Athina Livanos

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Athina Mary Livanos Onassis Spencer-Churchill Niarchos (19 March 1929 - 10 October 1974) was the second daughter of the Greek shipping magnate Stavros Livanos. She was best known as the first wife of Aristotle Onassis, but she later married her older sister Eugenia's widower, Stavros Niarchos. She was older sister to her parents' only son, George Stavros Livanos.

Marriages and family

Known as Tina, she was married three times. Her husbands were:

1. Aristotle Onassis (28 December 1946-1960); with him she had two children, Alexander Onassis (1948-1973) and Christina Onassis (1950-1988). She divorced him when she discovered her husband having sex in the saloon of her daughter's namesake yacht, the Christina, with the opera singer Maria Callas.
2. John Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford (23 October 1961-1971)
3. Stavros Niarchos (21 October 1971-1974), her sister Eugenia's widower.

After her divorce from Aristotle Onassis, Tina dropped her married name and used her maiden name, until her marriage to the Marquess of Blandford.

While married to Stavros, Tina's son Alexander Onassis died in a plane crash at the age of 24. Tina was devastated by this loss.

Tina Niarchos died in Paris, where she was living with her then husband Stavros Niarchos, of a drug overdose. Her only living descendant is her namesake granddaughter, Athina Onassis de Miranda. Tina's daughter, Christina, sued her mother's widower for her mother's estimated $250 million (in 1974 dollars) estate claiming the marriage should be annulled under Greek law. Christina later dropped the lawsuit and Niarchos returned all of the money as well as Tina's jewelry, artwork and other personal effects.

Titles

• Miss Athina Mary Livanos (1926–1946)
• Mrs Aristotle Onassis (1946–1960)
• Miss Athina Mary Livanos (1960-1961)
• The Marchioness of Blandford (1961–1971)
• Athina, Marchioness of Blandford (1971)
• Mrs Stavros Niarchos (1971–1974)

Genealogy