Ava Alice Muriel Astor

Ava Alice Muriel Astor (July 27, 1902 - July 19, 1956) was the daughter of John Jacob Astor IV and sister of Vincent Astor. She married Prince Serge Obolensky in 1924. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Princess Obolensky in Reno For Divorce. Former Muriel Astor, Sister of Vincent, Married an Ex-Russian Minister to Poland. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20D11F63A5513738DDDAD0894DA415B828FF1D3 |quote=The former Ava Alice Muriel Astor has established a residence here and retained an attorney to sue Prince Serge Obolensky for divorce. She is a sister of Vincent Astor. |work=New York Times |date=December 4, 1932 |accessdate=2008-08-11 ] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Mystery Made of Astor-Obolensky Wedding. Announced for Yesterday, Did Not Take Place. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10A15FE355412738FDDA10994DF405B848EF1D3 |quote= ... of Lady Ribblesdale and the late John Jacob Astor, to Prince Obolensky would take place this morning at the Russian Church in Buckingham Palace Road. ... |work=New York Times |date=July 18, 1924 |accessdate=2008-08-11 ] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Died |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,916459,00.html |quote=Serge Obolensky, 87, Russian prince who became a publicist and international socialite; in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. Scion of a wealthy White Russian family and husband of Czar Alexander II's daughter, the Oxford-educated Obolensky fled his native country after battling Bolsheviks as a guerrilla fighter. The tall, mustachioed aristocrat subsequently divorced Princess Catherine, married the daughter of American Financier John Jacob Astor, settled in the U.S. and worked with his brother-in-law, the real estate entrepreneur Vincent Astor. During World War II, Obolensky at 53 became the U.S. Army's oldest paratrooper and earned the rank of colonel. He started his own public relations firm in New York in 1949, handling accounts like Piper-Heidsieck champagne. "Serge," a friend once remarked, "could be successful selling umbrellas in the middle of the Sahara." |work=Time (magazine) |date=1978 |accessdate=2008-08-11 ] . After their divorce she married David Pleydell-Bouverie, grandson of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor. Bouverie, an architect, later designed and built a home for M.F.K. Fisher on his ranch near Glen Ellen, California.

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