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Christina Onassis (Greek: Χριστίνα Ωνάση; 11 December 1950 – 19 November 1988) was a Greek businesswoman, socialite and heiress to the Onassis fortune. She was the only daughter of Aristotle Onassis and Athina Mary "Tina" Livanos .
Athina Onassis is the sole heiress of Christina Onassis, who inherited 55% of Aristotle Onassis's fortune. The remaining 45% of Aristotle's fortune (minus $26 million settled upon Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis) was left to the Alexander S. Onassis Foundation, established in honor of Alexander Onassis, Athina's late uncle, who had died in 1973.
Livanos was 17 at the time of their marriage; Onassis was 40. Onassis and Livanos had two children, both born in New York City: a son, Alexander (1948–1973), and a daughter, Christina (1950–1988). Onassis named his legendary super-yacht after his daughter. To Onassis, his marriage to Athina was more than the fulfillment of his ambitions.
Kennedy’s marriage to Onassis had other issues involving another woman – her daughter-in-law, Christina Onassis. "Christina and [her brother] Alexander didn’t like her at all," said Moutsatsos.
Alexander Socrates Onassis was born at the Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. [2] He was the elder child of the Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis (1906 –1975) and his first wife, Athina Livanos (1929 –1974), herself a daughter of the Greek shipping magnate Stavros G. Livanos.
John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis were one of America's most beloved and widely recognized couples — but their marriage wasn't without scandal — even before they wed.
Onassis died on March 15, 1975, leaving Callas "desperate" and losing her will to live, the former secretary added. “Maria was living in her own world," Moutsatsos said. "She didn’t want to ...
[12] She married Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis that year and the family moved to his private island of Skorpios. Kennedy is said to have considered his stepfather "a joke". [13] Onassis died in 1975 and left his widow $250,000 a year, [14] although she later settled with Christina Onassis for $25 million in exchange for not contesting ...