Spanish police found a 46-year-old former Qatari princess dead in her bed in her home in southern Spain, authorities announced on Wednesday.
A spokeswoman said that police found Cassia Gallano dead on Sunday morning in her apartment in Marbella, Malaga province.
She added that the police went to the house after receiving a call from one of Galeano’s daughters in France, in which she said that her mother did not answer phone calls.
The police entered the house with the help of the apartment complex’s guard, and found Galeano in her bed, and she showed no signs of violence, according to the spokeswoman, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
She also stated that Galeano was an American citizen, and that an autopsy was scheduled to confirm the cause of death.
Galanio married Abdulaziz bin Khalifa Al Thani, 73, the uncle of the current Emir of Qatar, according to the French newspaper Le Parisien.
They had three sons, and had a long custody battle.
Galeano accused her ex-husband of sexually assaulting their eldest son, a claim he denied.
The children live with their father in Paris, according to Le Parisien.