Serge Obolensky

Serge Obolensky

Prince Serge Obolensky (October 3, 1890 - September 29 1978) was a Russian Prince and Vice Chairman of the Board of Hilton Hotels Corporation.

Biography

He was the son of Platon Obolensky and Marie Narishkin. He married Czar Alexander II of Russia's daughter, Catherine Alexandrovna Romanov Yurievsky (1878-1959). [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Princess Yourievsky, Who as Princess Dolgorouki Wed Alexander II |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9404E3DE1F3AE633A25752C1A9659C946296D6CF |quote=As the representative of Princess Catherine Yourievsky of Paris, who as Princess Dolgorouki contracted a morganatic marriage with Czar Alexander II. of ... |work=New York Times |date=March 11, 1913 |accessdate=2008-08-11 ] He divorced Catherine and then Obolensky married Ava Alice Muriel Astor on July 24, 1924.cite web |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS215438+11-Jan-2008+MW20080111 |title=Historical Import Goes to Auction at DuMouchelle Art Galleries |accessdate=2008-08-11 |quote=DuMouchelle Art Galleries, Inc., one of the leading United States art galleries, announces the auction of an art collection, culturally and socially significant to Russian and United States history. The entire collection is that of Prince Serge Obolensky, former husband to Russian Czar Alexander II's daughter, Princess Catherine Yourievsky, and later to U.S. real-estate tycoon Colonel John Jacob Astor IV's daughter, Alice Astor. Obolensky was a prominent figure in the Astor family and later Hilton International's New York hotel business. |publisher=Reuters ] He was a solder in two wars and in the Russian revolution. He was a Lt. Colonel in the U. S. paratroopers and a member of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), forerunner of the CIA, and made his first 5 jumps in 1943 and the age of 53. He captured Sardinia with the crew of 3 in 1943. In 1958, he was Vice Chairman of the Board of Hilton Hotels Corporation. Later in life, Obolensky married Marilyn Wall of Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

He died in 1978. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Died |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,916459,00.html |quote= |work=Time (magazine) |date=1978 |accessdate=2008-08-11 ]

Further reading

*Obolensky, Serge. One Man in His Time: The Memoirs of Serge Obolensky (New York. McDowell, Obolensky, Inc. 1958). 433 pp. with index.

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Obolensky&GRid=5888062& Serge Obolensky] at Findagrave

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