| 词条 | Serge Obolensky |
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| name = Prince Serge Obolensky | image = Serge Obolensky.jpg | image_size = | caption = Obolensky circa 1943 | birth_name = Sergei Platonovich Obolensky | birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|11|3}} | birth_place = Saint Petersburg, Russia | death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|9|29|1890|11|3}} | death_place = Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation = | title = | salary = | networth = | height = | weight = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = {{marriage|Catherine Yurievskaya |1916|1924|reason=div.}} {{marriage|Ava Alice Muriel Astor |1924|1932|reason=div.}} {{marriage|Marilyn Wall |1971|1978|reason=his death}} | partner = | alma_mater = Oxford University | children = Ivan Sergeyevich Obolensky Sylvia Obolensky Guirey | parents = Platon Sergeyevich Obolensky Maria Konstantinovna Naryshkina | relatives = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}Prince Sergei Platonovich Obolensky Neledinsky-Meletzky (November 3, 1890 in Tsarskoye Selo, Russia – September 29, 1978 in Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Michigan, USA) — known as Serge Obolensky — was a Russian-American aristocrat, U.S. Army paratrooper, socialite and publicist. He served as vice chairman of the board of directors of the Hilton Hotels Corporation.[1] Early lifeObolensky's parents were Prince Platon Sergeyevich Obolensky-Neledinsky-Meletzky (1850–1913)[1] and Maria Konstantinovna Naryshkina (1861–1929).[2] He had a younger brother, Vladimir (1896–1968),[3] who died unmarried and childless. He was an enthusiastic polo player and played for his University Team 1914 in Oxford.[4] CareerObolensky was a soldier in two World Wars and in the Russian Civil War and fled his native country after battling Bolsheviks as a guerrilla fighter. He was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. paratroopers and a member of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), forerunner of the CIA, and made his first five jumps in 1943 at the age of 53.[6] After his second marriage, he settled in the U.S., working with his new brother-in-law, the real estate entrepreneur Vincent Astor.[5] He also started a business, Parfums Chevalier Garde, with fellow emigre, Aleksandre Tarsaidze (1901–1978). Tarsaidze was president until 1940 when they were cut off from their French suppliers during World War II.[6] When Obolensky was president of the Sherry-Netherland Hotel, Tarsaidze became his assistant. Tarsaidze later wrote a novel about the parents of Obolensky's first wife, Alexander II and Catherine Dolgorukov.[6] In 1949, he started his own public relations firm in New York City, Serge Obolensky Associates, Inc.,[5] handling accounts like Piper-Heidsieck champagne. "Serge", a friend once remarked, "could be successful selling umbrellas in the middle of the Sahara". In 1958, Obolensky was made Vice Chairman of the Board of Hilton Hotels Corporation.[5] In the same year, he released his autobiography, One Man In His Time. The Memoirs of Serge Obolensky.[7] He maintained a substantial art collection. Personal lifeOn October 6, 1916, he married Princess Catherine Alexandrovna Yurievskaya (1878–1959) at Yalta. Catherine was the youngest daughter of Russian Emperor Alexander II (1818–1881) and his second, morganatic wife, Princess Catherine Dolgorukova (1847–1922), and was the widow of Prince {{ill|Alexander Vladimirovich Baryatinsky|ru|Барятинский, Александр Владимирович (1870)}} (1870–1910), with whom she had two children.[8] They divorced in 1924 without any issue. On July 24, 1924, he married Ava Alice Muriel Astor (1902–1956) in London, Middlesex. Ava was the daughter of John Jacob Astor IV (1864–1912) and his first wife Ava Lowle Willing (1868–1958).[9] Before divorcing in 1932,[10] Obolensky had two children with Ava:
On June 3, 1971, he married for the third and final time to Marilyn Fraser-Wall (1929–2007) of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, with whom he did not have children.[9][16] Obolensky died in 1978,[17] and is buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Michigan.[18] HonorsThe "Serge Obolensky Room", at the back of the 1st floor at the Soldiers', Sailors', Marines', Coast Guard and Airmen's Club in Manhattan, memorializes his services as a soldier. Portraits and memorabilia festoon the walls. References
1. ^Moscow, June 12, 1850 – Saint Petersburg, June 27, 1913 2. ^Moscow, December 22, 1861 – Paris, February 2, 1929; they were married at Saint Petersburg, January 31, 1888; divorced 1897 3. ^Saint Petersburg, March 14, 1896 – New York, New York County, New York, October 12, 1968 4. ^{{cite journal|title=Polo Monthly|date=November 1914|page=140|url=http://www.hpa-polo.co.uk/yearbooks/1914%20Sep%20-%201915%20Feb.pdf|accessdate=10 August 2013}} 5. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|last1=Jr|first1=Robert Mcg Thomas|title=Thriving Society Legend: Serge Obolensky at 80|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/27/archives/thriving-society-legend-serge-obolensky-at-80.html|accessdate=6 September 2016|work=The New York Times|date=27 September 1970}} 6. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=Alexandre Tarsaidze, 77; Czarist Emigre Acquired OwnPublic Relations Firm|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/02/28/archives/alexandre-tarsaidze-77-czarist-emigre-acquired-own-public-relations.html|accessdate=6 September 2016|work=The New York Times|date=28 February 1978}} 7. ^{{cite news|title=Came the Revolution. The Memoirs of Serge Obolensky. Illustrated. 433 pp. New York: McDowell, Obolensky. $6.95. |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1958/11/16/83425426.html?action=click&contentCollection=Archives&module=ArticleEndCTA®ion=ArchiveBody&pgtype=article|accessdate=6 September 2016|work=The New York Times|date=November 16, 1958}} 8. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Princess Yourievsky, Who as Princess Dolgorouki Wed Alexander II |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1913/03/11/archives/czars-widow-sues-her-agent-here-princess-yourievsky-who-as-princess.html |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 }} 9. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://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=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, Ava Astor. ... |publisher=Reuters | date=11 January 2008}} 10. ^{{cite news|title=Princess Obolensky In Reno For Divorce. Former Muriel Astor, Sister of Vincent, Married an Ex-Russian Minister to Poland.|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1932/12/04/100878721.html?pageNumber=27|accessdate=6 September 2016|work=The New York Times|date=December 4, 1932}} 11. ^May 15, 1925 12. ^Vöcklabruck, Austria, May 18, 1931 – London, Middlesex, June 27, 1997 13. ^Saint-Gilles, Belgium, July 14, 1924 – Le Temple, Lacanau, France August 22, 1982 14. ^New York, New York County, New York, August 14, 1924 – The Bahamas, August 8, 2001 15. ^1892 – June 2, 1953 16. ^She was born on August 13, in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan and died on 5 October 2007, in Arlington County, Virginia 17. ^{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=OBITUARIES|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/06/archives/obituaries-obituaries.html|accessdate=6 September 2016|work=The New York Times|date=6 November 1978}} 18. ^1 {{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Died |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,916459,00.html |quote=Serge Obolensky, 87, Russian prince who became a publicist and international socialite; in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. Scion of a wealthy White Russian family and husband of Czar Alexander II's daughter, the Oxford-educated Obolensky fled his native country after battling Bolsheviks as a guerrilla fighter. The tall, mustachioed aristocrat subsequently divorced Princess Catherine, married the daughter of American Financier John Jacob Astor, settled in the U.S. and worked with his brother-in-law, the real estate entrepreneur Vincent Astor. During World War II, Obolensky at 53 became the U.S. Army's oldest paratrooper and earned the rank of colonel. He started his own public relations firm in New York in 1949, handling accounts like Piper-Heidsieck champagne. "Serge," a friend once remarked, "could be successful selling umbrellas in the middle of the Sahara." |work=Time |accessdate=2008-08-11 |date=October 16, 1978}}
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