Tina Onassis Niarchos
English-born Greek-French socialite and shipping heiress
Athina Mary "Tina" Onassis Niarchos (née Livanos; Greek: Αθηνά "Τίνα" Λιβανού, pronounced [aθiˈna ˈtina livaˈnu]; 19 March 1929 – 10 October 1974) was an English-born Greek-French socialite and shipping heiress. She was second daughter of the Greek shipping magnate Stavros G. Livanos and Arietta Zafirakis. Niarchos was also the first wife of Aristotle Onassis, and later married her older sister Eugenia's widower and Greek shipping tycoon, Stavros Niarchos, who was her first husband Onassis's arch-rival. She was also an elder sister of George Stavros Livanos.
Marriages and family
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 upon discovering that he was having an affair with the opera singer Maria Callas.
John Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford (23 October 1961 – March 1971), later 11th Duke of Marlborough.
Stavros Niarchos (21 October 1971 – 1974), her sister Eugenia's widower.
After her divorce from Aristotle Onassis, she resumed using her maiden name, Livanos, until her marriage to Spencer-Churchill.
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