Nora Picciotto
Nora Picciotto | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 September 1942 Cairo, Egypt |
| Noble family | Czartoryski (by second marriage) Bentinck (by third marriage) |
| Spouse(s) | Manoucher Khanlari Prince Adam Karol Czartoryski Baron Steven Bentinck |
| Father | Ferdinand Picciotto |
| Mother | Edith Rothenberg |
Baroness Nora Bentinck, formerly Princess Nora Czartoryski (born Eleonora Picciotto[1] on 9 September 1942,[2][3] Cairo) is the first wife of Prince Adam Karol Czartoryski (Head of the Polish House of Czartoryski), mother of Princess Tamara Laura Czartoryska.
Nora Picciotto was born on 9 September 1942 in Cairo,[2] Egypt as a daughter of Ferdinand Picciotto, an Italian of Jewish Origin born in Aleppo, Syria, and Edith, née Rothenberg also of Jewish Origin, born in Cairo, Egypt. She worked in film industry as a public relations specialist. She was also a model. She first married Manoucher Khanlari and had two children Yasmine Khanlari born 29 April 1962 and Fabrizio David Ali Khanlari born 3 of December 1965. On 25 January 1977[2] she married Prince Adam Karol Czaroryski, a first cousin of King Juan Carlos I of Spain as her second husband. She gave birth to Princess Tamara on 23 April 1978. The marriage with Prince Adam Karol ended in divorce on 28 April 1986.[2] Upon the divorce Nora lost all positions and titles, including the title of HSH Princess Czartoryski. She married thirdly Baron Steven Charles John Bentinck (born 1957 (otherwise known as Carel Johannes Baron Bentinck), grandson of the industrialist and art collector Heinrich, Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon), nephew of Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza (1921–2002). They had no children, and the marriage again ended in divorce in 1996. (Baron Steven Bentinck has since remarried and divorced again).
Titles from birth
- Miss Eleonora Picciotto[1]
- Mrs. Manoucher Khanlari
- Mrs. Nora Khanlari
- Mrs Nora Picciotto
- Her Serene Highness The Princess Czartoryski
- Princess Nora Czartoryski
- Baroness Steven Bentinck
- Baroness Nora Bentinck[1]
- Mrs Nora Picciotto
References
- ^ a b c Litchfield D.R.L., Schmitz C., The Thyssen art macabre, Quartet Books, 2006, p. 304
- ^ a b c d Lenczewski T., Genealogie rodów utytułowanych w Polsce, t. 1, Auditor, 1995, p. 5
- ^ García Abad J., La soledad del rey: está la monarquía consolidada 25 años después de la constitución?, La Esfera de los Libros, 2004, p. 311