Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg
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Durchlaucht Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg |
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Princess Tatiana Hilarionovna Vassiltchikov 1 January 1915 Saint Petersburg |
| Died | 26 July 2006 (aged 91) Johannisberg |
| Resting place | Schloss Johannisberg |
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| Spouse(s) | Paul Alfons von Metternich-Winneburg |
| Relatives | Marie Vassiltchikov, sister |
Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg (Tatiana Hilarionowna Princess of Metternich-Winneburg, born Princess Tatiana Hilarionovna Vassiltchikova (Russian: Татья́на Илларио́новна Васи́льчикова); 1 January 1915 – 26 July 2006) was a German patron of the arts of Russian birth. She published her books and watercolours under the name Tatiana von Metternich. She supported charity, especially the Red Cross and the Order of St. Lazarus, which she served as Grand Bailiff for Germany. She was a founding member of the Rheingau Musik Festival, made parts of Schloss Johannisberg available as concert venues for the festival and served as the president of its Kuratorium until her death.
Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg was born in Saint Petersburg, the second daughter of Prince Hilarion Sergueïevitch Vassiltchikov (1881–1969), a member of the Russian Imperial Parliament Fourth Duma, and his wife, the former Princess Lidiya Leonidovna Vyazemskaya (1886–1946). On September 6, 1941, she married Paul Alfons von Metternich-Winneburg, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg, Duke of Portella and Earl of Kynzvart (1917–1992), son of Clemens von Metternich, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg, and Isabel de Silva y Carvajal, countess of Castillejo.
The family fled Russia in 1919, following the Bolshevik October Revolution by joining a group of people who had been evacuated by the British fleet. King George V of the United Kingdom was the cousin of the last Tsar and maternal nephew of Empress Marie Feodorovna. King George V persuaded Prime Minister David Lloyd George to send a ship to the Crimea to save his aunt but the Empress refused to leave unless those who wished to leave with her were taken as well. The British sent additional ships to take the entire group including the Vassiltchikov family.
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