Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameMichael (Pantaleon) Vlasto, 5C2R
Birth1 Feb 1874, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
Death4 Sep 1936, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
Residence1936, 1 Kerassoundos, 84 Avenue de la Reine Sophie, Athens, Greece
OccupationNégotiant.
Note 1The founder of one the most important coin collections of the 20th Century who also gave his name to the renowned ‘Vlasto’ Attic vase which later became the property of his daughter Didi and then of the National Museum, Athens.
Note 2A great friend of Prince George of Greece and Denmark (Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg) whom he encouraged to marry the fabulously rich Marie Bonaparte in December 1907. Prince George, born 1869, on Corfu was the son of George l, King of Greece.
Note 3See ‘The Collection of Tarentine Coins Formed by M. P. Vlasto’, by O. E. Ravel (London, 1947). His British probate effects were £2,760 12s 3d granted to Ralli Brothers Ltd for the benefit of his widow. The bulk of his fortune was not in Britain.
FlagsArgenti, Avierino, Cantacuzene, Caradja, Coressi, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Grimaldi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Petrocochino, Ralli(Chaviara), Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Scaramanga, Schilizzi, Sevastopoulos, Vlasto, Vouro
MotherPenelope (Ambrosios) Capari (1846-1920)
Marriage26 Feb 1900, Marseille, France
SpouseRégine (Georges) Lidoriki, 5C3R
Birth1878, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
MemoArgenti says 21 Dec 1869 but a census return says 1878.
Deathaft 1936
Note 1She was a close friend of Princess Helen of Greece and was one of five women volunteers (Maria Negroponte (née Lüder), Julia Vlasto (née Psycha), Mrs Embiricos and Mrs Valsamaki) who ran the Princess Helen Hospital in Thessaloniki in 1912/13.
FlagsGiustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Ralli(Chaviara), Scanavi, Vouro
FatherGeorges Lidoriki (?-?)
Children
Birth4 Oct 1900, Marseille, France
Death1974
SpouseHélène (Théodore) Zarifi ° , 1C1R (1911-1988)
Marriage14 Jan 1932, Marseille, France
Divorce13 Jul 1951, Marseille, France
ChildrenMichel 'Micky' (Pandely) (1937-)
Birth8 Aug 1903, Marseille, France
Death1985
Marriage17 Feb 1927, Tour-la-Reine, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
ChildrenFreddy (Jean) (?-)
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