Athina Livanos

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name = Athina Livanos


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birth_date = March 19, 1926
birth_place = London
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death_date = death date and age|1974|10|10|1926|3|19
death_place = St. Moritz
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spouse = Aristotle Onassis (1946-1960)
John Spencer-Churchill (1961-1971)
Stavros Niarchos (1971-1974)
children = Alexander Onassis (1948-1973) and
Christina Onassis (1950-1988)
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Athina Mary Livanos Onassis Spencer-Churchill Niarchos (19 March, 1926 - 10 October, 1974) was a daughter of the Greek shipping magnate Stavros Livanos. She was best known as the first wife of Aristotle Onassis.

Known as Tina, she was married three times. Her husbands were:
#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.
#John Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford (23 October 1961-1971)
#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 Saint-Moritz, where she was living with her then husband Stavros Niarchos, of a drug overdose. Her only descendant is her namesake granddaughter, Athina Onassis de Miranda. Tina's daughter, Christina, sued her stepfather for her mother's estimated $250 million (in 1974 dollars) estate claiming the marriage should be annuled 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.

ee also

*George Livanos