Sylvana Palma Windsor, Countess of St Andrews (born Sylvana Palma Tomaselli, 28 May 1957), is the wife of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews

George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews

George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews is the son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and his wife, Katharine, Duchess of Kent...

, the eldest son and heir of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent

The Duke of Kent graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on 29 July 1955 as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Scots Greys, the beginning of a military career that would last over 20 years. He was promoted to captain on 29 July 1961. The Duke of Kent saw service in Hong Kong from 1962–63...

. Lady St Andrews was born in Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador

Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador

Placentia is a town on the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador, consisting of the amalgamated communities of Jerseyside, Townside, Freshwater, Dunville and Argentia...

, the daughter of Maximilian Karl Tomaselli, formerly of Salzburg

Salzburg

-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...

, and Josiane Preschez. Lady St Andrews first married John Paul Jones, son of Captain Geoffrey Jones, of Barbados

Barbados

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, on 25 December 1977 in Vancouver

Vancouver

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; they divorced in 1981.

Tomaselli married Lord St Andrews in Leith

Leith

-South Leith v. North Leith:Up until the late 16th century Leith , comprised two separate towns on either side of the river....

 on 9 January 1988. By the terms of the Act of Settlement

Act of Settlement 1701

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, any of her family who follows her in the Roman Catholic faith is barred from succeeding to the thrones of the Commonwealth realm

Commonwealth Realm

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s. Lord and Lady St Andrews have three children: Edward, Lord Downpatrick, Lady Marina-Charlotte

Lady Marina-Charlotte Windsor

The Lady Marina Charlotte Windsor is the elder daughter of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews and Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St Andrews. She was born at the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge and named for her great-grandmother, Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent...

, and Lady Amelia. Lord Downpatrick was received into the Catholic Church in May 2003 whereby formally renouncing his birth right to the throne. Lady Marina-Charlotte was received into the Catholic Church in 2008 and likewise forfeited her place in the line of succession. Of her three children, only Lady Amelia (who has not joined the Catholic Church) is still in remainder to the Crown

Succession to the British Throne

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Lady St Andrews is an academic, historian

Historian

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 and a Fellow

Fellow

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 of St John's College Cambridge. She is currently Director of Studies in History Part I

Tripos

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 and Social & Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

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. She has been elected a Fellow

Fellow

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 of the Royal Historical Society

Royal Historical Society

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Formal styles from birth

• Miss Sylvana Palma Tomaselli (1957–1977)
• Mrs John Paul Jones (1977–1981)
• Mrs Sylvana Jones (1981–1988)
• The Lady George Windsor, Countess of St Andrews
  St Andrews
  St Andrews is a university town and former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife in Scotland. The town is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle.St Andrews has a population of 16,680, making this the fifth largest settlement in Fife....
  
   (1988–)