Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark
Tatiana | |
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Born | Tatiana Ellinka Blatnik 27 August 1980 Caracas,[1]Venezuela |
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House | Glücksburg(by marriage) |
Father | Ladislav Vladimir Blatnik |
Mother | Marie Blanche Bierlein |
Occupation | Entrepreneur, author, philanthropist |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- A Taste of Greece:Recipes, Cuisine & Culture- with Diana Farr Louis – (2016).[11]
Honours
[edit]- Greek Royal Family:
- 25 August 2010: Dame Grand Cross of theOrder of Saints Olga and Sophia[12]
References
[edit]- ^"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.
- ^"Πριγκίπισσα Τατιάνα - Royal Greek Family".greekroyalfamily.gr.Archivedfrom the original on 29 October 2020.Retrieved29 June2018.
- ^"Pedigree Chart for Tatiana Elinka Blatnik: Genealogics".
- ^Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind.HBO. 2020.
- ^"Tatiana Blatnik | Women Working for the World".Archived fromthe originalon 24 September 2016.Retrieved19 February2015.
- ^"About".Archivedfrom the original on 26 May 2022.Retrieved23 June2022.
- ^"Huffingtonpost".Archivedfrom the original on 21 April 2024.Retrieved30 January2017.
- ^"The Greek Royal Family website".Prince Nikolaos' engagement announcement.Archived fromthe originalon 21 January 2010.Retrieved28 December2009.
- ^"Latest News".Greek Royal Family.Archivedfrom the original on 19 April 2024.Retrieved19 April2024.
- ^Luyken, Jörg (20 April 2024)."Greek prince and princess to divorce after 14 years of marriage".The Telegraph.Retrieved22 April2024.
- ^Louis, Diana Farr (2016).A Taste of Greece: Recipes, Cuisine & Culture: Princess Tatiana, Diana Farr Louis: 0884581126416: Amazon.com: Books.ISBN978-3832733377.
- ^"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.
- 1980 births
- Princesses of Greece
- Princesses of Denmark
- Princesses by marriage
- Venezuelan people of Slovenian descent
- Venezuelan people of German descent
- Living people
- Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences alumni
- Immigrants to Switzerland
- Venezuelan emigrants
- People from Caracas
- Alumni of Aiglon College
- House of Glücksburg (Greece)