Lucas (Dimitrios) Ralli

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Mayor of Piraeus, Greece. Stephanos Th. Xeno's illustrated book 'The World Exhibition' (London 1852) about the 1851 Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace, was dedicated to Lucas Ralli, now in the collection of St Sophia, London. (Christopher Long)

Member of the Executive Committee which attempted the liberation of Chios in 1827. Grand Officer of the Order of the Saviour, Greece. Lived on Syros and at Piraeus.

Committed to improving the educational system and opened the first Boy's grammar school in Piraeus. Wrote to Constantine Ionides in London asking for help with these projects.

He is likely to have signed a letter to the provisory Greek Parliament in 1825 demanding it include a Chiot deputy.

Lucas Ralli was among the 327 Chiot refugees in Syros who signed a letter dated 10 Jul 1829 to the Governor of Greece.

Residence: -1822 Chios; 1925-1829 Syros; 1842 Athens.

Lucas D. Ralli, 38, married, b. Chios, arrived Syros 182?, merchant, swore allegiance to the Greek state on 27 Nov 1834 at the Holy Cathedral Church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour Christ (Metamorphosis), Ermoupolis, Syros.

Died:
The 1878-79 death index in Vital Statistics, Piraeus, Greece, lists Lukas Ralli, p 744.

Lucas married Despina (Paul) Rodocanachi in 1827. Despina (daughter of Paul (Matthew) Rodocanachi and Arghyro (Loucas) Franghiadi) was born on 24 Jun 1805 in Chios, Greece; died on 10 Oct 1880 in Piraeus, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary Ann Chadwell says "a Mrs Damala left Marseilles 18 Apr 1863 for Syra [Syros] where her husband is the préfet or mayor". (Christopher Long)

Calliope married Ambrouzis (Ioannis) Damalas on 29 Nov 1845 in Piraeus, Attica, Greece. Ambrouzis (son of Ioannis Damalas and Catherine (Nicolas) Petrocochino) was born on 02 Jun 1808 in Chios, Greece; died on 29 Jul 1869 in allées des Capucines 65, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
20 Oct 1924, according to Sturdza.

Family/Spouse: Eugène (Theophile) Feraldi. Eugène (son of Theophile Feraldi and Thérèse [Feraldi]) was born in 1849 in Piraeus, Attica, Greece; died on 08 Jul 1882 in San Remo, Liguria, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According to Sturdza he and his brother squandered their fortune through their extravgances in Paris during the Belle Epoque.

Family/Spouse: Liza (Ioannis) Paranouthiotis. Liza (daughter of Ioannis Paranouthiotis and Angelique Panos) was born on 06 Jan 1856 in Athens, Attica, Greece; died on 25 Sep 1876 in Athens, Attica, Greece. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Occupation: diplomat, actor

Officer attached to the Greek delegation at Paris, then to St. Petersburg. A ladies' man he quit his diplomatic career for (his future wife) Sarah Bernhardt's theatrical troop, a marriage with disputes and infidelities (Sturdza).

According to Sturdza he and his brother squandered their fortune through their extravgances in Paris during the Belle Epoque.

His wikipedia page.

Name:
also Damala

Died:
"Bernhardt Widowed; Announcement of Death in Paris of M. Jacques Damala", The New York Times, 19 Aug 1889.

Family/Spouse: mistress [Damalas]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Aristide married Sara-Marie-Henriette Rosine Bernhardt on 04 Apr 1882 in Church of St. Andrew, Oxford Street, London, England UK. Sara-Marie-Henriette was born on 23 Oct 1844 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 26 Mar 1923 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Identified as Jacques Damala's younger sister by American author and journalist Frank Harris in his autobiography My Life and Loves, Chapter VI: Love in Athens, p. 282 ff. "Harris had met the Damala family in the summer of 1880, when they were all residents at the Hotel d'Athènes, in Athens. Harris and Eirene Damala (referred to in the book as "Mme M.") had a brief romantic/sexual affair, which Harris describes very graphically in his book. Eirene was estranged from her Scottish husband, who had left her and returned to England. Harris also befriended Aristides Damala and the two became even closer friends when they met again in Paris, some time later." (wikipedia).

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Identified on genealogy website.

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Her guardian as a child (and later?) was Basil Zaharoff (Christopher Long).

In 1920 she posed for Picasso, and she had affairs with the American novelist Ernest Hemingway and Gabriel D'Annunzio (an early Italian Fascist). The story of her life is told in the 1997 historical novel Terese by Freddy Germanos (Christopher Long).

Birth:
When Damala's mistress (who injected him with heroin between acts of plays he was appearing in) had an illegitimate daughter by him in 1889, she left the baby in a basket (with a note) on Sarah Bernhardt's doorstep (Christopher Long).

The baby (who was baptised Teresa) was given into the care of Zaharoff, who found a family to raise her in eastern Thrace (in Adrianopole) (Christopher Long).