King Alexander I & Aspasia Manos

[Kalafrana]

Any idea who the recipient 'Mr Louis Wily' was?

Ann

[Marc]

Any idea who the recipient 'Mr Louis Wily' was?

Ann

Unfortunately,no idea

[Eric_Lowe]

She was a very energetic woman who pops up a lot in her daughter's biography.

[KarlandZita]

One more of Aspasia:

Magnificent portrait makes by Bertram Park who, as Marcus Adams or Cecil Beaton, photographed many of royal of his time.

[Eric_Lowe]

Not Cecil I think.

[grandduchessella]

Not Cecil I think.

No, she said it was Bertram Park. He was a contemporary of Marcus Adams and Cecil Beaton.

From the NPG: "Having started in the family firm, manufacturers of artist's materials, Park developed an interest in photography and became a professional portraitist. He was a founder member of the London Salon of Photography in 1910. Park set up studios on Dover Street, London with Marcus Adams and his wife Yvonne Gregory in 1919. He was successful, being obliged to have up to five sittings a day to satisfy the demand. He photographed the British Royal Family, and his reputation was such that various European crowned heads would come annually to his studio to be photographed. His stylish and beautifully composed portrait studies more often relied on dramatic lighting than on elaborate backgrounds."

He took many well-known royal portraits, including that of the 4 sons of GV, Wallis in her court presentation dress, the well-known shot of of Marina, Olga and Elizabeth and others:

http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp05646&role=art&wPage=0

[Eric_Lowe]

Thanks for the info on the photographer. Not to mention Mary Evans too.

[grandduchessella]

Mary Evans (of the Mary Evans Picture Library) wasn't a photographer. She was a collector who founded her own picture library to lend images out for publication. She only died in 2010.   

[Eric_Lowe]

I see. Marina and her cousins also used a photographer in Paris for their bridal shots. Not sure of the studio and name. I only know that both Sophie & Wooley had their wedding shots there...

[Marc]

I see. Marina and her cousins also used a photographer in Paris for their bridal shots. Not sure of the studio and name. I only know that both Sophie & Wooley had their wedding shots there...

Which Sophie?

[Eric_Lowe]

Sophie of Hesse and later of Hanover. I am talking about her first wedding.

[Marc]

Very interesting. Maybe Aspasia wasn't that much of a commoner as we long suspected. At least she seem to have more royal blood that Kate Middleton. Or Prince Nicholas of Greece's future bride.

Very interesting thing is that the vast number of European nobility is related to Aspasia,being descendants of the Manos family...

For example, Prince Felix Yusupov descended from Manos family, Present Crown Prince Alois von und zu Liechtenstein, as well as Johannes, Present Prince von Orsini und Rosenberg, Prince Alfred von Auersperg-husband of the famous Sunny von Bülow, Obrenovic royal family of Serbia, Karadjordjevic royal family of Serbia, actress Melina Mercouri, Count Georg Larish von Moennich-husband of the famous Marie Larish, Prince Barby Stirbey, Princess Sophie of Albania(zu Wied) and so on...

For example,here is the line to Prince Felix Yusupov from the Manos family:

Georgios Manos
I
Manolaki Manos (born in 1655)
I
Michail Manos (1695-1752)
I
Zoe Manos (died in 1759)
I
Prince Scarlet Ghika,Prince of Moldavia and Wallachia (1715-1766)
I
Princess Zoe Ghika (born in 1760)
I
Alexandra Pavlovna Maruzzi dei Marchesi Maruzzi
I
Countss Jelena Sergeevna Sumarokov (1825-1901)
I
Count Felix Sumarokov-Elston,Prince Yusupov (1856-1928)
I
PRINCE FELIX YUSUPOV (1887-1967)



Here is the line to Crown Prince Alois von und zu Liechtenstein:


Georgios Manos
I
Manolaki Manos (born in 1655)
I
Michail Manos (1695-1752)
I
Zoe Manos (died in 1759)
I
Princess Ruxandra Ghika (born in 1730)
I
Princess Zoe Sturdza
I
Princess Elena Basaraba Brancoveanu (died in 1809)
I
Princess Elisabeth Cantacuzene-Pascanu (1802-1874)
I
Princess Elena Stirbey,daughter of Prince Barbu Dimitrie Stirbey (1831-1864)
I
Countess Henriette Larisch von Moenich (1853-1916)
I
Countess Eleonore Larisch von Moenich (1888-1975)
I
Countess Henriette von Ledebur-Wicheln (1910-2002)
I
Countess Marie Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (born in 1940)
I
COWN PRINCE ALOIS VON UND ZU LIECHTENSTEIN (born in 1968)


And here is the line to the famos Greek actress Melina Mercouri:


Georgios Manos
I
Manolaki Manos (born in 1655)
I
Michail Manos (1695-1752)
I
Zoe Manos (died in 1759)
I
Prince Scarlet Ghika,Prince of Moldavia and Wallachia (1715-1766)
I
Princess Zoe Ghika (born in 1760)
I
Marques Constantin Maruzzi (1784-1846)
I
Marina dei Marchesi Maruzzi (born in 1815)
I
Chariklea Zotoglou (died in 1919)
I
Dimitrios Lappas (1859-1934)
I
Irini Lappas
I
MELINA MERCOURI (1920-1994)


And here is the line to Princess Aspasia of Greece:


Georgios Manos
I
Manolaki Manos (born in 1655)
I
Michail Manos (1695-1752)
I
Dr.Nikolaos Manos (born in 1720)
I
Boyar Dimitrie Manu/Manos, Postelnic of Wallachia, Csaimacam of Moldavia (died in 1828)
I
Konstantinos Manos (1785-1835)
I
Trasybulos Manos (1835-1922)
I
Colonel Petros Manos (1871-1918)
I
PRINCESS ASPASIA OF GREECE (1896-1972)