Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NamePrince Constantine (Dimitrios) Soutzo, 6C7R
Birth2 Aug 1837, Bucharest, Romania
Death15 May 1914, Bucharest, Romania
Note 1He killed Prince Nicolai Ghika in a notorious duel at Belle Croix, Fontainebleau on 26 Nov 1873, believing Ghika to be his wife’s lover. Ghika died of a thigh injury the following day.
Note 2Sentenced to four years in prison. This was the last fatal duel in Paris and figured in a film by the Lumières brothers: ‘Duel aux Pistolets’ (1898).
Note 3His wife Nathalie, daughter of the Romanian finance minister, wanted a divorce and took their young son to Romania. Soutzo tried to abduct the three year-old but was stopped at the border.
FlagsCallimachi, Cantacuzene, Caradja, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Soutzo
Other spousesMarie Romalo
Marriage17 May 1869, Bucharest, Romania
Divorce28 Jan 1874, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
SpouseNathalie (Petros) Mavroyeni, 8C5R
Birth4 Nov 1848, Jassy/Iasi, Romania
Death1 Mar 1904, Jassy/Iasi, Romania
Note 1Or Mavrojeni.
FlagsCallimachi, Caradja, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo
MotherEleni Spiro-Paul (?-1860)
Other spousesLeon Bogdan
Children
Birth8 Apr 1871, Bucharest, Romania
MemoArgenti says 1870 Jassy.
DeathDec 1943, Bucharest, Romania
SpouseClara Holmes (1882-1965)
Marriage?
Divorce?
ChildrenMicheline (Dimitri) (1916-?)
 Michel (Dimitri) (1917-?)
Marriage4 Jun 1903, Bucharest, Romania
Married MemoArgenti says 5 Jun 1903.
Divorce1924
Birth13 Feb 1878, Wallachia (Romania)
Death29 Jun 1916, Balta-Alba, Ukraine
MemoPresumably the Balta close to the Moldova/Ukraine border.
SpouseElise (Alexander) Soutzo , 8C5R (1888-1963)
Marriage5 Oct 1909, Bucharest, Romania
ChildrenConstantine (Gregory) (1912-?)
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