Anastasia of Greece

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Giovanni Boldini : Portrait of Princess Anastasia of Greece, oil on canvas, around 1914

Nonnie May Stewart , better known as Anastasia Princess of Greece and Denmark (born January 20, 1878 in Cleveland , Ohio , † August 29, 1923 in London ) was an American heiress and by marriage she belonged to the European nobility.

Life

Nonnie May Stewart was the daughter of the wealthy factory owner William Charles Stewart and his wife Mary Holden, within the family she was called Nancy . In the early years, she was educated at home, and at the age of seventeen, she attended the prestigious school for girls Miss Porter's School in Farmington , in the US state of Connecticut . Shortly thereafter, 17-year-old Nancy was introduced to society. Her first relationship with George Harry Worthington was just four years before she married her second husband, millionaire William Bateman Leeds. After his death in 1908, Nancy inherited his considerable fortune and traveled to Europe .

The Prince and Princess of Greece and Denmark, unknown photographer, March 1923

In Biarritz , on the French Atlantic coast , Nancy Leeds got to know and love the German-born Prince Christoph of Greece (1888–1940). They got engaged in Capri in 1914, but complications delayed the marriage for six years. The wedding did not take place until January 1, 1920 in Vevey , Switzerland , after the marriage she took the name Anastasia . The marriage, which all reports said was a happy one, remained childless. With her sizable fortune, Princess Anastasia supported the royal family during her exile life in the 1920s.

Princess Anastasia of Greece died in London in 1923 of complications from cancer and was buried in her parents' grave in Woodlawn Cemetery in New York . Her second marriage son, William Bateman Leeds Jr. (1902–1971) married the niece of his stepfather, Grand Duchess Xenia Georgievna Romanowa (1903–1965) in 1921 .

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SURNAME Anastasia of Greece
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stewart, Nonnie May; Stewart, Nancy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American heiress and by marriage she belonged to the European nobility
DATE OF BIRTH around 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Cleveland , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 1923
Place of death London