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Helena Stefanovich Schilizzi (Greek: Έλενα Σκυλίτση-Στεφάνοβικ, Elena Skylitsi-Stefanovik; 18 September 1873 — 7 September 1959), was a wealthy Greek-British philanthropist, and second wife of the Greek statesman Eleftherios Venizelos.
This chapter describes Helena Schilizzi, a London-based member of the widespread and prosperous Schilizzi family, who met Venizelos during the peace negotiations of late 1912-1913 and became devoted to him. It is based in part on her memoir A l'Ombre de Veniselos.
Helena Schilizzi came from a wealthy eastern Mediterranean family but was born and spent much of her life in London where she married Venizelos in 1921. She bought the land for their new house in Athens, on the corner of Vasilissis Sophias Avenue and Loukiana Street, from the National Bank of Greece in 1928 and commissioned Anastasios Metaxas ...
1 de jun. de 2021 · This chapter describes Helena Schilizzi, a London-based member of the widespread and prosperous Schilizzi family, who met Venizelos during the peace negotiations of late 1912-1913 and became...
- Michael Llewellyn-Smith
1 de jun. de 2021 · This brought us close to him and his second wife Helena Schilizzi. We managed with the help of Dori Skoura of the British Embassy to get portraits in oils of Venizelos and Helena, and hang them downstairs in the so-called Venizelos Library.
Helena Schilizzi (1873-1959), who belonged to a prominent Anglo-Greek family, married the Greek statesman Eleftherios Venizelos in London in 1921. The history of the Greek community in London during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, therefore, presents a picture of steady progress from an obscure minority to a position of considerable ...
Helena Schilizzi was the founder of the first public maternity hospital in Athens in the late 1920s: she wanted poor women to be able to give birth in a hygienic and professional environment. Through this and other impactful initiatives, Helena Schilizzi brought a unique sense of urban and societal priorities to her life in the public eye (as ...
