Helena (John) Schilizzi Stephanovich^{[1, 2, 3]}

1873 - 1959  (85 years)

• Name	Helena (John) Schilizzi Stephanovich
  Birth	18 Sep 1873	93 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England UK
  Christening	11 Oct 1873	Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England UK
  	God-parents: Hypatia P. Sechiari (her maternal grandmother). [4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	07 Sep 1959	avenue George V 29, Paris 8ème, Île-de-France, France
  	DOD for Veniselos, Helena Stefanovitch (otherwise Helena), 29 Avenue George V, Paris 8e, France, Widow. Estate was handled by The Royal Bank of Scotland, 7 Burlington Gardens, London W.I. and John Stephen Schilizzi (London Gazette 16 Oct 1959).
  Burial	10 Sep 1959	Paris, Île-de-France, France
  Notes	Seriously injured during an assassination attempt on her husband in June 1933 at Kephissia, Athens, after which, in protest she sold her house in Athens rather than give it to Greece and it thus became the British Embassy in Greece. Brought up and educated in London. Made serious efforts to persuade the Greeks of the Allied cause in WWI and then organised medical and other supplies to Greeks serving under French commanders on the Macedonian front. Funded the Athens Maternity Hospital, named after her very close friend of Maria/Marika Iliadi/Eliadis (née Omiro) who was born in Smyrna and died on 26 Dec 1924 and is buried at West Norwood Cemetery with husband Michael. Published her memoirs in 1955 'A l'Ombre de Venizelos'. Her estate became the Schilizzi Foundation which gives grants to Greeks studying in England. She gave her house at 51 Upper Brook Street, Mayfair, London, to Greece as the Ambassador's residence. 1881 England census: 93 Westbourne Terrace, London, household headed by John S. Schilizzi, 40, retired merchant; wife Virginia, 31, both b. Constantinople; son Stephen J., 8; daughter Helen, 9, both b. London; George Sechiari, brother-in-law, 19, foreign grain merchant, b. Constantinople; & 4 servants. Around 1912 Miss Helena Schilizzi commissioned the rebuilding of 41-42-43 Park Lane, Mayfair, part of the Grosvenor Estate, Mayfair. This and adjoining houses were demolished in 1927.
  Person ID	I2589	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	John S. (Zannis) Schilizzi Stephanovich,   b. 31 Aug 1840, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. 13 Oct 1908, 31 Cromwell Road, London, England UK (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Virginia (Pandia) Sechiari,   b. 05 Sep 1849, Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey d. 20 Jul 1929, Kifisia, Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	18 Apr 1871	Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey
  	Marriage Witnesses: Paul (Ioannis) Schilizzi.
  Family ID	F1099	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Prime Minister Eleftherios (Kyriakos) Venizelos,   b. 23 Aug 1864, Mournies, Crete, Greece d. 18 Mar 1936, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	15 Sep 1921	Westgate, Highgate, London, England UK
  	Marriage Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. Stephen John Schilizzi (her brother and sister-in-law); her mother; Lady [Mrs. Sir Arthur] Crosfield; Maria Elliadi (née Omiro); and Miss Elliadi; K. Pagonis presiding; entry 429. [5] The marriage was registered at the St. Pancras Registry Office, London, 14 Sep 1921 (The Times [London] 15 Sep 1921). The religious ceremony took place at "Witanhurst", the home of Sir Arthur Henry Crosfield & his wife Domini (nee Elliadi), the biggest private house in London after Buckingham Palace (Colin Fenn).
  Photos		Eleftherios Venizelos - Helen Schilizzi 1921 London Marriage photo from Sturdza
  		Venizelos-Schilizzi Wedding Dominie Crosfield is standing on wall. Photo courtesy Hellenic Communication Service, LLC website; Published ELT News, Feb 2009: "Venizelos bed retires to Greece" By Andrew Leech.
  Family ID	F1123	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 18 Sep 1873 - 93 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England UK Christening - 11 Oct 1873 - Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England UK Marriage - 15 Sep 1921 - Westgate, Highgate, London, England UK Death - 07 Sep 1959 - avenue George V 29, Paris 8ème, Île-de-France, France Burial - 10 Sep 1959 - Paris, Île-de-France, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Helena Schilizzi
  		Elena Skylitsi (b.1873) From the website: Greek and linked European Families
  		avenue George V 29, Paris 8e, France The block is now occupied by the Four Seasons George V Hotel (photo 2009).
  		93 Westbourne Terrace, London, England In 1881 John S. and Virginia Schilizzi lived at 93 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, with their children; photo 2009.
  		51 Upper Brook Street, London, England photo 2009; Helen Venizelos lived at this Mayfair, address and gave her house to Greece as the Ambassador's residence.
  		51 Upper Brook Street, London, England detail
  		51 Upper Brook Street, London, England plaque
  		Helena Schilizzi Photo as nurse and newspaper article on wedding; ebay item, 2015.

  
  

  Documents

  Philip L. Chryssoveloni, Chios through the Ages (Athens, 1937) Helena Eleftherios Venizelos is mentioned on page 44

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] Χρυσοβελόνης, Φίλιππος Λ [Philip L. Chryssoveloni], Χίος και Χίοι διά μέσου των αιώνων, (digital document, originally published Athens,1937), 44. [S116] ΔΡΟΜΟΚΑΪΤΕΙΟ ΘΕΡΑΠΕΥΤΗΡΙΟ, History of Dromocaiti Hospital Chios 1887 - 1987, (Athens, Greece 1987). Her photograph is in this book. [S126] 1881 England Census. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Sep 1975, 12. Records of Baptisms from the Church of Our Saviour, 82-84 London Wall, City of London [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England). Marriages Celebrated at the Holy Wisdom (Saint Sophia) in Moscow Road, Bayswater [London]