Alexandra von Fürstenberg

Alexandra von Fürstenberg
Alexandra von Fürstenberg
Born	Alexandra Natasha Miller; October 3, 1972 (age 51); New York City, New York, U.S.
Spouse	Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg; (m. 1995; div. 2002); Dax Miller; (m. 2015)
Issue	Princess Talita; Prince Tassilo
House	Fürstenberg (by marriage)
Father	Robert Warren Miller
Mother	Chantal Pesantes
Religion	Roman Catholic
Occupation	Image Director for DvF, President of Alexandra Von Furstenberg, LLC

Alexandra von Fürstenberg (née Alexandra Natasha Miller, formerly Princess Alexandra von Fürstenberg, born October 3, 1972) is a furniture designer and the image director for DvF, the clothing label which was founded by her former mother in law, Diane von Fürstenberg, and helped revive the company’s famous 1970s wrap dress.

Early life

She is the youngest daughter of the American-born Duty Free shops businessman Robert Warren Miller and his Ecuadorian wife, the former Chantal Pesantes. She has two siblings, Pia Getty and Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece. The troika is popularly known as the Miller Sisters.

Alexandra Miller was raised in Hong Kong, Paris and New York and studied fashion and art history at the Parsons School of Design and Brown University.

Career

Alexandra worked for Diane von Furstenberg’s company as an image director.^[2]

In 2007, she formed her contemporary furniture company, Alexandra Von Furstenberg LLC, designing a line of modern acrylic furniture.^[3]^{[better source needed]}

Personal life

On October 28, 1995, at the Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola in New York City, she married Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg (b. 1970), the only son of the fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg and a great-grandson of Giovanni Agnelli, the founder of Fiat.^[1]

The couple had two children, Princess Talita Natasha (b. May 7, 1999) and Prince Tassilo Egon Maximilian (b. New York City, August 26, 2001), who is named for his paternal great-grandfather. They separated in 2002 and later divorced.

She is a godmother of her nephew Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark.

On July 7, 2015, Alexandra married longtime fiancé, designer Dax Miller. The couple wed on the seventh anniversary of the start of their relationship.

Titles and styles

1972–1995: Miss Alexandra Natasha Miller
1995–2002: Her Serene Highness Princess Alexandra of Fürstenberg
2002–2015: Alexandra von Fürstenberg
2015–present: Mrs Dax Miller

Ancestry

Ancestors of Alexandra von Fürstenberg

16. Charles Herman Miller

8. Ellis John Springer Miller

17. Elizabeth Ann Springer

4. Ellis Warren Appleton Miller

18. George Henry Appleton

9. Blanche Louise Appleton

19. Helen Mary Edson

2. Robert Warren Miller

20. Hugh Squarebriggs

10. Altimus Squarebriggs

21. Jane Clark

5. Sophia June Squarebriggs

22. James S. Mountain

11. Priscilla Mountain

23. Mary Margaret Wallace

1. Alexandra, Princess of Fürstenberg

6. Servando Pesantes Chanduy

3. Marie Chantal Pesantes

7. Beatriz Becerra

References

^ ^a ^b Carey Goldberg, 1995, "Quiet high-society wedding is a spectacle for gawkers," The New York Times (online), October 29, 1995, see [1], accessed July 14, 2015.
^ Seven Americans who married royalty: "Alexandra Natasha Miller" retrieved January 15, 2012. Archived August 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ Alexandra Von Furstenberg LLC website, retrieved January 15, 2012.^{[better source needed]}

External links

[GoldbergWeddingNYT95-1] Carey Goldberg, 1995, "Quiet high-society wedding is a spectacle for gawkers," The New York Times (online), October 29, 1995, see [1], accessed July 14, 2015.

[2] Seven Americans who married royalty: "Alexandra Natasha Miller" retrieved January 15, 2012. Archived August 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Alexandra Von Furstenberg LLC website, retrieved January 15, 2012.^{[better source needed]}

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