction of the ] in ].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Brenner|first=Marie|date=September 1990|title=After the Gold Rush|url=https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/share/e515a2cd-a51b-4f83-8d61-6ebb9a104e0a|access-date=August 30, 2020|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=en-US|archive-date=April 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407040806/https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2015/07/donald-ivana-trump-divorce-prenup-marie-brenner|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{cite news|last=Bender|first=Marylin|date=August 7, 1983|title=The Empire and Ego of Donald Trump|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/07/business/the-empire-and-ego-of-donald-trump.html|access-date=October 31, 2016|work=The New York Times|archive-date=June 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616130053/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/07/business/the-empire-and-ego-of-donald-trump.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


] at state dinner for King Fahd]] ] at a ] ball in Palm Beach in 1986]]
] in 1990]]
Ivana and Donald Trump have three children: ] (born December 31, 1977), Ivana Marie Trump, better known as ], (born October 30, 1981), and ] (born January 6, 1984). Donald Jr. learned to speak fluent Czech (with the help of his maternal grandfather), while Ivanka gained only a basic understanding of her mother's native tongue, and Eric was not exposed to the language since, by the time of his birth, his grandparents were comfortable using English.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rayner|first=Polly|date=May 14, 1989|title=Ivana Trump Now Fashions Herself As Plaza's Innkeeper|url=http://articles.mcall.com/1989-05-14/features/2690591_1_trump-tower-skis-trump-castle/2|access-date=August 23, 2020|website=The Morning Call|archive-date=August 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804065645/http://articles.mcall.com/1989-05-14/features/2690591_1_trump-tower-skis-trump-castle/2|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Van Meter|first=Jonathan|date=December 3, 2004|title=Did Their Father Really Know Best?|url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/10610/|access-date=August 11, 2016|work=New York}}</ref><!-- removed link to WP:SPS (Twitter, FB, WP)-->
During the marriage, Ivana and Donald had three children: ] (born 1977), ] (born 1981), and ] (born 1984). Donald Jr. learned to speak fluent ] (with the help of his maternal grandfather), while Ivanka gained only a basic understanding of her mother's native tongue, and Eric was not exposed to the language since his grandparents were comfortable using English.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rayner|first=Polly|date=May 14, 1989|title=Ivana Trump Now Fashions Herself As Plaza's Innkeeper|url=https://www.mcall.com/1989/05/14/ivana-trump-now-fashions-herself-as-plazas-innkeeper/|access-date=August 23, 2020|website=The Morning Call|archive-date=August 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804065645/http://articles.mcall.com/1989-05-14/features/2690591_1_trump-tower-skis-trump-castle/2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Van Meter|first=Jonathan|date=December 3, 2004|title=Did Their Father Really Know Best?|url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/10610/|access-date=August 11, 2016|work=New York|archive-date=August 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802130124/http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/10610/|url-status=live}}</ref>


A reviewer of the 2018 ] documentary miniseries on Donald Trump, ''],'' described Ivana as a "charismatic workaholic, a career woman, an equal", and a life partner deliberately chosen by Trump to "work beside him and challenge him."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Placido|first=Dani Di|title='Trump: An American Dream' Plays Like A Supervillain Origin Story|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2018/04/12/trump-an-american-dream-plays-like-a-supervillain-origin-story/|access-date=2020-08-25|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref> A reviewer of the 2018 ] documentary miniseries on Donald, ''],'' described Ivana as a "charismatic workaholic, a career woman, an equal", and a life partner deliberately chosen by Trump to "work beside him and challenge him."<ref>{{cite web|last=Placido|first=Dani Di|title='Trump: An American Dream' Plays Like A Supervillain Origin Story|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2018/04/12/trump-an-american-dream-plays-like-a-supervillain-origin-story/|access-date=August 25, 2020|website=Forbes|language=en|archive-date=February 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202094224/https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2018/04/12/trump-an-american-dream-plays-like-a-supervillain-origin-story/|url-status=live}}</ref>


The Trumps' troubled marriage became the subject of public interest over the Christmas holiday in 1989 when—on vacation in ]— they were observed fighting after Ivana encountered Donald Trump's mistress ].<ref name=":11">{{cite web|last1=Lavin|first1=Cheryl|date=February 18, 1990|title=With 'Dynasty' Dead, Just Tune To The Trumps|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-02-18/features/9001140529_1_ivana-trump-donald-trump-marla-maples|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405233832/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-02-18/features/9001140529_1_ivana-trump-donald-trump-marla-maples |archive-date=April 5, 2014 |access-date=October 13, 2016|work=]}}</ref> The '']'' reported that by February 1990, Donald Trump had locked Ivana out of her office at the Plaza Hotel, and a legal battle ensued over the legitimacy of the four ] agreements the pair had successively negotiated over the years.<ref name=":11" /> The Trumps' troubled marriage became the subject of public interest over the ] in 1989 when—on vacation in ]—they were observed fighting after Ivana encountered Donald's mistress ].<ref name=":11">{{cite web|last1=Lavin|first1=Cheryl|date=February 18, 1990|title=With 'Dynasty' Dead, Just Tune To The Trumps|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1990/02/18/with-dynasty-dead-just-tune-to-the-trumps/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405233832/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-02-18/features/9001140529_1_ivana-trump-donald-trump-marla-maples |archive-date=April 5, 2014 |access-date=October 13, 2016|url-status=live|work=]}}</ref> The '']'' reported that by February 1990, Donald had locked Ivana out of her office at the ], and a legal battle ensued over the legitimacy of the four ] agreements the pair had successively negotiated over the years.<ref name=":11" />


In October 1990, Ivana's 63-year-old father, Miloš Zelníček, died suddenly from a heart attack. According to '']'', her father was an informer for Czechoslovakia's ] (StB) ] who relayed information from his daughter, including a correct prediction that ] would win the ].<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite news |last1=Harding |first1=Luke |title='A very different world' – inside the Czech spying operation on Trump |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/29/czechoslovakia-spied-on-trump-to-exploit-ties-to-highest-echelons-of-us-power |access-date=29 October 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=29 October 2018}}</ref> Despite their marital troubles and pending divorce, Ivana stood side by side with Donald Trump at her father's funeral in ]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Libiger |first1=Milan |last2=Železník |first2=Tomáš |title=Trumpa přivedl do Zlína tchánův pohřeb, děti sem jezdily na prázdniny |url=https://www.idnes.cz/zlin/zpravy/donald-trump-byl-ve-zline-synove-vzpominaji-na-prazdniny-u-prarodicu.A161110_2285077_zlin-zpravy_ras |website=iDNES.cz |access-date=19 January 2019 |language=cs |date=2016-11-11 |quote=Father-in-law's funeral brought Trump to Zlín, his children used to spend holidays there}}</ref> held in November 1990.<ref name="The Guardian"/> The service was also attended by Jaroslav Jansa, secret collaborator to the ].<ref name="The Guardian"/> In October 1990, Ivana's 63-year-old father, Miloš Zelníček, died suddenly from a heart attack. According to '']'', her father was an informer for Czechoslovakia's ] (StB) ] who relayed information from his daughter, including a correct prediction that ] would win the ].<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite news |last1=Harding |first1=Luke |title='A very different world' – inside the Czech spying operation on Trump |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/29/czechoslovakia-spied-on-trump-to-exploit-ties-to-highest-echelons-of-us-power |access-date=October 29, 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=October 29, 2018 |archive-date=January 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130030236/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/29/czechoslovakia-spied-on-trump-to-exploit-ties-to-highest-echelons-of-us-power |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite their marital troubles and pending divorce, Donald stood at her side at her father's funeral in ]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Libiger |first1=Milan |last2=Železník |first2=Tomáš |title=Trumpa přivedl do Zlína tchánův pohřeb, děti sem jezdily na prázdniny |url=https://www.idnes.cz/zlin/zpravy/donald-trump-byl-ve-zline-synove-vzpominaji-na-prazdniny-u-prarodicu.A161110_2285077_zlin-zpravy_ras |website=iDNES.cz |access-date=January 19, 2019 |language=cs |date=November 11, 2016 |quote=Father-in-law's funeral brought Trump to Zlín, his children used to spend holidays there |archive-date=April 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414152215/https://www.idnes.cz/zlin/zpravy/donald-trump-byl-ve-zline-synove-vzpominaji-na-prazdniny-u-prarodicu.A161110_2285077_zlin-zpravy_ras |url-status=live }}</ref> held in November 1990.<ref name="The Guardian"/>


The Trumps' divorce proceedings received worldwide publicity.<ref name=":12" /> Front-page coverage appeared in New York tabloid newspapers for eleven days in a row, and the story was the subject of ] entire news coverage for three months.<ref name="leland20170730">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/nyregion/liz-smith-lions-of-new-york.html |title=Life Among the Boldface Names |last=Leland |first=John |date=July 30, 2017 |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 28, 2017 |page=MB1 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In a deposition relating to their divorce, Ivana accused Donald Trump of rape and of pulling out handfuls of her hair.<ref name=":13">{{Cite news|last1=Ross|first1=Barbara|last2=Brown|first2=Stephen Rex|date=September 17, 2016|title=Court docs reveal Donald Trump's 'cruel' treatment of Ivana|language=en|work=NY Daily News|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/court-docs-reveal-donald-trump-cruel-treatment-ivana-article-1.2796179|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917194525/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/court-docs-reveal-donald-trump-cruel-treatment-ivana-article-1.2796179 |archive-date=September 17, 2016 |access-date=October 15, 2017}}</ref> In ]'s book ''Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump'', she confirmed that she had "felt violated". However, in a statement provided by Donald Trump and his lawyers, she said that she had used the word "rape", but she did not "want words to be interpreted in a literal or criminal sense."<ref name=":0"/> The uncontested divorce was granted in December 1990 on the grounds of cruel and inhumane treatment by Donald Trump.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|last=Barron|first=James|date=December 12, 1990|title=Trumps Get Divorce; Next, Who Gets What?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/12/nyregion/trumps-get-divorce-next-who-gets-what.html|access-date=7 September 2019|website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite news|last=Hylton|first=Richard D. |date=March 21, 1991 |title=Trumps Settle; She Gets $14 Million Plus|work=] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/21/nyregion/trumps-settle-she-gets-14-million-plus.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525231304/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/21/nyregion/trumps-settle-she-gets-14-million-plus.html |archive-date=May 25, 2015 |access-date=November 13, 2021}}</ref> Ivana had to sign a ] as a condition of the divorce settlement, and she was required to seek Donald Trump's permission before publicly discussing their marriage.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|author=Mak|first=Tim|last2=Zadrozny|first2=Brandy|date=July 27, 2015|title=Ex-Wife: Donald Trump Made Me Feel 'Violated' During Sex|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-wife-donald-trump-made-me-feel-violated-during-sex|access-date=November 9, 2020|work=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Heil|first=Emily|date=October 11, 2017|title=Here are some fabulous lines from Ivana Trump's 1995 divorce manual|newspaper=]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2017/10/11/here-are-some-fabulous-lines-from-ivana-trumps-1995-divorce-manual/|access-date=August 28, 2020}}</ref> ''The New York Times'' reported in 1991 that Ivana's divorce settlement included $14 million, a 45-room Connecticut mansion, an apartment in the ], and the use of ] for one month a year.<ref name=":15" /> The divorce was finalized in 1992.<ref name=":13" /> The Trumps' divorce proceedings received worldwide publicity.<ref name=":12" /> Front-page coverage appeared in New York tabloid newspapers for eleven days in a row, and the story was the subject of gossip columnist ]'s entire news coverage for three months.<ref name="leland20170730">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/nyregion/liz-smith-lions-of-new-york.html |title=Life Among the Boldface Names |last=Leland |first=John |date=July 30, 2017 |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 28, 2017 |page=MB1 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728104144/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/nyregion/liz-smith-lions-of-new-york.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In a deposition relating to their divorce, Ivana accused Donald of rape.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Ross|first1=Barbara|last2=Brown|first2=Stephen Rex|date=September 17, 2016|title=Court docs reveal Donald Trump's 'cruel' treatment of Ivana|language=en|work=NY Daily News|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/court-docs-reveal-donald-trump-cruel-treatment-ivana-article-1.2796179|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917194525/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/court-docs-reveal-donald-trump-cruel-treatment-ivana-article-1.2796179 |archive-date=September 17, 2016 |access-date=October 15, 2017}}</ref> In ]'s book ''Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump'', she confirmed that she had "felt violated". However, in a statement provided by Donald and his lawyers, she said that she had used the word "rape", but she did not "want words to be interpreted in a literal or criminal sense."<ref name=":0"/> The uncontested divorce was granted in December 1990 on the grounds of cruel and inhumane treatment by Donald.<ref name=":12">{{cite news|last=Barron|first=James|date=December 12, 1990|title=Trumps Get Divorce; Next, Who Gets What?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/12/nyregion/trumps-get-divorce-next-who-gets-what.html|access-date=September 7, 2019|website=The New York Times|archive-date=May 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508224859/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/12/nyregion/trumps-get-divorce-next-who-gets-what.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=unseal the records|url=https://static.politico.com/52/3c/4e17d1ba4d8a89254bb71460b28e/trumpdivorceunsealpdf.pdf|publisher=Politico|page=6|access-date=April 21, 2024}}</ref> Ivana had to sign a ] as a condition of the divorce settlement, and she was required to seek Donald's permission before publicly discussing their marriage.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|author=Mak|first1=Tim|last2=Zadrozny|first2=Brandy|author-link2=Brandy Zadrozny|date=July 27, 2015|title=Ex-Wife: Donald Trump Made Me Feel 'Violated' During Sex|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-wife-donald-trump-made-me-feel-violated-during-sex|access-date=November 9, 2020|work=]|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109014859/http://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-wife-donald-trump-made-me-feel-violated-during-sex|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Heil|first=Emily|date=October 11, 2017|title=Here are some fabulous lines from Ivana Trump's 1995 divorce manual|newspaper=]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2017/10/11/here-are-some-fabulous-lines-from-ivana-trumps-1995-divorce-manual/|access-date=August 28, 2020|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203025248/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2017/10/11/here-are-some-fabulous-lines-from-ivana-trumps-1995-divorce-manual/|url-status=live}}</ref> '']'' reported in 1991 that Ivana's divorce settlement included $14 million, a 45-room Connecticut mansion, an apartment in the ], and the use of ] for one month a year.<ref name=":15">{{Cite news|last=Hylton|first=Richard D. |date=March 21, 1991 |title=Trumps Settle; She Gets $14 Million Plus|work=] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/21/nyregion/trumps-settle-she-gets-14-million-plus.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525231304/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/21/nyregion/trumps-settle-she-gets-14-million-plus.html |archive-date=May 25, 2015 |access-date=November 13, 2021}}</ref>

While in the UK promoting her book, Ivana stated that her ex-husband is "definitely not racist."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-01-15|title=Ivana Trump: Donald is 'definitely not racist'. He just says 'silly things'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ivana-trump-donald-not-racist-ex-wife-shithole-haiti-african-countries-el-salvador-a8160526.html|access-date=2022-01-20|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref>


==Career== ==Career==
During her marriage to Donald Trump, Ivana took on major roles in ], working as a senior executive for seven years,<ref>{{Cite web|last=McCauley|first=Dana|date=2016-04-29|title=This is the woman who made Donald Trump a household name|url=https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/this-is-the-woman-who-made-donald-trump-a-household-name/news-story/429266fca850e552ef18f66cfd4718f6|access-date=2020-08-25|website=NewsComAu|language=en}}</ref> including executive vice president for interior design.<ref name=":8"/><ref name=":7"/> She led the interior design of Trump Tower with its signature pink marble.<ref name=":8"/> Ivana was appointed CEO<ref>{{Cite web|last=Burleigh|first=Nina|date=2017-02-01|title=What Melania, Ivanka, Ivana, Marla tell us about the role of women in Trump's world|url=https://www.newsweek.com/2017/02/10/melania-ivanka-ivana-marla-women-trump-world-550804.html|access-date=2020-08-24|website=Newsweek|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ellison|first=Sarah|title=IVANKA'S APPRENTICE {{!}} Vanity Fair {{!}} February 2017|url=https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/share/a82ef66c-786f-4437-8f94-4333a3f0fb72?itm_content=footer-recirc|access-date=2021-01-12|website=Vanity Fair {{!}} The Complete Archive|language=en-US}}</ref> and president of the ] in ] and later became the manager of the ] in ]. During her marriage to Donald, Ivana took on major roles in ], working as a senior executive for seven years,<ref>{{cite web|last=McCauley|first=Dana|date=April 29, 2016|title=This is the woman who made Donald Trump a household name|url=https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/this-is-the-woman-who-made-donald-trump-a-household-name/news-story/429266fca850e552ef18f66cfd4718f6|access-date=August 25, 2020|website=NewsComAu|language=en|archive-date=November 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104211237/https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/this-is-the-woman-who-made-donald-trump-a-household-name/news-story/429266fca850e552ef18f66cfd4718f6|url-status=live}}</ref> including executive vice president for interior design.<ref name=":8">{{Cite magazine|last=Shnayerson|first=Michael|date=January 2, 1988|title=Inside Ivana's Role in Donald Trump's Empire|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/1988/01/ivana-trump-business-empire|access-date=August 23, 2020|magazine=Vanity Fair|archive-date=December 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229002006/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/1988/01/ivana-trump-business-empire|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":7"/> She led the interior design of Trump Tower with its signature pink marble.<ref name=":8"/> Ivana was appointed CEO<ref>{{cite web|last=Burleigh|first=Nina|date=February 1, 2017|title=What Melania, Ivanka, Ivana, Marla tell us about the role of women in Trump's world|url=https://www.newsweek.com/2017/02/10/melania-ivanka-ivana-marla-women-trump-world-550804.html|access-date=August 24, 2020|website=Newsweek|language=en|archive-date=January 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110022312/https://www.newsweek.com/2017/02/10/melania-ivanka-ivana-marla-women-trump-world-550804.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ellison|first=Sarah|title=Ivanka's Apprentice|url=https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/share/a82ef66c-786f-4437-8f94-4333a3f0fb72?itm_content=footer-recirc|access-date=January 12, 2021|publisher=Vanity Fair|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114052422/https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/share/a82ef66c-786f-4437-8f94-4333a3f0fb72?itm_content=footer-recirc|url-status=live}}</ref> and president of the ] in ], later becoming the manager of the ] in ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a27198622/the-plaza-hotel-scandals/ |title=10 Juiciest Secrets of the Plaza Hotel – Donald Trump's Ownership of the Plaza |publisher=Townandcountrymag.com |date=June 7, 2019 |accessdate=July 14, 2022 |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222171036/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a27198622/the-plaza-hotel-scandals/ |url-status=live}}</ref>


===Business ventures=== ===Business ventures===
Soon after the divorce, Trump developed lines of clothing, fashion jewelry and beauty products that have been sold through television shopping channels, including the ]<ref name=":9">{{Cite news|last=Dullea|first=Georgia|date=1995-04-05|title=AT WORK WITH: Ivana Trump; Thinner, Blonder, Wiser|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/05/garden/at-work-with-ivana-trump-thinner-blonder-wiser.html|access-date=2020-08-23|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and ].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Trump|first=Ivana|date=October 9, 2017|title=Read an Exclusive Excerpt From Ivana Trump's New Memoir|url=https://time.com/4972300/ivana-trump-excerpt/|access-date=2020-08-23|magazine=Time}}</ref> In 1995, she presided over the House of Ivana, a fashion and fragrance company with a showroom located on ] in New York.<ref name=":9" /> Soon after the divorce, Ivana developed lines of clothing, fashion jewelry, and beauty products which have been sold through television shopping channels, including the ]<ref name=":9">{{Cite news|last=Dullea|first=Georgia|date=April 5, 1995|title=AT WORK WITH: Ivana Trump; Thinner, Blonder, Wiser|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/05/garden/at-work-with-ivana-trump-thinner-blonder-wiser.html|access-date=August 23, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=February 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202192323/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/05/garden/at-work-with-ivana-trump-thinner-blonder-wiser.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and ].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Trump|first=Ivana|date=October 9, 2017|title=Read an Exclusive Excerpt From Ivana Trump's New Memoir|url=https://time.com/4972300/ivana-trump-excerpt/|access-date=August 23, 2020|magazine=Time|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112031351/https://time.com/4972300/ivana-trump-excerpt/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1995, she presided over the House of Ivana, a fashion and fragrance company with a showroom located on ] in New York.<ref name=":9" />


In 1998, she pursued business interests in ] (a vacation destination her parents frequently visited), which included the purchase of 33% of the nation's second largest daily newspaper.<ref>{{cite web|title=Successful Beach Polo Premiere in Croatia|url=http://www.poloplus10.com/rovinj-beach-polo-cup-2016-successful-beach-polo-premiere-croatia-65141/|website=POLO+10 The Polo Magazine|date=May 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Tribune New Services|title=And The Town's Name Rang A Bell With Her|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-01-22/news/9801220095_1_ivana-trump-donald-trump-croatia|work=Chicago Tribune|date=January 22, 1998|language=en}}</ref> In 1998, she pursued business interests in ] (a vacation destination her parents frequently visited), which included the purchase of 33% of the nation's second largest daily newspaper, Polo+10.<ref>{{cite web|title=Successful Beach Polo Premiere in Croatia|url=http://www.poloplus10.com/rovinj-beach-polo-cup-2016-successful-beach-polo-premiere-croatia-65141/|website=POLO+10 The Polo Magazine|date=May 19, 2016|access-date=November 17, 2016|archive-date=February 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202141026/https://www.poloplus10.com/rovinj-beach-polo-cup-2016-successful-beach-polo-premiere-croatia-65141/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Tribune New Services|title=And The Town's Name Rang A Bell With Her|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/01/22/and-the-towns-name-rang-a-bell-with-her/|work=Chicago Tribune|date=January 22, 1998|language=en|access-date=November 17, 2016|archive-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627034310/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-01-22/news/9801220095_1_ivana-trump-donald-trump-croatia|url-status=live}}</ref>


In 2004, the Ivana-branded Bentley Bay development in Miami, Florida, filed for bankruptcy.<ref name="brand">{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Aug-15-Mon-2005/business/2867912.html|title=High-Rise Development: Ivana buys into project|last=Robison|first=Jennifer|date=August 15, 2005|work=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051029050640/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Aug-15-Mon-2005/business/2867912.html|archive-date=October 29, 2005}}</ref> In 2005, Trump was involved in several proposed condominium projects, including the never-built ].<ref name="brand" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jul-19-Wed-2006/news/8570964.html|title=Pamela, Kid Rock finally to marry|last=Clarke|first=Norm|date=July 19, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720221601/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jul-19-Wed-2006/news/8570964.html|archive-date=July 20, 2006}}</ref> The Ivana-branded Bentley Bay development in ], filed for bankruptcy in 2004.<ref name="brand">{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Aug-15-Mon-2005/business/2867912.html|title=High-Rise Development: Ivana buys into project|last=Robison|first=Jennifer|date=August 15, 2005|work=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051029050640/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Aug-15-Mon-2005/business/2867912.html|archive-date=October 29, 2005}}</ref> The following year, she was involved in several proposed condominium projects, including the never-built ].<ref name="brand" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jul-19-Wed-2006/news/8570964.html|title=Pamela, Kid Rock finally to marry|last=Clarke|first=Norm|date=July 19, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720221601/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jul-19-Wed-2006/news/8570964.html|archive-date=July 20, 2006}}</ref>


In 2010, she sued Finnish fashion company ], accusing it of selling women's clothing that incorporated her name without permission.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Stempel|first=Jonathan|date=September 16, 2010|title=Ivana Trump sues Finnish designer over name|work=Reuters|url=https://in.reuters.com/article/us-ivanahelsinki-ivanatrump/ivana-trump-sues-finnish-designer-over-name-idINTRE68F4BQ20100916|access-date=August 25, 2020}}</ref> In 2010, she sued Finnish fashion company ], accusing it of selling women's clothing that incorporated her name without permission.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Stempel|first=Jonathan|date=September 16, 2010|title=Ivana Trump sues Finnish designer over name|work=Reuters|url=https://in.reuters.com/article/us-ivanahelsinki-ivanatrump/ivana-trump-sues-finnish-designer-over-name-idINTRE68F4BQ20100916|access-date=August 25, 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625074708/https://in.reuters.com/article/us-ivanahelsinki-ivanatrump/ivana-trump-sues-finnish-designer-over-name-idINTRE68F4BQ20100916|url-status=dead}}</ref>


===Writing=== ===Writing===
Ivana wrote several books, including ''For Love Alone'' (1992), ''Free to Love'', (1993) and a ] book called ''The Best Is Yet to Come: Coping with Divorce and Enjoying Life Again'' (1995).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.writerswrite.com/ivana-trump-raising-trump-memoir-4052017177 |title=Ivana Trump to Publish Memoir About Raising Ivanka, Don Jr. and Eric Called Raising Trump |publisher=Writerswrite.com |date=April 5, 2017 |accessdate=July 14, 2022 |archive-date=June 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616013751/https://www.writerswrite.com/ivana-trump-raising-trump-memoir-4052017177 |url-status=live }}</ref> Trump wrote an advice column about love and life for '']'', titled Ask Ivana, from June 1995 through January 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1957&dat=19950601&id=KHk1AAAAIBAJ&pg=3910,149601|title=Ask Ivana|work=]|date=June 1, 1995|access-date=November 28, 2016|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203093120/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1957&dat=19950601&id=KHk1AAAAIBAJ&pg=3910,149601|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Trump|first=Ivana|date=January 25, 2010|title=Bye, Bye Ivana!|magazine=]|page=18|quote=Dear Readers: After years of hard work and devoted service as GLOBE's advice columnist, I regretfully have decided to resign from the position. While I have thoroughly enjoyed being a part of the GLOBE family, as well as the many friendships that I have developed over the years, other business pursuits, both nationally and internationally, will not allow me to devote the attention necessary to the column and to my readers.}}</ref>
Trump published several books, including ''For Love Alone'' (1992), ''Free to Love'' (1993) and a ] book called ''The Best Is Yet to Come: Coping with Divorce and Enjoying Life Again'' (1995).


In February 1999, Ivana launched her own lifestyle magazine titled ''Ivana's Living in Style''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1999-02-24/lifestyle/9902230731_1_ivana-trump-miniskirt-takeout|title=Picture This: Ivana Has Her Own Magazine|last=White|first=Diane|work=]|date=February 24, 1999|access-date=November 29, 2016|archive-date=November 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129145805/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1999-02-24/lifestyle/9902230731_1_ivana-trump-miniskirt-takeout|url-status=dead}}</ref> She contributed an advice column for ''Divorce Magazine'' in 2001.<ref>Zwecker, Bill, "Ivana's trump? Divorce column that shares all she's learned", ''Chicago Sun-Times'', January 24, 2001</ref>
Trump wrote an advice column about love and life for '']'', titled Ask Ivana, from June 1995 through January 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1957&dat=19950601&id=KHk1AAAAIBAJ&pg=3910,149601|title=Ask Ivana|work= ]|date=June 1, 1995|access-date= November 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Trump|first=Ivana|date=January 25, 2010|title=Bye, Bye Ivana!|magazine=]|page=18|quote=Dear Readers: After years of hard work and devoted service as GLOBE's advice columnist, I regretfully have decided to resign from the position. While I have thoroughly enjoyed being a part of the GLOBE family, as well as the many friendships that I have developed over the years, other business pursuits, both nationally and internationally, will not allow me to devote the attention necessary to the column and to my readers.}}</ref>


Ivana released an autobiography, ''Raising Trump'', in 2017. It covered her own upbringing and the early years of raising her children with Donald.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |last=Collins |first=Gail |author-link=Gail Collins |date=October 12, 2017 |title=The Trumps, the Poodle, the Sex Scandal|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/opinion/ivana-ivanka-trump-book.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |newspaper=] |access-date=February 9, 2020 |archive-date=February 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209011209/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/opinion/ivana-ivanka-trump-book.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Trump|first1=Ivana|title=Raising Trump|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gQ5aDgAAQBAJ&q=Raising+Trump|date=October 2017|publisher=]|via=]|isbn=978-1-5011-7728-6|access-date=October 2, 2020|archive-date=February 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216202918/https://books.google.com/books?id=gQ5aDgAAQBAJ&q=Raising+Trump|url-status=live}}</ref>
In February 1999, Trump launched her own lifestyle magazine titled ''Ivana's Living in Style''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1999-02-24/lifestyle/9902230731_1_ivana-trump-miniskirt-takeout|title=Picture This: Ivana Has Her Own Magazine|last=White|first=Diane|work=]|date=February 24, 1999|access-date=November 29, 2016|archive-date=November 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129145805/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1999-02-24/lifestyle/9902230731_1_ivana-trump-miniskirt-takeout|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2001, she contributed an advice column for ''Divorce Magazine''.<ref>Zwecker, Bill, "Ivana's trump? Divorce column that shares all she's learned", ''Chicago Sun-Times'', January 24, 2001</ref>

In 2017, she released an autobiography, '']'', that covered her own upbringing and the early years of raising her children with ].<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |last=Collins |first=Gail |author-link=Gail Collins |date=October 12, 2017 |title=The Trumps, the Poodle, the Sex Scandal|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/opinion/ivana-ivanka-trump-book.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |newspaper=] |access-date=February 9, 2020 |archive-date=February 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209011209/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/opinion/ivana-ivanka-trump-book.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Trump|first1=Ivana|title=Raising Trump|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gQ5aDgAAQBAJ&q=Raising+Trump|date=October 2017|publisher=]|via=]|isbn=978-1-5011-7728-6}}</ref>


==Media appearances== ==Media appearances==
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Ivana and Donald Trump made several appearances together on TV programs including '']'' in April 1988,<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 25, 1988|title=Donald Trump on Marriage: 'Ultimately Ivana Does Exactly As I Tell Her to Do' |language=en-us |publisher=Oprah.com |url=http://www.oprah.com/own-oprahshow/donald-trump-ultimately-ivana-does-exactly-as-i-tell-her-to-do|access-date=2020-08-24}}</ref> followed by the BBC's '']'' in May 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 23, 1988|title=Wogan: Donald Trump and Dame Edna|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/donald-trump-dame-edna-wogan/zjxcf4j|access-date=2020-08-24|publisher=BBC Archive|language=en}}</ref> After her divorce from Donald Trump, Ivana was interviewed by ] for ABC's '']''. In 1991, Donald Trump cut off her alimony payments after the interview and announced his intention to sue Ivana for monetary damages.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Winship|first=Frederick M.|date=May 14, 1991|title=Trump ends Ivana's alimony over TV interview|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/05/14/Trump-ends-Ivanas-alimony-over-TV-interview/1397674193600/|access-date=2020-08-23|publisher=UPI|language=en}}</ref> Ivana and Donald made several appearances together on television programs including '']'' in April 1988,<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 25, 1988|title=Donald Trump on Marriage: 'Ultimately Ivana Does Exactly As I Tell Her to Do'|language=en-us|publisher=Oprah.com|url=http://www.oprah.com/own-oprahshow/donald-trump-ultimately-ivana-does-exactly-as-i-tell-her-to-do|access-date=August 24, 2020|archive-date=November 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121145501/http://www.oprah.com/own-oprahshow/donald-trump-ultimately-ivana-does-exactly-as-i-tell-her-to-do|url-status=live}}</ref> followed by the BBC's '']'' in May 1988.<ref>{{cite web|date=May 23, 1988|title=Wogan: Donald Trump and Dame Edna|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/donald-trump-dame-edna-wogan/zjxcf4j|access-date=August 24, 2020|publisher=BBC Archive|language=en|archive-date=November 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110110400/https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/donald-trump-dame-edna-wogan/zjxcf4j|url-status=live}}</ref> After her divorce from Donald, Ivana was interviewed by ] for ABC's '']''. In 1991, Donald cut off her ] payments after the interview and announced his intention to sue Ivana for monetary damages.<ref>{{cite web|last=Winship|first=Frederick M.|date=May 14, 1991|title=Trump ends Ivana's alimony over TV interview|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/05/14/Trump-ends-Ivanas-alimony-over-TV-interview/1397674193600/|access-date=August 23, 2020|publisher=UPI|language=en|archive-date=January 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111065258/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/05/14/Trump-ends-Ivanas-alimony-over-TV-interview/1397674193600/|url-status=live}}</ref> She returned to ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' in 1992 with the message, "I will not let men dominate me anymore."<ref>{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Isabel|date=December 5, 2019|title=Donald Trump Reportedly Told Then-Wife Ivana Trump to 'Never Look a Day Over 28'|url=https://money.yahoo.com/donald-trump-reportedly-told-then-223000422.html|access-date=August 24, 2020|publisher=Yahoo! Money|agency=]|language=en-US|archive-date=October 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025031640/https://money.yahoo.com/donald-trump-reportedly-told-then-223000422.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


Ivana had a cameo role in the ] film '']'' (1996) with the line, "Ladies, you have to be strong and independent. And remember: don't get mad, get everything."<ref name="Cettl">{{cite book|last1=Cettl|first1=Robert|title=Film Talk|date=2010|publisher=Wider Screenings|isbn=9780987050038|page=54}}</ref> She was the host of a reality TV special titled '']'', which aired on ] in 2006. In the reality dating program, she helped a wealthy, middle-aged woman find a younger partner.<ref name=":2" /> In 2010, Trump appeared in UK television series, '']'', which she placed 7th.<ref name=":2" />
Trump returned to ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' in 1992 after her divorce from Donald and stated "I will not let men dominate me anymore."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Isabel|date=December 5, 2019|title=Donald Trump Reportedly Told Then-Wife Ivana Trump to 'Never Look a Day Over 28' |url=https://money.yahoo.com/donald-trump-reportedly-told-then-223000422.html|access-date=2020-08-24 |publisher=Yahoo! Money |agency=] |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
She had a ] role in the ] film '']'' (1996) with the line, "Ladies, you have to be strong and independent. And remember, don't get mad, get everything."<ref name="Cettl">{{cite book|last1=Cettl|first1=Robert|title=Film Talk|date=2010|publisher=Wider Screenings|isbn=9780987050038|page=54}}</ref>
Ivana was married four times. Her first marriage, to Alfred Winklmayr, was for the goal of securing ].<ref name=":1"/>


Ivana was married to Donald from 1977 to 1990, and they had three children, ] in 1977, ] in 1981, and ] in 1984.<ref name="The Washington Post"/> She became a naturalized ] in 1988.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 27, 1988 |title=Ivana Trump becomes U.S. citizen |agency=] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1899&dat=19880527&id=LiEgAAAAIBAJ&pg=5053,3823442 |url-status=live |access-date=August 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418083356/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1899&dat=19880527&id=LiEgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YmYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5053,3823442 |archive-date=April 18, 2019}}</ref>{{sfn|Hurt III|1993|p=236}}
Trump was the host of a reality TV special titled '']'', which aired on ] in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|last=Peyser|first=Andrea|title=Ivana: Give Me a Stud; Boy-Toy Joy On Her Dating Reality Show|url=https://nypost.com/2006/04/30/ivana-give-me-a-stud-boy-toy-joy-on-her-dating-reality-show/|access-date=November 29, 2017|work=]|date=April 30, 2006}}</ref> In the reality dating program, she helped a wealthy, middle-aged woman find a younger partner.<ref name=":2" />


Ivana married Italian entrepreneur and international businessman ] in November 1995.<ref>{{cite web|last=Green|first=Michelle|date=July 21, 1997|title=Riccardo, We Hardly Knew Ye|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20122713,00.html|access-date=July 22, 2016|work=]|archive-date=July 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725181247/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20122713,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":16" /> They divorced in 1997.<ref name=":14">{{cite web|date=September 24, 2017|title=Ivana Trump Former Husband Riccardo Mazzucchelli Dies|url=https://radaronline.com/videos/ivana-trump-former-husband-riccardo-mazzucchelli-dies/|access-date=August 23, 2020|website=RadarOnline|language=en-US|archive-date=August 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802003609/https://radaronline.com/videos/ivana-trump-former-husband-riccardo-mazzucchelli-dies/|url-status=live}}</ref> That same year, she filed a $15 million breach of contract suit against Mazzucchelli for violating the confidentiality clause in their prenuptial agreement,<ref>{{cite web|last=Baker|first=K.C.|date=July 10, 1997|title=Ivana wants to muzzle soon-to-be-ex|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/ivana-muzzle-soon-to-be-ex-article-1.771313|access-date=July 22, 2016|work=New York Daily News|archive-date=August 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803180318/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/ivana-muzzle-soon-to-be-ex-article-1.771313|url-status=live}}</ref> while Mazzucchelli sued Ivana and her ex-husband Donald in a British court for libel.<ref name=":16">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/husband-sues-ivana-and-donald-trump-for-libel-1253222.html|title=Husband sues Ivana and Donald Trump for libel|date=July 29, 1997|work=]|access-date=July 22, 2016|archive-date=August 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820040337/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/husband-sues-ivana-and-donald-trump-for-libel-1253222.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The suit was later settled under undisclosed terms.<ref name=":14" />
In 2010, Trump appeared in the UK version of '']''.<ref name=":2" />


In the summer of 1997, she began dating Italian aristocrat Count Roffredo ] Lovatelli.<ref>{{cite web|title=Muore nell'auto mentre va a trovare la madre – Il Tirreno|url=https://ricerca.gelocal.it/iltirreno/archivio/iltirreno/2005/12/24/LG1PO_LG101.html|access-date=October 30, 2021|website=Archivio – Il Tirreno|language=it|archive-date=October 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030023144/https://ricerca.gelocal.it/iltirreno/archivio/iltirreno/2005/12/24/LG1PO_LG101.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Their relationship continued until his death in 2005.<ref>{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = Wadler| first = Joyce| title = PUBLIC LIVES; Ivana's Boy Toy (for the Record, He's a Prince)| work = The New York Times| access-date = March 29, 2017| date = March 20, 1998| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/20/nyregion/public-lives-ivana-s-boy-toy-for-the-record-he-s-a-prince.html| archive-date = March 30, 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170330005329/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/20/nyregion/public-lives-ivana-s-boy-toy-for-the-record-he-s-a-prince.html| url-status = live}}</ref>
== Personal life ==

Trump married four times. Her first marriage, to Alfred Winklmayr, was for the goal of securing Austrian nationality, according to a biographer.<ref name=":10"/> She was married to Donald Trump from 1977 to 1992, and had three children with him: ] in 1977, ] in 1981 and ] in 1984.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|last1=Domb Sadof|first1=Karly|last2=Rindler|first2=Danielle|last3=Sellers|first3=Frances|date=January 13, 2017|title=An unusual first family|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-family-tree/|access-date=February 27, 2021}}</ref>
Ivana dated Italian actor and model Rossano Rubicondi for six years before they married on April 12, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|date=June 26, 2019|title=Ivana Trump and Ex-Husband Rossano Rubicondi Split for Second Time|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/ivana-trump-and-rossano-rubicondi-split-for-second-time/|access-date=August 23, 2020|website=Us Weekly|language=en-US|archive-date=October 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029173824/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/ivana-trump-and-rossano-rubicondi-split-for-second-time/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":6" /> The marriage to Rubicondi, 36, was the fourth for Ivana, who was 23 years his senior at the age of 59.<ref name=":6">{{cite web|last=Marx|first=Linda|date=April 12, 2008|title=Ivana Trump Marries for the Fourth Time – Weddings, Ivana Trump|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20190959,00.html|access-date=October 24, 2012|work=People|archive-date=May 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518203722/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20190959,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The couple's $3 million wedding for 400 guests was hosted by ex-husband Donald at ] with daughter Ivanka as her maid of honor.<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 17, 2008|title=Ivana Trump weds actor Rossano Rubicond: report|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://in.reuters.com/article/us-celebrities-idINN1748314820080417|access-date=August 23, 2020|archive-date=January 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128093825/http://in.reuters.com/article/us-celebrities-idINN1748314820080417|url-status=dead}}</ref> The wedding was officiated by Ivana's ex-sister-in-law Judge ].<ref name=":6" /> Although Ivana and Rubicondi divorced less than a year later, their ] continued until 2019, when Ivana announced they had once again "called it quits".<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Bryant|first=Kenzie|title=Ivana Trump Reunites With Her One True Love: New York Tabloids|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/06/ivana-trump-breakup-page-six|access-date=August 23, 2020|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=June 27, 2019|language=en-us|archive-date=September 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922202651/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/06/ivana-trump-breakup-page-six|url-status=live}}</ref> Rubicondi died on October 29, 2021, at the age of 49, reportedly from ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/persone/rossano_rubicondi_morto_oggi_cosa_e_successo_covid_ultime_notizie-6289378.html|title=Rossano Rubicondi, morto l'ex marito di Ivana Trump e noto personaggio tv. Simona Ventura: "Fai buon viaggio"|work=Il Messaggero|date=October 29, 2021|access-date=October 30, 2021|archive-date=October 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029203828/https://www.ilmessaggero.it/persone/rossano_rubicondi_morto_oggi_cosa_e_successo_covid_ultime_notizie-6289378.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/ivana-trumps-ex-husband-actor-rossano-rubicondi-dead-at-49/Y6SHBYCVJBEOVGK6QYN2IQBCWE/ |title=Ivana Trump's ex-husband, actor Rossano Rubicondi, dead at 49 |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715120940/https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/ivana-trumps-ex-husband-actor-rossano-rubicondi-dead-at-49/Y6SHBYCVJBEOVGK6QYN2IQBCWE/ |url-status=live |last1=Assuncao |first1=Muri }}</ref>

Ivana had 10 grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web|last=Yasharoff|first=Hannah|date=August 2019|title=Eric and Lara Trump welcome second baby, President Trump's 10th grandchild: 'We love you already!'|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/parenting/2019/08/20/president-donald-trump-tenth-grandchild-eric-lara-trump-welcome-second-kid/2059106001/|access-date=May 24, 2020|website=USA Today|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108001514/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/parenting/2019/08/20/president-donald-trump-tenth-grandchild-eric-lara-trump-welcome-second-kid/2059106001/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the late 2010s, she reportedly split her time between New York City, Miami, and ].<ref name=":2" /> She stated she was fluent in Czech, English, German, French, and Russian.<ref name=":8" />

== FBI inquiry ==
On February 14, 1989, ] (FBI) headquarters in Washington, D.C., recommended a preliminary inquiry into Trump's connections to ] based on information from a confidential source. The inquiry was initiated by the FBI New York Field Office the following week, and is reported to have spanned at least two years.<ref>{{cite news | last1=Leopold | first1=Jason | last2=Beckwith | first2=Ryan | last3=Dorning | first3=Mike | title=FBI Releases Files on Ivana Trump | date=March 28, 2023 | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-27/fbi-releases-files-on-ivana-trump-former-president-s-first-wife | publisher=] | quote=Donald Trump’s first wife, Ivana, was under an FBI counterintelligence inquiry into allegations about her connections in her home country of Czechoslovakia in the 1990s, according to excerpts from her FBI file obtained by Bloomberg News. In one document dated Feb. 14, 1989, the FBI said it “recommended a preliminary inquiry be opened on Ivana Trump” based on information the bureau obtained from a confidential source. According to the document, “it is unknown if the allegations stem from jealousies of her wealth and fame. Investigation continuing.” While the nature of the FBI’s inquiry into Ivana Trump is unknown, it involved the bureau’s counterintelligence division and was highly sensitive, according to the documents, and spanned at least two years. }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=v0 | accessdate=March 28, 2023 | url=https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/rRIdgx38yix8/v0 | page=15 | quote=Preliminary inquiry initiated February 22, 1989 expires June 23, 1989. Leads: Washington Metropolitan Field Office at Washington D.C. }}</ref> In March 2023, it was revealed that Ivana was investigated by the FBI's counterintelligence division into allegations connected to her native Czechoslovakia.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-03-27 |title=FBI Releases Files on Ivana Trump |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-27/fbi-releases-files-on-ivana-trump-former-president-s-first-wife |access-date=2023-03-29}}</ref>


==Death==
Trump married Italian entrepreneur and international businessman Riccardo Mazzucchelli in November 1995.<ref>{{cite web|last=Green|first=Michelle|date=July 21, 1997|title=Riccardo, We Hardly Knew Ye|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20122713,00.html|access-date=July 22, 2016|work=]}}</ref><ref name=":16" /> They divorced in 1997.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|date=2017-09-24|title=Ivana Trump Former Husband Riccardo Mazzucchelli Dies|url=https://radaronline.com/videos/ivana-trump-former-husband-riccardo-mazzucchelli-dies/|access-date=2020-08-23|website=RadarOnline|language=en-US}}</ref> That same year, she filed a $15 million breach of contract suit against Mazzucchelli for violating the confidentiality clause in their prenuptial agreement,<ref>{{cite web|last=Baker|first=K.C.|date=July 10, 1997|title=Ivana wants to muzzle soon-to-be-ex|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/ivana-muzzle-soon-to-be-ex-article-1.771313|access-date=July 22, 2016|work=New York Daily News}}</ref> while Mazzucchelli sued Ivana and Donald Trump in a British court for libel.<ref name=":16">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/husband-sues-ivana-and-donald-trump-for-libel-1253222.html|title=Husband sues Ivana and Donald Trump for libel|date=July 29, 1997|work=]|access-date=July 22, 2016}}</ref> The suit was later settled under undisclosed terms.<ref name=":14"/>
On July 14, 2022, aged 73, Ivana died of ] to the ] after falling down stairs at her home on the ] of ].<ref>{{cite web|author=Adela Suliman and Shayna Jacobs|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/16/ivana-trump-death-accident-torso/|date=July 16, 2022|title=Ivana Trump died of 'blunt impact injuries,' medical examiner says|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ivana Trump died of blunt force injuries to her torso, medical examiner says |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/15/ivana-trump-donald-trump-wife-death-cause |newspaper=] |access-date=July 16, 2022 |last=Vargas |first=Ramon Antonio |language=en |date=July 15, 2022 |archive-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715234735/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/15/ivana-trump-donald-trump-wife-death-cause |url-status=live }}</ref> Her ex-husband, U.S. President Donald Trump, and their three children, alongside a number of politicians and celebrities, posted condolences on social media.<ref name="People tributes">{{cite magazine |last1=Taheri |first1=Amanda |title=The Trump Family, Celebrities and Politicians React to Sudden Passing of Ivana Trump at Age 73 |url=https://people.com/politics/family-celebrities-politicians-react-to-ivana-trump-death/ |access-date=July 14, 2022 |magazine=People |date=July 14, 2022 |archive-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714222944/https://people.com/politics/family-celebrities-politicians-react-to-ivana-trump-death/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="The Washington Post">{{cite news |date=July 14, 2022 |title=Ivana Trump, first wife of former president, has died |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ivana-trump-first-wife-of-former-president-has-died/2022/07/14/1f86a01e-03ae-11ed-8beb-2b4e481b1500_story.html |access-date=July 14, 2022 |newspaper=]|first1=Matt|last1=Schudel|first2=Marc|last2=Fisher|archive-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714201738/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/14/ivana-trump-donald-trump/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Her funeral was held on July 20 at the ], a ] church near her home.<ref name="funeral">{{cite news |last1=Hajela |first1=Deepti |title=Ivana Trump's Funeral In NYC Attended By Donald Trump |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-ivana-trump-funeral_n_62d844b1e4b0a6852c32eeaa |access-date=July 20, 2022 |publisher=Associated Press |date=July 20, 2022}}</ref> Ivana was buried at the ] in ].<ref>{{cite web | last=Hartmann | first=Margaret | title=Why Ivana Trump Was Buried at Bedminster Golf Course: 3 Theories | website=nymag.com| date=1 August 2022 | url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ivana-trump-buried-bedminster-3-theories.html | access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref>


Ivana left behind an estate worth $34&nbsp;million. In her will, the majority of her ] were to be divided among Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric. Other beneficiaries include personal friend Evelyne Galet and the family's former nanny, Dorothy Curry.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Alexander|first=Dan|date=2023-01-16|title= Ivana Trump Left Behind $34 Million. Here's What Is In Her Will |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2023/01/16/ivana-trump-left-behind-34-million-heres-what-is-in-her-will/?sh=39ccb409b20f |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=Forbes |language=en-US}}</ref>
In the summer of 1997, she began dating Italian aristocrat Count Roffredo ] Lovatelli.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Muore nell'auto mentre va a trovare la madre - Il Tirreno|url=https://ricerca.gelocal.it/iltirreno/archivio/iltirreno/2005/12/24/LG1PO_LG101.html|access-date=2021-10-30|website=Archivio - Il Tirreno|language=it}}</ref> The relationship continued until his death in 2005.<ref>{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = Wadler| first = Joyce| title = PUBLIC LIVES; Ivana's Boy Toy (for the Record, He's a Prince)| work = The New York Times| access-date = March 29, 2017| date = March 20, 1998| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/20/nyregion/public-lives-ivana-s-boy-toy-for-the-record-he-s-a-prince.html}}</ref>


==Films and television==
Trump dated Italian actor and model Rossano Rubicondi for six years before they married on April 12, 2008.<ref>{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Richard|url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/02262008/gossip/pagesix/fugitive_dinner_99370.htm|title=Fugitive Dinner|work=], ]|date=February 26, 2008|access-date=December 4, 2020|archive-date=January 30, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130111511/http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/item_uSRiKc7UNJFBMXsPOYa99K;jsessionid=899A51DC1FF3B32EB134BAE443CD2826}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-26|title=Ivana Trump and Ex-Husband Rossano Rubicondi Split for Second Time|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/ivana-trump-and-rossano-rubicondi-split-for-second-time/|access-date=2020-08-23|website=Us Weekly|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":6" /> The marriage to Rubicondi, 36, was the fourth for Ivana, then 59.<ref name=":6">{{cite web|last=Marx|first=Linda|date=April 12, 2008|title=Ivana Trump Marries for the Fourth Time – Weddings, Ivana Trump|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20190959,00.html|access-date=October 24, 2012|work=People|archive-date=May 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518203722/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20190959,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The couple's $3 million wedding for 400 guests was hosted by ex-husband Donald Trump at ] with daughter Ivanka as her maid of honor.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2008-04-17|title=Ivana Trump weds actor Rossano Rubicond: report|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://in.reuters.com/article/us-celebrities-idINN1748314820080417|access-date=2020-08-23}}</ref> The wedding was officiated by Donald's sister Judge ].<ref name=":6" /> Although Ivana and Rubicondi divorced less than a year later, their ] continued until 2019, when Ivana announced they had once again "called it quits".<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Bryant|first=Kenzie|title=Ivana Trump Reunites With Her One True Love: New York Tabloids|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/06/ivana-trump-breakup-page-six|access-date=2020-08-23|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=June 27, 2019|language=en-us}}</ref> Rubicondi died on October 29, 2021, at the age of 49.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/persone/rossano_rubicondi_morto_oggi_cosa_e_successo_covid_ultime_notizie-6289378.html|title=Rossano Rubicondi, morto l'ex marito di Ivana Trump e noto personaggio tv. Simona Ventura: "Fai buon viaggio"|work=Il Messaggero|date=29 October 2021}}</ref>
*She was portrayed by ] in the 2005 television film '']''.
*She was played by ] in the film '']''<ref></ref>


==Written works==
As of August 2019, Trump had ten grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web|last=Yasharoff|first=Hannah|date=August 2019|title=Eric and Lara Trump welcome second baby, President Trump's 10th grandchild: 'We love you already!'|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/parenting/2019/08/20/president-donald-trump-tenth-grandchild-eric-lara-trump-welcome-second-kid/2059106001/|access-date=May 24, 2020|website=USA Today}}</ref> In the late 2010s, she reportedly split her time between New York City, Miami, and ].<ref name=":2"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title
! Year
! Publisher
! ISBN / ASIN
|-
| ''For Love Alone''
| 1992
| ]
| {{ISBN|978-0671790882}}
|-
| ''Free to Love''
| 1993
| ]
| {{ISBN|978-0671743710}}
|-
| ''The Best Is Yet to Come: Coping with Divorce and Enjoying Life Again''
| 1995
| Pocket Books
| {{ISBN|978-0671865696}}
|-
| ''Raising Trump: Family Values from America's First Mother''
| 2017
| ]
| {{ISBN|978-1501177293}}
|-
|}


== Awards and honors ==
Ivana Trump stated she was fluent in German, French, Czech, and Russian.<ref name=":8"/> She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1988.<ref>{{cite news|agency=] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1899&dat=19880527&id=LiEgAAAAIBAJ&pg=5053,3823442|title=Ivana Trump becomes U.S. citizen|date=May 27, 1988|access-date=August 21, 2015}}</ref>{{sfn|Hurt III|1993|p=236}}
* Czech Republic: She was posthumously awarded the ] by President of the Czech Republic ] on 28 October 2022.<ref>{{cite web|first=Michael|last=Kahn|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ivanka-trump-accepts-czech-state-award-behalf-late-mother-ivana-2022-10-29/|title=Ivanka Trump accepts Czech state award on behalf of late mother Ivana|publisher=Reuters|date=29 October 2022|access-date=29 October 2022}}</ref>


== Notes ==
On July 14, 2022, Trump died after going into cardiac arrest at her home in New York.<ref name = WABC/> Her death was announced by ex-husband Donald Trump on the ] app.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ivana-trump-first-wife-of-former-president-has-died/2022/07/14/1f86a01e-03ae-11ed-8beb-2b4e481b1500_story.html</ref>
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* {{cite book |title = Trump: The Deals and the Downfall |last=Barrett|first=Wayne|author-link=Wayne Barrett|publisher=Harper Collins|year=2016|orig-year=1992|edition=First Regan Art Paperback|location=|pages=|isbn=978-1-682450-79-6}} Paperback title: ''The Greatest Show on Earth: The Deals, the Downfall, the Reinvention''. * {{cite book |title = Trump: The Deals and the Downfall |last=Barrett|first=Wayne|author-link=Wayne Barrett|publisher=Harper Collins|year=2016|orig-year=1992|edition=First Regan Art Paperback|location=|pages=|isbn=978-1-682450-79-6}} Paperback title: ''The Greatest Show on Earth: The Deals, the Downfall, the Reinvention''.
* {{cite book|title=The Trumps: Three Generations That Built an Empire|last=Blair|first=Gwenda|author-link=Gwenda Blair|publisher=Simon & Schuster Paperbacks|year=2015|orig-year=2000|isbn=978-0-7432-1079-9|location=|pages=|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/trumps00gwen }} * {{cite book|title=The Trumps: Three Generations That Built an Empire|last=Blair|first=Gwenda|author-link=Gwenda Blair|publisher=Simon & Schuster Paperbacks|year=2015|orig-year=2000|isbn=978-0-7432-1079-9|location=|pages=|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/trumps00gwen }}
* {{cite book |title = Golden Handcuffs: The Secret History of Trump's Women |last=Burleigh|first=Nina|author-link=Nina Burleigh|publisher=Gallery Books|year=2018|orig-year=2018|isbn=978-1-5011-8020-0|location=|pages= |title-link=Golden_handcuffs }} * {{cite book |title = Golden Handcuffs: The Secret History of Trump's Women |last=Burleigh|first=Nina|author-link=Nina Burleigh|publisher=Gallery Books|year=2018|orig-year=2018|isbn=978-1-5011-8020-0|location=|pages= |title-link=Golden handcuffs }}
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Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022) Not to be confused with her daughter Ivanka Trump.

Ivana Trump
Ivana in 2007
BornIvana Marie Zelníčková
(1949-02-20)February 20, 1949
Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia
DiedJuly 14, 2022(2022-07-14) (aged 73)
New York City, U.S.
Resting placeTrump National Golf Club, Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S.
40°39′13″N 74°41′49″W / 40.6536°N 74.6969°W / 40.6536; -74.6969
Citizenship
  • Czechoslovakia (until 1993)
  • Czech Republic (from 1993)
  • United States (from 1988)
  • Austria (from 1973)
EducationCharles University
Occupations
  • Businesswoman
  • socialite
  • model
  • designer
  • author
Years active1970–2022
Spouses
Alfred Winklmayr ​ ​(m. 1971; div. 1973)
Donald Trump ​ ​(m. 1977; div. 1990)
Riccardo Mazzucchelli ​ ​(m. 1995; div. 1997)
Rossano Rubicondi ​ ​(m. 2008; div. 2009)
Children
FamilyTrump

Ivana Marie Trump (February 20, 1949 – July 14, 2022) was a Czech-American businesswoman, socialite, and model. She lived in Canada in the 1970s, before relocating to the United States and marrying Donald Trump in 1977. She held key managerial positions in The Trump Organization, as vice president of interior design, CEO and president of Trump's Castle casino resort, and manager of the Plaza Hotel.

Ivana and Donald Trump were prominent figures in New York society throughout the 1980s. The couple's divorce, granted in 1990, was the subject of extensive media coverage. Following the divorce, she developed her own lines of clothing, fashion jewelry, and beauty products which were sold on QVC UK and the Home Shopping Network. She wrote an advice column for Globe called "Ask Ivana" from 1995 through 2010, and published several books, including works of fiction, self-help, and the autobiography Raising Trump.

Early life and education

Ivana Marie Zelníčková (Czech: [ˈzɛlɲiːtʃkovaː]) was born on February 20, 1949, in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia (now Zlín, Czech Republic), the daughter of Miloš Zelníček 1927- 1991 and Marie Zelníčková 1926 (née Francová). She was raised in a Catholic household. Her father was an electrical engineer and her mother worked as a telephone operator. Her father encouraged his daughter's skiing abilities, a practice she began at age four. After developing skills as a skier, Ivana joined the junior national ski team, which offered her opportunities to travel beyond the Soviet-era communist boundaries of what was then the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. She attended Charles University in Prague and earned a master's degree in physical education in 1972. In 1970, Ivana appeared on Czechoslovak Television in the children's television series Pan Tau.

In 1988, Ivana told journalists that she was selected as an alternate on the Czechoslovak ski team during the 1972 Winter Olympics, specializing in downhill and slalom. However, Czechoslovakia only sent four female athletes to the 1972 Winter Olympics and none were alpine skiers. In 1989, Petr Pomezný, Secretary General of the Czechoslovak Olympic Committee, denied Ivana's claim and stated that, despite searching extensively, no record could be found of her involvement. In 2021, Snopes confirmed that Czechoslovakia had not sent female alpine skiers to the 1972 Winter Olympics.

Emigration to Canada

In 1971, Ivana married Alfred Winklmayr, an Austrian ski instructor and her platonic friend, in order to obtain Austrian citizenship. The marriage granted her the freedom to leave Czechoslovakia without defection so she could retain the right to return to visit her parents. As Ivana Winklmayr, she received her Austrian passport in March 1972. The following year, she obtained an absentee divorce from Alfred Winklmayr in Los Angeles, California, where he had moved to teach skiing.

Ivana was romantically involved with the lyricist and playwright Jiří Štaidl [cs] who was killed in a car accident in 1973. After Štaidl's death, Ivana moved to Canada where she lived with George (Jiří) Syrovátka whom she had dated since 1967; Syrovátka had defected to Canada in 1971 and owned a ski boutique in Montreal. She claimed at the time to be married to Syrovátka, though the two never wed. Ivana worked as a ski instructor while living in Canada. She lived in Montreal for two years where she continued to improve her English via night courses at McGill University. Working as a model, Ivana told the Montreal Gazette in 1975 that she considered modelling to be a job, rather than a career. Her modelling clients included Eaton's department store and the fashion designer Auckie Sanft, along with promotional work for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Marriage to Donald Trump

Ivana and Donald Trump in receiving line of state dinner for King Fahd of Saudi Arabia in 1985, with U.S. president Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan

Ivana was in New York City with a group of models in 1976 when she met Donald Trump. On April 9, 1977, the couple married at Marble Collegiate Church in a wedding officiated by Norman Vincent Peale. They became tabloid figures in New York society during the 1980s and worked together on several large projects, including the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, the renovation of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City, and the construction of the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Ivana (on the right) and Estée Lauder at a Red Cross ball in Palm Beach in 1986
Ivana greeting First Lady Barbara Bush in 1990

During the marriage, Ivana and Donald had three children: Donald Jr. (born 1977), Ivana (Ivanka) Marie (born 1981), and Eric (born 1984). Donald Jr. learned to speak fluent Czech (with the help of his maternal grandfather), while Ivanka gained only a basic understanding of her mother's native tongue, and Eric was not exposed to the language since his grandparents were comfortable using English.

A reviewer of the 2018 Netflix documentary miniseries on Donald, Trump: An American Dream, described Ivana as a "charismatic workaholic, a career woman, an equal", and a life partner deliberately chosen by Trump to "work beside him and challenge him."

The Trumps' troubled marriage became the subject of public interest over the Christmas holiday in 1989 when—on vacation in Aspen, Colorado—they were observed fighting after Ivana encountered Donald's mistress Marla Maples. The Chicago Tribune reported that by February 1990, Donald had locked Ivana out of her office at the Plaza Hotel, and a legal battle ensued over the legitimacy of the four prenuptial agreements the pair had successively negotiated over the years.

In October 1990, Ivana's 63-year-old father, Miloš Zelníček, died suddenly from a heart attack. According to The Guardian, her father was an informer for Czechoslovakia's Státní bezpečnost (StB) intelligence service who relayed information from his daughter, including a correct prediction that George H. W. Bush would win the 1988 presidential election. Despite their marital troubles and pending divorce, Donald stood at her side at her father's funeral in Zlín held in November 1990.

The Trumps' divorce proceedings received worldwide publicity. Front-page coverage appeared in New York tabloid newspapers for eleven days in a row, and the story was the subject of gossip columnist Liz Smith's entire news coverage for three months. In a deposition relating to their divorce, Ivana accused Donald of rape. In Harry Hurt III's book Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump, she confirmed that she had "felt violated". However, in a statement provided by Donald and his lawyers, she said that she had used the word "rape", but she did not "want words to be interpreted in a literal or criminal sense." The uncontested divorce was granted in December 1990 on the grounds of cruel and inhumane treatment by Donald. Ivana had to sign a non-disclosure agreement as a condition of the divorce settlement, and she was required to seek Donald's permission before publicly discussing their marriage. The New York Times reported in 1991 that Ivana's divorce settlement included $14 million, a 45-room Connecticut mansion, an apartment in the Trump Plaza, and the use of Mar-a-Lago for one month a year.

Career

During her marriage to Donald, Ivana took on major roles in The Trump Organization, working as a senior executive for seven years, including executive vice president for interior design. She led the interior design of Trump Tower with its signature pink marble. Ivana was appointed CEO and president of the Trump Castle Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, later becoming the manager of the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan.

Business ventures

Soon after the divorce, Ivana developed lines of clothing, fashion jewelry, and beauty products which have been sold through television shopping channels, including the Home Shopping Network and QVC London. In 1995, she presided over the House of Ivana, a fashion and fragrance company with a showroom located on Park Avenue in New York.

In 1998, she pursued business interests in Croatia (a vacation destination her parents frequently visited), which included the purchase of 33% of the nation's second largest daily newspaper, Polo+10.

The Ivana-branded Bentley Bay development in Miami, Florida, filed for bankruptcy in 2004. The following year, she was involved in several proposed condominium projects, including the never-built Ivana Las Vegas.

In 2010, she sued Finnish fashion company Ivana Helsinki, accusing it of selling women's clothing that incorporated her name without permission.

Writing

Ivana wrote several books, including For Love Alone (1992), Free to Love, (1993) and a self-help book called The Best Is Yet to Come: Coping with Divorce and Enjoying Life Again (1995). Trump wrote an advice column about love and life for Globe, titled Ask Ivana, from June 1995 through January 2010.

In February 1999, Ivana launched her own lifestyle magazine titled Ivana's Living in Style. She contributed an advice column for Divorce Magazine in 2001.

Ivana released an autobiography, Raising Trump, in 2017. It covered her own upbringing and the early years of raising her children with Donald.

Media appearances

Ivana at the Life Ball 2009 in Vienna

Ivana and Donald made several appearances together on television programs including The Oprah Winfrey Show in April 1988, followed by the BBC's Wogan in May 1988. After her divorce from Donald, Ivana was interviewed by Barbara Walters for ABC's 20/20. In 1991, Donald cut off her alimony payments after the interview and announced his intention to sue Ivana for monetary damages. She returned to The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1992 with the message, "I will not let men dominate me anymore."

Ivana had a cameo role in the Hollywood film The First Wives Club (1996) with the line, "Ladies, you have to be strong and independent. And remember: don't get mad, get everything." She was the host of a reality TV special titled Ivana Young Man, which aired on Oxygen Network in 2006. In the reality dating program, she helped a wealthy, middle-aged woman find a younger partner. In 2010, Trump appeared in UK television series, Celebrity Big Brother 7, which she placed 7th.

Personal life

Ivana was married four times. Her first marriage, to Alfred Winklmayr, was for the goal of securing Austrian nationality.

Ivana was married to Donald from 1977 to 1990, and they had three children, Donald Jr. in 1977, Ivanka in 1981, and Eric in 1984. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1988.

Ivana married Italian entrepreneur and international businessman Riccardo Mazzucchelli in November 1995. They divorced in 1997. That same year, she filed a $15 million breach of contract suit against Mazzucchelli for violating the confidentiality clause in their prenuptial agreement, while Mazzucchelli sued Ivana and her ex-husband Donald in a British court for libel. The suit was later settled under undisclosed terms.

In the summer of 1997, she began dating Italian aristocrat Count Roffredo Gaetani dell'Aquila d'Aragona Lovatelli. Their relationship continued until his death in 2005.

Ivana dated Italian actor and model Rossano Rubicondi for six years before they married on April 12, 2008. The marriage to Rubicondi, 36, was the fourth for Ivana, who was 23 years his senior at the age of 59. The couple's $3 million wedding for 400 guests was hosted by ex-husband Donald at Mar-a-Lago with daughter Ivanka as her maid of honor. The wedding was officiated by Ivana's ex-sister-in-law Judge Maryanne Trump Barry. Although Ivana and Rubicondi divorced less than a year later, their on-again, off-again relationship continued until 2019, when Ivana announced they had once again "called it quits". Rubicondi died on October 29, 2021, at the age of 49, reportedly from melanoma.

Ivana had 10 grandchildren. In the late 2010s, she reportedly split her time between New York City, Miami, and Saint-Tropez. She stated she was fluent in Czech, English, German, French, and Russian.

FBI inquiry

On February 14, 1989, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters in Washington, D.C., recommended a preliminary inquiry into Trump's connections to Czechoslovakia based on information from a confidential source. The inquiry was initiated by the FBI New York Field Office the following week, and is reported to have spanned at least two years. In March 2023, it was revealed that Ivana was investigated by the FBI's counterintelligence division into allegations connected to her native Czechoslovakia.

Death

On July 14, 2022, aged 73, Ivana died of blunt impact injuries to the torso after falling down stairs at her home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Her ex-husband, U.S. President Donald Trump, and their three children, alongside a number of politicians and celebrities, posted condolences on social media. Her funeral was held on July 20 at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, a Catholic church near her home. Ivana was buried at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, New Jersey.

Ivana left behind an estate worth $34 million. In her will, the majority of her assets were to be divided among Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric. Other beneficiaries include personal friend Evelyne Galet and the family's former nanny, Dorothy Curry.

Films and television

Written works

Title Year Publisher ISBN / ASIN
For Love Alone 1992 Pocket Books ISBN 978-0671790882
Free to Love 1993 Atria ISBN 978-0671743710
The Best Is Yet to Come: Coping with Divorce and Enjoying Life Again 1995 Pocket Books ISBN 978-0671865696
Raising Trump: Family Values from America's First Mother 2017 Gallery Books ISBN 978-1501177293

Awards and honors

  • Czech Republic: She was posthumously awarded the Medal of Merit by President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman on 28 October 2022.

Notes

  1. Coverage of the case continued until 1991; when they reached a post-divorce settlement.

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