Nora Picciotto

Who is Nora Picciotto?

Mrs. Nora Picciotto, formerly Baroness Nora Bentinck and Princess Nora Czartoryski is the first wife of Prince Adam Karol Czartoryski, mother of Princess Tamara Laura Czartoryska.

Nora Picciotto was born on 9 September 1942 in Cairo, Egypt as a daughter of Ferdinand Picciotto, an Italian of Jewish origin born in Aleppo, Syria, and Edith, née Rothenberg also of Jewish origin, born in Cairo, Egypt. She worked in film industry as a public relations specialist. She was also a model. She first married Manoucher Khanlari and had two children Yasmine Khanlari born 29 April 1962 and Fabrizio David Ali Khanlari born 3 of December 1965. On 25 January 1977 she married Prince Adam Karol Czartoryski, a first cousin of King Juan Carlos I of Spain as her second husband. She gave birth to Princess Tamara on 23 April 1978. The marriage with Prince Adam Karol ended in divorce on 28 April 1986. Upon the divorce Nora lost all positions and titles, including the title of HSH Princess Czartoryski. She married thirdly Baron Steven Charles John Bentinck, nephew of Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza. They had no children, and the marriage again ended in divorce in 1996..