Robert Floris van Eyck

Robert Floris van Eyck or van Eijk (The Hague, South Holland, 3 May 1916 - William Harvey Hospital, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, 19 December 1991), is a London Poet, [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/hoor009ahil01_01/hoor009ahil01_01_0153.htm (in Dutch)] [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/gres002svan02_01/gres002svan02_01_0658.htm (in Dutch)] Artist and Art Restorer. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,939908-1,00.html] [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,835176,00.html?promoid=googlep]

Family

He was a son of Poet, Critic, Essayist and Philosopher Pieter Nicolaas van Eyck or van Eijk and wife Nelly Estelle Benjamins, a woman of Jewish and Latin origin born and raised in Suriname. [http://www.inghist.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/BWN/lemmata/bwn1/eijk (in Dutch)] [Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 167] [http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Fallece/Aldo/van/Eyck/arquitecto/clave/estructuralismo/holandes/elpepicul/19990116elpepicul_6/Tes/ (in Spanish)]

His brother was Architect Aldo van Eyck.

Early life and career

His family moved to Great Britain in 1919 and he was educated in England during his youth.

Marriage and children

He married as her second husband in London, Greater London, on 3 December 1962 and divorced in 1986 Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse (b. Kronberg im Taunus, 10 January 1933), married firstly in Kronberg im Taunus on 2 August 1956 and divorced in London in 1962 due to her adultery with her future second husband, Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia (Veldes, Krain (Carniola), 28 June 1929 - Irvine, Orange County, California, 7 May 1990), and had issue, daughter of Prince Christoph of Hesse and wife Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, and had issue:
* Helene Sophia/Sophie van Eyck or van Eijk (b. London, Greater London, 25 October 1963), married in Hastings, East Sussex, Sussex, on 24 January 1986 as his second wife to Roderick Alan Harman (b. Zhangzhou, Fujian, China, 18 July 1942), married firstly on 2 July 1965 and divorced in 1980 to Mary Clarke, without issue, [http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal31072] son of Douglas John Harman and wife Gladys Mary Gunstone, [Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 167] and had issue, two daughters:
** Sascha Alexandra Sophia Harman (b. Buchanan Hospital, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, Sussex, 26 July 1986)
** Pascale Olivia Harman (b. Buchanan Hospital, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, Sussex, 19 March 1989)
* Mark/Marc Nicholas van Eyck or van Eijk (b. Oxford, Oxfordshire, 16 February 1966), married in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Register Office, London, Greater London, on 12 June/13 June 1992 and separated to Joanne Marea Green (b. Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand, 11 October 1961), daughter of Michael John Green and wife Joan Craig-Braun, of British and Māori descent, without issue

ee also

* Van Eyck

References

External links

* [http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/hesse.html Landgravial House of Hesse-Kassel]
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