Francis Alexander Shields
| Francis Alexander Shields | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 16, 1941 New York City, United States |
| Died | April 25, 2003 (aged 61) Palm Beach, Florida, United States |
| Cause of death | Prostate Cancer |
| Residence |
New York City (youth) Palm Beach, Florida |
| Education |
Buckley School St. Paul's School |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Spouse(s) |
Teri Shields (m. 1964; div. 1966) Diana Lippert (m. 1970; d. 2003) |
| Children |
Brooke Shields Marina Shields Olympia Shields Christina Shields |
| Parent(s) |
Francis Xavier Shields Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi |
| Relatives |
Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince of Civitella-Cesi (grandfather) Mary Elsie Moore (grandmother) |
Francis Alexander Shields, Jr. (May 16, 1941 – April 25, 2003), also known as Frank Shields, was an American businessman and an executive at Revlon in New York City, best known as the father of actress Brooke Shields.
Shields was born in New York City, the eldest son of Francis Xavier Alexander Sr. (1909–1975), a top-ranking American tennis player, and Italian Princess Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi (1916-1960). His mother's family is descended from several Italian princely families (most notably Borgia, Medici, d'Este, di Savoia). Shield's uncle was Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi, the husband of the Spanish Infanta Beatriz de Borbón y Battenberg, meaning Shields and King Juan Carlos of Spain share cousins in the Torlonia-de Borbón family. Together, his parents had two children: (1) Francis, and (2) Marina Shields (born 1943)
After his parents' divorce, his father married Katharine Mortimer in 1949. Mortimer had a previous child, Christine Mortimer Biddle, from her first marriage to Oliver Cadwell Biddle (of the Biddle family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Before their eventual divorce, Shields and Mortimer had three children together: Alston Shields, William Xavier Orin Hunt Shields, and Katharine Shields, all half-siblings to Frank Shields.
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