Nora de Picciotto
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Baroness Nora Bentinck, formerly Princess Nora Czartoryski (born Eleonora Picciotto on 9 September 1942, Cairo
) is the first wife of Prince Adam Karol Czartoryski
(Head of the Polish House of Czartoryski), mother of Princess Tamara Laura Czartoryska.
Nora Picciotto was born on the 9 of September 1942 in Cairo
, Egypt
as a daughter of Ferdinand Picciotto, an Italian born in Aleppo, Syria , and Edith, née Rothenberg, born in Cairo, Egypt. She worked in film industry as a public relations
specialist. She was also a model
. She first married Manoucher Khanlari and had two children Yasmine Khanlari born 29 of April 1962 and Fabrizio David Ali Khanlari born 3 of December 1965. On 25 January 1977 she married Prince Adam Karol Czaroryski
, a first cousin of King Juan Carlos I of Spain
as her second husband. She gave birth to Princess Tamara on 23 April 1978. The marriage with Prince Adam Karol ended in divorce on 28 April 1986. Upon the divorce Nora looses all positions and titles especially the title of HSH Princess Czartoryski. She married thirdly Baron Steven Charles John Bentinck (born 1957 (otherwise known as Carel Johannes Baron Bentinck), grandson maternally of the industrialist and art collector Heinrich, Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon
), nephew of Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza
(1921–2002). They had no children, and the marriage again ended in divorce in 1996. (Baron Steven Bentinck has since remarried and divorced again).
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
) is the first wife of Prince Adam Karol Czartoryski
Adam Karol Czartoryski
Prince Adam Karol Jezus Maria Józef Franciszek Salezy and all the Saints Czartoryski, es. Adán Carlos Jesús María José Francisco de Sales y todos los Santos Czartoryski-Bórbon Krasinski y Orléans is a Polish-Spanish aristocrat, the creator of the Princes Czartoryski Foundation, and a patron of the...
(Head of the Polish House of Czartoryski), mother of Princess Tamara Laura Czartoryska.
Nora Picciotto was born on the 9 of September 1942 in Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
, Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
as a daughter of Ferdinand Picciotto, an Italian born in Aleppo, Syria , and Edith, née Rothenberg, born in Cairo, Egypt. She worked in film industry as a public relations
Public relations
Public relations is the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc....
specialist. She was also a model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
. She first married Manoucher Khanlari and had two children Yasmine Khanlari born 29 of April 1962 and Fabrizio David Ali Khanlari born 3 of December 1965. On 25 January 1977 she married Prince Adam Karol Czaroryski
Adam Karol Czartoryski
Prince Adam Karol Jezus Maria Józef Franciszek Salezy and all the Saints Czartoryski, es. Adán Carlos Jesús María José Francisco de Sales y todos los Santos Czartoryski-Bórbon Krasinski y Orléans is a Polish-Spanish aristocrat, the creator of the Princes Czartoryski Foundation, and a patron of the...
, a first cousin of King Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I |Italy]]) is the reigning King of Spain.On 22 November 1975, two days after the death of General Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos was designated king according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco. Spain had no monarch for 38 years in 1969 when Franco named Juan Carlos as the...
as her second husband. She gave birth to Princess Tamara on 23 April 1978. The marriage with Prince Adam Karol ended in divorce on 28 April 1986. Upon the divorce Nora looses all positions and titles especially the title of HSH Princess Czartoryski. She married thirdly Baron Steven Charles John Bentinck (born 1957 (otherwise known as Carel Johannes Baron Bentinck), grandson maternally of the industrialist and art collector Heinrich, Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon
Heinrich, Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon
Heinrich Thyssen , since June 22, 1907 Heinrich Freiherr Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva, was a German-Hungarian entrepreneur and art collector.-Biography:...
), nephew of Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza
Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza
Hans Henrik Ágost Gábor Tasso Freiherr Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva , a noted industrialist and art collector, was a Dutch-born Swiss citizen with a Hungarian title, a legal resident of Monaco for tax purposes, with a declared second residency in the United Kingdom, but in actuality...
(1921–2002). They had no children, and the marriage again ended in divorce in 1996. (Baron Steven Bentinck has since remarried and divorced again).
Titles from birth
- Miss Eleonora Picciotto
- Mrs. Manoucher Khanlari
- Mrs. Nora Khanlari
- Mrs Nora Picciotto
- Her Serene Highness The Princess Czartoryski
- Princess Nora Czartoryski
- Baroness Steven Bentinck
- Baroness Nora Bentinck
- Mrs Nora Picciotto