Person Sheet
Person Sheet
NameMaria Terpsithea ‘Mary’ (Dimitrius) Cassavetti
Birth29 Apr 1843
Death12 Jul 1914, 37 Boulevard Beaumarchais, Paris 13ème, France
Burial1914, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
MemoInscription on her memorial is in Greek.
Baptism28 Jun 1843, Chapel of Our Saviour, Finsbury Circus, City of London, England
Note 1One of the pre-Raphaelite ‘Three Graces’. Burne-Jones painted her as ‘Maria with Cupid’ in 1870 (in the Clemens-Sels-Museum, Neuss, Germany) inscribing it: ‘Maria Aetat XXVl August 7 1870 EBJ pinxit’.
Marr. WitnessMaria Spartali and George P. Lascaridi.
God-parentsA. C. Ionides.
FatherDimitrius Giovanni (Ioannes) Cassavetti (1811-1858)
MotherEuphrosyne (Constantine) Ionides (1822-1896)
Spouses
1Dr Dimitrius (Alexander) Zambaco
Birthabt 1829
OccupationPhysician.
OriginConstantinople.
Note 1Or Tamvaco? His portrait was painted by G. F. Watts. A variant of the ‘Butterworth’ Ionides genealogical tree says they had a son Dimitrius (1862-1938) who lived in Paris and was painted by Watts.
FatherAlexander Zambaco (?-?)
Marriage20 Jul 1861, Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England
Divorce
ChildrenMaria Euphrosyne (Dimitrius) (1865-)