Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St Andrews

Infobox Person


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name = Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St. Andrews
other_names = "Sylvana Palma Tomaselli"
birth_date = birth date and age|1957|05|28
birth_place = Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador
spouse = George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews
relations = Maximillian Karl Tomaselli and Josiane Preschez
children = Edward, Lord Downpatrick, Lady Marina-Charlotte Windsor and Lady Amelia Windsor
occupation = Director of Studies/College Lecturer

Sylvana Palma Windsor, Countess of St Andrews (born Sylvana Palma Tomaselli, May 28, 1957), is the wife of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, the eldest son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. Born in Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, the daughter of Maximillian Karl Tomaselli and Josiane Preschez, Sylvana first married John Paul Jones on December 25, 1977, in Vancouver. They were divorced in 1981.

Sylvana married Lord St Andrews in Leith on January 9, 1988. As she was a Catholic, under the terms of the Act of Settlement this barred her husband from succeeding to the thrones of the Commonwealth realms. The couple have three children: Edward, Lord Downpatrick, Lady Marina-Charlotte Windsor, and Lady Amelia Windsor. Lord Downpatrick was received into the Catholic Church in May 2003, and consequently lost his place in the line of succession.

Lady St Andrews is currently Director of Studies in History Part I and Social & Political Sciences at St John's College, Cambridge University. She is also a college lecturer in social and political sciences, and her research focusses on topics relating to history, social and political sciences, and particularly Enlightenment political theory and conjectural history.

Formal styles from birth

* Miss Sylvana Tomaselli (1957-1977)
* Mrs John Paul Jones (1977-1981)
* Mrs Sylvana Tomaselli (1981-1988)
* Countess of St Andrews (1988-)