Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark

Nonnie May Stewart, better known as Anastasia Princess of Greece and Denmark ( * 1870 in Cleveland, Ohio; † August 29, 1923 in London) was an American heiress and by marriage, she was a member of the European nobility.

Life

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

In Biarritz, on the French Atlantic coast, Nancy Leeds met the German -born Prince Christopher of Greece (1888-1940) know and love. In 1914, they became engaged in Capri, but due to complications delayed the marriage for six years. The wedding took place only on 1 January 1920 held in Vevey in Switzerland, after the marriage, she took the name Anastasia. The marriage, which by all accounts was happy, remained childless. With her considerable fortune Princess Anastasia supported the royal family during their exile life in the 1920s.

Princess Anastasia of Greece died in 1923 in London at the consequences of cancer and was buried at her parents' grave at Woodlawn Cemetery in New York. Her son from his second marriage, William Bateman Leeds, Jr. (1908-1971) married in 1921 the niece of his stepfather, Grand Duchess Xenia Georgievna Romanova ( 1903-1965 ).