Princess Maria Galitzine Biography – Princess Maria Galitzine Wiki
Maria Singh, born Princess Maria Galitzine, was a European royal descended from the Habsburg dynasty, and her great-grandparents were the last Emperor and Empress of Austria. She was the daughter of Princess Maria-Anna and Prince Piotr Galitzine.
She was born in 1988 in Luxembourg and moved to Russia with her family in 1993 at age 5. She studied at the German School of Moscow. After graduation, she moved to Belgium to attend the College of Art & Design school. Afterwards she lived and worked in Brussels, Chicago, and Houston, specializing in interior design and furnishing, according to her obit.
Princess Maria Galitzine Age
Princess Maria Galitzine was born on May 11, 1988, in Luxembourg. She died on May 4, 2020, in Houston, Texas. She was 31 years old.
Princess Maria Galitzine Family
Princess Maria Galitzine was born to Princess Maria-Anna – born Archduchess of Austria – and Prince Piotr Galitzine. Her parents met at a bar in New York and they went on to marry in 1981. Piotr is the CEO and Chairman of TMK Ipsco, a subsidiary of the Russian steel pipe giant OAO TMK, according to the Daily Mail.
She had 5 siblings – sisters Xenia Galitzine de Matta, Tatiana Galitzine Sierra and Princess Alexandra, and brothers, Princes Dmitri and Ioann.
Her mother Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria is the daughter of the Archduke Rudolf of Austria. He was the youngest son of Emperor Charles I of Austria and Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma (the last Emperor and Empress of Austria).
Maria Singh’s great-grandparents were exiled from Austria following the First World War, with her great-grandfather Charles I of Austria dying in 1922. Her great-grandmother Zita died aged 96.
Princess Maria Galitzine Husband
Princess Maria Galitzine had been married to her husband Rishi Roop Singh, a renowned Houston chef, from 2017 until her death on May 4, 2020. They had a son named Maxim.
Princess Maria Galitzine Death
Princess Maria Petrovna Galitzine died in Houston, Texas, on May 4, 2020, from a sudden cardiac aneurysm, according to an obituary published by the Houston Chronicle. She was laid to rest in the Orthodox section of Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery on Friday, May 8, 2020.
Princess Maria Galitzine Cause of Death
Princess Maria Galitzine’s cause of death was a cardiac aneurysm.