Helen Margaret Kelly—also known as Countess de Graffenried de Villars and as Princess Vlora—was a philanthropist.

Biography

She was born in 1884 to Edward Kelly. She was the granddaughter of Eugene Kelly, the banker. On December 1, 1901, she married Frank Jay Gould

Frank Jay Gould

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. They had twin daughters, Helen Gould and Dorothy Gould

Dorothy Gould Burns

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 (1904–69), but divorced in 1908. The Wichita Daily Times, Wichita Falls, Texas

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, wrote: "Frank Jay Gould and his wife who was Helen Margaret Kelly have separated and it is said Mrs. Gould has brought action looking for a legal separation. Jealousy on the part of Mr. Gould, due, it is said, to the homage paid Mrs. Gould, who is a beautiful woman, by other men."

In 1910, she married Ralph Hill Thomas (c1870-1914) of the American Sugar Refining Company

American Sugar Refining Company

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. On June 20, 1917 to Prince Houreddin Vlora of Albania, they divorced in 1922. She married her fourth husband, Oscar M. Burke, president of the Manhattan Soap Company, on January 4, 1926. She died on August 2, 1952, in France.