Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St Andrews
| Countess of St Andrews | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sylvana Palma Tomaselli 28 May 1957 Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Other names | Sylvana Windsor |
| Occupation | Fellow of St John's College Cambridge |
| Spouse | John Paul Jones (m. 1977, div. 1981) George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews (m. 1988) |
| Parents | Maximilian Karl Tomaselli Josiane Preschez |
Sylvana Palma Windsor, Countess of St Andrews (born Sylvana Palma Tomaselli, 28 May 1957), is the wife of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, the eldest son and heir of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent.
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[edit] Early life
Lady St Andrews was born in Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, the daughter of Maximilian Karl Tomaselli, formerly of Salzburg, and Josiane Preschez.
[edit] Marriage and family
Lady St Andrews first married John Paul Jones, son of Captain Geoffrey Jones, of Barbados, on 25 December 1977 in Vancouver; they divorced in 1981.
Tomaselli married Lord St Andrews in Leith on 9 January 1988. By the terms of the Act of Settlement, any of her family who follows her in the Roman Catholic faith is barred from succeeding to the thrones of the Commonwealth realms.
Lord and Lady St Andrews have three children:
Lord Downpatrick was received into the Catholic Church in May 2003 whereby formally renouncing his birth right to the throne. Lady Marina-Charlotte was received into the Catholic Church in 2008 and likewise forfeited her place in the line of succession. Of her three children, only Lady Amelia (who has not joined the Catholic Church) is still in remainder to the Crown.[1]
[edit] Academic career
Lady St Andrews is an academic, historian and a Fellow of St John's College Cambridge.[2]
She specialises in French and British political theory of the 18th century, including the history of woman, and has written about John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, David Hume, Mary Wollstonecraft and John Stuart Mill. She teaches the three History of Political Theory Papers and is an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of History as well as Social and Political Sciences.[3]
She is a founding member of the European Centre for the Philosophy of Gender, Siegen, Germany. She is currently Director of Studies in History Part I and Social & Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge.[4]
She has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[5]
[edit] Formal styles from birth
- Miss Sylvana Palma Tomaselli (1957–1977)
- Mrs John Paul Jones (1977–1981)
- Mrs Sylvana Jones (1981–1988)
- The Lady George Windsor, Countess of St Andrews (1988–)
| Preceded by Claire Windsor, Countess of Ulster |
United Kingdom Order of Precedence (Ladies) |
Succeeded by Lady Davina Lewis |
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