Aglaïa (Ioannis) Baltazzi^{[1, 2]}

1841 - 1877  (36 years)

• Name	Aglaïa (Ioannis) Baltazzi
  	Or Aglaë on documents.
  Birth	23 Nov 1841	rue [Deuxieme] Calade 18 [38?], Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
  	Date from birth certificate. Argenti incorrectly says 24 Nov 1841. Sturdza wrongly says 24 Sep 1841. [3] Her birth certificate was signed by George (Eustratius) Petrocochino, her maternal grandfather.
  Gender	Female
  Death	09 Dec 1877	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
  Burial	St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
  Notes	Aglaia Agelasto was aunt and god-mother to Arghyro Frangopoulos b. 1864. Mayerling Affair. Marie Vetsera, who was murdered by Archduke Rudolph of Austria, was Aglaia Baltazzi's first cousin once removed, the granddaughter of Theodore Baltazzi of Constantinople, her father Jean's elder brother in the so-called Mayerling [Meyerling] Affair. In 1889, some twelve years after Aglaia died, Marie, Baroness Vetschera, née Baltazzi, died along with her lover in a grusome crime, which has to this day never been solved. The New York Times in 1917 speculated that Count Baltazzi, a cousin, murdered Marie, his fiancée, and her lover. In revisiting the events Time Magazine in 1926 referred to Maria's grandfather as 'one Baltazzi, "a dirty Greek," who amassed millions'. Speculation suggests single or double suicide, or a murder/suicide, or a double murder. The Count Baltazzi, who was intending to marry his cousin (and knew of her infidelity so the story goes) might have been Aglaia's cousin of some sort, also. None of the names matches her father's nor those of the Baroness' brothers, Aristide and Hector. Historian/genealogist George Vassiadis tells the story of Marie Vetsera: her mother Helen Baltazzi, the daughter of Theodore Baltazzi, married an Austrian diplomat by the name of Albin Vetsera, who was created an Austrian baron. Helen Baltazzi Vetsera and most of her siblings settled in Vienna, where their fortune (and love of horses) enabled them to move amongst the aristocracy. Her daughter, Marie, was introduced to Archduke Rudolph, the only son and heir of Emperor Franz Joseph. Rudolph was an unstable character and probably suffered from syphilis and probably also some sort of mental illness. He and Marie are thought to have become lovers. Some time after they met they went to Rudolph's hunting lodge, where he is thought to have shot Marie and then himself. Naturally, the Austrian court did everything it could to cover up the scandal, and two of Marie's uncles were summoned to the hunting lodge to retrieve her body, which was buried in secrecy at a nearby cemetery. Rudolph was officially reported to have died in a hunting accident. Eventually some details slipped out, but to this day the exact reasons for the murder-suicide remain unknown. Unsurprisingly, Marie's Vetsera and Baltazzi relatives were practically ostracised after the tragedy. Some excellent books have been written about the tragedy, but most are full of errors when it comes to their presentation of the Baltazzi family. Residence: at DOD, cours Pierre Puget 24, Marseille, France. 1871 England census: 22 Pembridge Crescent household headed by J M Agelasto, 35, merchant, b. Syros, Greece; wife Aglaia, 29, b. Marseille; sons Michel, 5; Pendley, 4; daughters Katherine, 3; Mary, 2 mos., Alexandra, 11 months; all b. London; father Michael P., 68, retired merchant; mother Marie M., 57, both b. Chios [Scio, Turkey]; & 6 servants. Her sister Maria is on the Negroponte-Agelasto tree. Philanthropy: Aglaia Agelasto donated £5 to the Chios Hospital in 1872 according to unpublished research by Demetrios Melachrinoudis. [4]
  Person ID	I81	Agelasto
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Ioannis (Evangelos) Baltazzi,   b. Abt 1796, Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey d. 18 Feb 1880, cours Pierre Puget 24, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Aikaterine (George) Petrocochino,   b. 1820   d. 08 Nov 1883, chemin de Saint Charles 2, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F123	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Michael (Michael) Agelasto,   b. 14 Sep 1835, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece d. 10 Nov 1919, 25 Landsdowne Road, Holland Park, London, England UK (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	01 Mar 1862	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
  	Witnesses at their wedding included George Petrocochino, 73, merchant, her maternal grandfather; Alexandre Doruiario; Michel Parembli, 46, her uncle, allees du Capucines 8; and Stamatios Nicolas Frangopoulos, his brother-in-law.
  Children	1. Mary (John) Agelasto,   b. 06 Jul 1863, London, England UK d. 17 Jul 1863, London, England UK (Age 0 years) + 2. Michael John (John) Agelasto,   b. 18 Jan 1866, London, England UK d. 24 Sep 1927, Baltatzi 19, Athens, Greece (Age 61 years) + 3. Pantaleon (John) Agelasto,   b. 20 Jan 1867, London, England UK d. 07 Dec 1936, 12 Exmoor St, Kensingston, London, England UK (Age 69 years)   4. Aikaterini (John) Agelasto,   b. 05 Jan 1868, London, England UK d. 03 Jan 1956, England UK (Age 87 years) + 5. Maria (John) Agelasto,   b. 16 Feb 1869, London, England UK d. Abt Mar 1951, Essex, England UK (Age 82 years) + 6. Alexandra (John) Agelasto,   b. 06 Apr 1870, London, England UK d. 13 Sep 1958, Hopedene Nursing Home, Worthing, Sussex, England UK (Age 88 years) + 7. Christine (John) Agelasto,   b. 23 Jul 1871, London, England UK d. 11 Nov 1935, Roughwood Park, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, England UK (Age 64 years)   8. Loucia (John) Agelasto,   b. 10 Dec 1874, London, England UK d. 12 Jan 1968, London, England UK (Age 93 years)   9. George (John) Agelasto,   b. 12 Sep 1876, London, England UK bur. 31 May 1878, Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England UK (Age ~ 1 years)
  Documents		John Michael Agelasto - Aglaia Baltazzi marriage certificate
  Family ID	F62	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2008

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 23 Nov 1841 - rue [Deuxieme] Calade 18 [38?], Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Marriage - 01 Mar 1862 - Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Death - 09 Dec 1877 - Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Burial - - St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		cours Pierre Puget 24, Marseille, France photo 2009
  		cours Pierre Puget 24, Marseille, France photo 2009
  		allées Léon Gambetta 2, Marseille, France Jean and Catherine Baltazzi and their daughter Aglaïa lived at allées des Capucines 2, 1848-1862; photo 2009; see note on street numbering.
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  Documents » Slide Show		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Aglaia Baltazzi death certificate
  		Aglaia Baltazzi birth certificate

  
  

  Headstones » Slide Show		Aglaia Agelasto Baltazzi in the Baltazzi crypt, St Pierre Cemetery, Marseille
  		Double Baltatzis-Psicharis mausoleum Cimetière St Pierre, Marseille, France (photo by George Vassiadis Sep 2008).
  		Baltazzi-Psichari Mausoleum, Cimetière Saint-Pierre, Marseilles, France Interior of once magnificent family memorial that has ended up in a dreadful state. Aglaia Baltazzi Agelasto may be among those depicted in the busts that rest on the ground (photo by George Vassiadis, Sep 2008).
  		St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, France Baltazzi family tomb
  		St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, France Baltazzi tomb - inscription

  
  

• Sources

  [S119] Philip P. Argenti, Argenti 1955, (London Oxford University Press). Included in Philip Argenti's Agelasto family tree, number 81. [S131] 1871 England Census. [S17] Mihail-Dimitri Sturdza, Dictionnaire historique et généalogique des grandes familles de Grèce, d' Albanie et de Constantinople, (self, Paris, 1983), 223. [S88] Demetrios Melachrinoudis, Chiot Emigrants, (unpublished research 2009).