Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark

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Princess Tatiana
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Tatiana in 2015
BornTatiana Ellinka Blatnik
(1980-08-27) 27 August 1980 (age 44)
Caracas, Venezuela
Spouse
(m. 2010;div. 2024)
FatherLadislav Vladimir Blatnik
MotherMarie Blanche Bierlein
OccupationEntrepreneur, author, philanthropist

Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark (born Tatiana Ellinka Blatnik, 27 August 1980) is a Venezuelan entrepreneur, author and philanthropist. She was a member of the non-reigning Greek royal family and the Danish royal family as the wife of Prince Nikolaos, son of Constantine II, who reigned as King of Greece until the monarchy was abolished in 1973. She and Prince Nikolaos divorced in 2024. She worked as a publicist and event planner for Diane von Fürstenberg and, in 2016, published the cookbook A Taste of Greece .

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Early life and ancestry

Tatiana Blatnik was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and was raised in Switzerland. [1] [2] She is the daughter of Ladislav Vladimir Blatnik and Marie Blanche Bierlein. Through her mother, she is a direct descendant of William II, Elector of Hesse. Her maternal grandparents are Ernst Bierlein and Countess Ellinka Karin Harriet von Einsiedel. [3] Princess Tatiana's father was born in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1931 and later moved to Venezuela. He at one time was engaged to the Hollywood actress Natalie Wood. [4] Her father died when she was seven and she was raised by her mother. Her former stepfather, Attilio Brillembourg, is the owner of a New York area financial services company.

Tatiana studied at Aiglon College, [5] then at Georgetown University graduating in 2003 with a degree in sociology. [6] Until July 2010, when she resigned to concentrate on her wedding plans, Tatiana had worked in the publicity department as an event planner for fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg. [7]

Engagement and marriage

Prince Nikólaos's engagement to Tatiana Blatnik, with whom he had been in a long-term relationship, was announced on 28 December 2009, by the office of King Constantine in London. [8] Blatnik and Prince Nikólaos were married in the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas, Spetses, Greece, on 25 August 2010. The bride wore a gown designed by Venezuelan Ángel Sánchez.

The couple announced their amicable separation on 19 April 2024. [9] [10]

Notable published works

Honours

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