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Prince Serge Obolensky (October 3, 1890 - September 29 1978) was a Russian Prince and Vice Chairman of the Board of Hilton Hotels Corporation
Hilton Hotels Corporation

Hilton Hotels Corporation, a subsidiary of the Blackstone Group, is a global hospitality company. As of January 2009 Hilton brands encompass 3,200 hotels with 545,000 rooms in 77 countries....
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as the son of Platon Obolensky and Marie Narishkin. He married Czar Alexander II of Russia
Alexander II of Russia

Alexander II Nikolaevich , also known as Alexander the Liberator was the List of Russian rulers of the Russian Empire from 3 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881....
's daughter, Catherine Alexandrovna Romanov Yurievsky (1878-1959). He divorced Catherine and then Obolensky married Ava Alice Muriel Astor
Ava Alice Muriel Astor

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  on July 24, 1924. He was a solder in two wars and in the Russian revolution.






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Prince Serge Obolensky (October 3, 1890 - September 29 1978) was a Russian Prince and Vice Chairman of the Board of Hilton Hotels Corporation
Hilton Hotels Corporation

Hilton Hotels Corporation, a subsidiary of the Blackstone Group, is a global hospitality company. As of January 2009 Hilton brands encompass 3,200 hotels with 545,000 rooms in 77 countries....
.

Biography

He was the son of Platon Obolensky and Marie Narishkin. He married Czar Alexander II of Russia
Alexander II of Russia

Alexander II Nikolaevich , also known as Alexander the Liberator was the List of Russian rulers of the Russian Empire from 3 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881....
's daughter, Catherine Alexandrovna Romanov Yurievsky (1878-1959). He divorced Catherine and then Obolensky married Ava Alice Muriel Astor
Ava Alice Muriel Astor

Ava Alice Muriel Astor was the daughter of John Jacob Astor IV and sister of Vincent Astor....
  on July 24, 1924. He was a solder in two wars and in the Russian revolution. He was a Lt. Colonel in the U. S. paratroopers and a member of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), forerunner of the CIA, and made his first 5 jumps in 1943 and the age of 53. He captured Sardinia
Sardinia

Sardinia is the Mediterranean islands#By area island in the Mediterranean Sea . The area of Sardinia is . The island is surrounded by the France island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Tunisia and the Balearic Islands....
 with the crew of 3 in 1943. In 1958, he was Vice Chairman of the Board of Hilton Hotels Corporation
Hilton Hotels Corporation

Hilton Hotels Corporation, a subsidiary of the Blackstone Group, is a global hospitality company. As of January 2009 Hilton brands encompass 3,200 hotels with 545,000 rooms in 77 countries....
. Later in life, Obolensky married Marilyn Wall of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan

Grosse Pointe Farms is an upscale suburban city bordering Detroit, Michigan located in Wayne County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 9,764 at the United States Census, 2000....
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He died in 1978.

Further reading

  • Obolensky, Serge. One Man in His Time: The Memoirs of Serge Obolensky (New York. McDowell, Obolensky, Inc. 1958). 433 pp. with index.


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