Ava Alice Muriel Astor
| Ava Alice Muriel Astor | |
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| Born |
Ava Alice Muriel Astor July 7, 1902 Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Died | July 19, 1956 (aged 54) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Stroke |
| Resting place | Rhinebeck Cemetery, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York, U.S. |
| Net worth |
 US $5,305,000 (equivalent to approximately $46,732,050 in 2016 dollars) |
| Spouse(s) |
Prince Sergei Platonovich Obolensky (m. 1924; div. 1932) Raimund von Hofmannsthal (m. 1933; div. 1939) Philip John Ryves Harding (m. 1940; div. 1945) David Pleydell-Bouverie (m. 1946; div. 1952) |
| Children | Prince Ivan Sergeyevich Obolensky Princess Sylvia Sergeyevna Obolensky Romana von Hofmannsthal Emily Edwina Harding |
| Parent(s) |
John Jacob Astor IV Ava Lowle Willing |
| Relatives | See Astor family |
Ava Alice Muriel Astor (July 7, 1902 – July 19, 1956) was an American heiress, socialite, and member of the Astor family. She was the daughter of John Jacob Astor IV and Ava Lowle Willing, and sister of Vincent Astor.
Ava was born on July 7, 1902 in Manhattan, New York. She was the only daughter of Colonel John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV (1864–1912) and Ava Lowle Willing (1868–1958). Her paternal grandparents were real estate businessman and race horse breeder/owner William Backhouse Astor, Jr. (1829–1892) and socialite Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn (1830–1908), while her maternal grandparents were businessman Edward Shippen Willing (1822–1906) and socialite Alice Bell Barton (1833–1903).
On July 24, 1924, Ava Astor married Prince Sergei Platonovich "Serge" Obolensky, son of General Platon Sergeyevich Obolensky and Maria Konstantinovna Naryshkina, at Savoy Chapel in London. The marriage was considered the event of the season in England that year. Her brother Vincent gave her a Palladian Revival stone residence on his estate near Rhinebeck, New York. The house was north of his own "Ferncliff Casino" ("Astor Courts") and also overlooked the Hudson River. Ava named it "Marienruh" and retained it through her life. Before divorcing Serge in 1932, they had two children:
On January 21, 1933, she married Raimund von Hofmannsthal (1906–1974), son of Gertrud Schlesinger and Hugo von Hofmannsthal, an Austrian novelist, librettist, and dramatist. The couple was married in the city court of Newark, New Jersey. Together, the couple had a daughter:
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