Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark

Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark (née Nonie May Stewart; 20 January 1878 – 29 August 1923) was an American-born heiress and member of the Greek royal family. She was married to Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, the youngest child of King George I of Greece and his consort, Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia. Early life She was born as May Stewart in Zanesville, Ohio, to William Charles Stewart, a wealthy merchant, and his wife, Mary Holden, who had been married since 11 December 1874. By 1880, the Stewart family had moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where it appears that May's mother died not long afterward, and her father remarried. May was educated at home until the age of seventeen, when she was sent to Miss Porter's School for young ladies in Farmington, Connecticut. She was soon introduced to high society. First and second marriages As "Nonie May Stewart", on 1 October 1894, in Cleveland, she married George Ely Worthington, son of Ralph Worthington (who was a son of George Worthington, a major Cleveland industrialist). The marriage license inaccurately states that she was born in 1876, since Ohio law required that females be at least 18 years of age to marry. The couple lived as husband and wife for four years, having no children. It is unclear how or where, but the marriage ended on 23 March 1899, by divorce or annulment. The 1900 U.S. census records that "May Worthington" was again living with her father and step-mother in Cleveland that year (George Ely Worthington had been born on 7 May 1872, in Cleveland and would die on 22 August 1950, in Temple City, California, leaving a widow and three children, having long outlived Princess Anastasia). Since the original marriage was contracted under false pretences and while May was legally underage, annulment is plausible.