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Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark

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Tatiana
Tatiana in 2015
BornTatiana Ellinka Blatnik
(1980-08-27)27 August 1980(age 44)
Caracas,[1]Venezuela
Spouse
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(m.2010;sep.2024)​
HouseGlücksburg(by marriage)
FatherLadislav Vladimir Blatnik
MotherMarie Blanche Bierlein
OccupationEntrepreneur, author, philanthropist
Greek royal family

Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark(néeBlatnik;Caracas, Venezuela born 27 August 1980) is an entrepreneur, author and philanthropist. She is a member of the non-reigning Greek royal family and theDanish royal familyas the wife ofPrince Nikolaos,son ofConstantine II,who reigned as King of Greece until the monarchy was abolished in 1973. She worked as a publicist and event planner forDiane von Fürstenbergand, in 2016, published the cookbookA Taste of Greece.

Early life and ancestry

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Tatiana Blatnik was born inCaracas,Venezuela, and was raised inSwitzerland.[2]Tatiana and her brother, Boris Blatnik are the children of Ladislav Vladimir Blatnik and Marie Blanche Bierlein. Her mother is of aristocratic descent being a direct descendant ofWilliam II, Elector of Hesse.Her maternal grandparents are Ernst Bierlein and his wife, Countess Ellinka Karin Harriet vonEinsiedel.[3]Princess Tatiana's father was born in theKingdom of Yugoslaviain 1931 and later moved toVenezuela.He was engaged to the Hollywood actressNatalie Wood.[4]Her father died when she was seven and she was raised by her mother. Her former stepfather, Attilio Brillembourg, is the owner of a New York area financial services company.

Her stepbrother, Attilio Brillembourg III, has been missing since 20 May 2024.

Tatiana studied atAiglon College,[5]then atGeorgetown Universitygraduating in 2003 with a degree in sociology.[6]Until July 2010, when she resigned to concentrate on her wedding plans, Tatiana had worked in the publicity department as anevent plannerforfashion designerDiane von Fürstenberg.[7]

Engagement and marriage

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Prince Nikólaos's engagement to Tatiana Blatnik, with whom he had been in a long-term relationship, was announced on 28 December 2009, by the office of King Constantine in London.[8]Blatnik and Prince Nikólaos were married in the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas,Spetses,Greece, on 25 August 2010. The bride wore a gown designed by VenezuelanÁngel Sánchez.

The couple announced their amicable separation on 19 April 2024.[9][10]

Notable published works

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Honours

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References

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  1. ^"Tatiana de Grecia:" Para mi marido era un sueño volver a su país y soy feliz haciendo realidad ese sueño "".abc.25 June 2016.Archivedfrom the original on 2 October 2019.Retrieved2 October2019.
  2. ^"Πριγκίπισσα Τατιάνα - Royal Greek Family".greekroyalfamily.gr.Archivedfrom the original on 29 October 2020.Retrieved29 June2018.
  3. ^"Pedigree Chart for Tatiana Elinka Blatnik: Genealogics".
  4. ^Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind.HBO. 2020.
  5. ^"Tatiana Blatnik | Women Working for the World".Archived fromthe originalon 24 September 2016.Retrieved19 February2015.
  6. ^"About".Archivedfrom the original on 26 May 2022.Retrieved23 June2022.
  7. ^"Huffingtonpost".Archivedfrom the original on 21 April 2024.Retrieved30 January2017.
  8. ^"The Greek Royal Family website".Prince Nikolaos' engagement announcement.Archived fromthe originalon 21 January 2010.Retrieved28 December2009.
  9. ^"Latest News".Greek Royal Family.Archivedfrom the original on 19 April 2024.Retrieved19 April2024.
  10. ^Luyken, Jörg (20 April 2024)."Greek prince and princess to divorce after 14 years of marriage".The Telegraph.Retrieved22 April2024.
  11. ^Louis, Diana Farr (2016).A Taste of Greece: Recipes, Cuisine & Culture: Princess Tatiana, Diana Farr Louis: 0884581126416: Amazon.com: Books.ISBN978-3832733377.
  12. ^"La boda de Carlos Felipe de Suecia y Sofía Hellqvist, en imágenes".El Confidencial.13 June 2015.Archivedfrom the original on 2 October 2019.Retrieved2 October2019.
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