Morgen werden Prinzessin Marie-Astrid von Liechtenstein und Ralph „Rafe“ Worthington V in Italien heiraten. Die Braut ist die Tochter von Prinz Nikolaus von Liechtenstein und Prinzessin Margaretha von Luxemburg. Der Bräutigam ist der Sohn von Ralph Worthington IV und Lucinda Earle Morrissey. Dies ist jedoch nicht das erste Mal, dass ein Mitglied der Familie Worthington einen europäischen König heiratet … oder genauer gesagt, es ist nicht das erste Mal, dass ein Worthington jemanden heiratet, der später ein europäischer König wurde .
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| Mrs. George Ely Worthington. Foto von Ryder aus Cleveland, Ohio. Das Bild erschien 1898 in Munsey's Magazine. |
„ Mrs. George Ely Worthington ist eine jener Brünetten, die die Natur mit einer sanften Berührung zeichnet. Sie hat nichts von dem Blitzen und der harten Helligkeit, die uns oft von dunkeläugigen Schönheiten fernhalten. Ihr Gesicht drückt Ruhe und Süße aus, und ihre Augen haben einen Hauch von verführerischem Geheimnis. Mrs. Worthington hat ihr ganzes Leben in Ohio verbracht, ist in Columbus zur Schule gegangen und hat als Miss Mamie Stuart einen prominenten Anteil an all der Fröhlichkeit gehabt, die in der Landeshauptstadt herrschte. Sie war ihrer westlichen Heimat immer sehr treu und kümmerte sich nicht darum, in anderen Städten eine gesellschaftliche Rolle zu spielen, solange Cleveland sie so herzlich willkommen hieß. “ So wurde Nonnie May Stewart, die erste Frau von George Ely Worthington, 1898 auf Seite 414 von Munsey's Magazine of New York beschrieben.
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| Die Heiratsurkunde von Ralph Worthington und Helen Ely. |
George Ely Worthington wurde am 7. Mai 1872 in Cleveland, Ohio, als erstes Kind von Ralph Worthington (1841-1925) und Helen Harmon Ely (1852-1908) geboren, die am 8. Juni 1871 heirateten. Georges Großeltern väterlicherseits waren George Worthington und Maria Cushman Blackmar. Seine Großeltern mütterlicherseits waren George Ely und Gertrude Sophia Harmon.
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| Die Heiratsurkunde von George Worthington und Nonnie Stewart. |
Am 1. Oktober 1894 heiratete George Ely Worthington Nonnie May Stewart, die Tochter von William Charles Stewart und Mary Holden. Die Ehe des Paares wurde am 23. März 1899 geschieden; George und Nonnie hatten keine Kinder.
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| Die Heiratsurkunde von William Leeds und Nonnie Stewart Worthington. |
George’s former wife Nonnie May Stewart was remarried on 3 August 1900 to William Bateman Leeds, an industrialist who amassed a fortune through the tin industry. The Leeds couple had one son, William Bateman Leeds Jr. Nonie Stewart Worthington Leeds was widowed in 1908 upon the death of her husband, and she inherited a great deal of his wealth. On 1 February 1920, Nonie (or Nancy, as she was sometimes known) married Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, the youngest child of King George I of the Hellenes and his wife Queen Olga (née Grand Duchess of Russia). Nonie converted to the Greek Orthodox faith. She used her largesse to assist the Greek royal family, which was much appreciated by her in-laws. As a result, she was accorded the title and style of HRH Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark by her brother-in-law, King Constantine I. In 1921, her son William “Billy” Leeds married Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia, the niece of her husband Christopher. Princess Anastasia of Greece died in 1923.
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| The grave of George E Worthington. |
Meanwhile, Princess Anastasia’s first husband had also remarried and had children. On 11 April 1899, George Ely Worthington married Lavinia Zenana Curtis (previously married to Harry Pinkley). The couple divorced in 1906 and did not have issue.
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| A report of the wedding of George Worthington and Ethel Coons. |
On 15 June 1907, George married Ethel May Coons. The Worthingtons then moved to California, where George became a photographer. The couple had two sons, Ralph Worthington (1908-1996) and Eugene Worthington (1910-1993; married Rayola Weitzel). On 31 January 1915, George E Worthington married Virginia Bridges. The couple had one daughter, Virginia Marguerite Worthington (1921-1986; married William Jay Settle).
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| The obituary of George Worthington. |
George Ely Worthington died on 22 August 1950 at the age of seventy-seven. He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.
In 1913, five years after the death of his mother Helen, George’s rather aged father Ralph married a much younger Ethel Burdette of Valdosta, Georgia. Ralph and Ethel had three children, including one son, Ralph Worthington III. Ralph Worthington III married Margaret Talmadge in 1943; the couple had one son, Ralph Worthington IV. In 1984, Ralph Worthington IV married Lucinda Earle Morrisey; the following year, the Worthingtons welcomed the arrival of their first son, Ralph Worthington V. In 2019, Ralph Worthington V became engaged to Princess Marie-Astrid of Liechtenstein.
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| Rafe Worthington and Princess Marie-Astrid of Liechtenstein at the 2019 wedding of Prince Jean-Christophe Napoléon and Countess Olympia von Arco. Photo (c) Schneider-Press/SIPA/Shutterstock. |
Ralph Worthington V is the great-nephew of George Ely Worthington, who was the first husband of Nonie May Stewart, who went on to marry Prince Christopher of Greece and herself became Princess Anastasia of Greece.
The past is never dead. It’s not even past.
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