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She was born in New York City, the eldest daughter of Howard Oxenberg (a dress manufacturer and close friend of the Kennedy family) and of his first wife H.R.H. Princess Jelisaveta of Yugoslavia. Her maternal grandmother was Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, a legendary beauty and the sister of Princess Marina, who married the Duke of Kent (uncle of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom), and also a first cousin of the Duke of Edinburgh (husband of Queen Elizabeth II). It has been claimed, on basis of portraiture evidence, that Catherine resembles very closely her grandfather's great-grandmother, the Finnish beauty and philanthropist lady Aurora Stjernvall. Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy The Kennedy family is a prominent family in American politics and government descending from the marriage of Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. ... Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, (Serbian Cyrillic: ) (Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 7 April 1936) is a member of the Serbian-Yugolslavian KaraÄ‘orÄ‘ević dynasty, a human rights activist and a former candidate for the president of Serbia. ... Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (June 11, 1903 - October 16, 1997) was the grand-daughter of King George I of Greece and wife of the last Prince Regent of Yugoslavia. ... Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (13 December 1906 - 27 August 1968), the former Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, was the last foreign-born princess to date to marry into the British Royal Family. ... The Prince George, Duke of Kent (George Edward Alexander Edmund) (20 December 1902–25 August 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family, the fourth son of King George V. He held the title of Duke of Kent from 1934 to his death in 1942. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of 16 sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally, though she is more directly involved with the United Kingdom, where the Royal Family resides, and the Monarchy is historically indigenous. ... The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, (Philip Mountbatten; born Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark, 10 June 1921) is the husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II. Originally a Prince of Greece and Denmark, Prince Philip abandoned those titles to serve in the Royal Navy, but did not renounce them. ... Baroness Aurora Stjernvall (7 August 1808, Pori - 13 May 1902, Helsinki), in first marriage Demidov and in second Karamzin was a Finnish supporter of arts. ...

Known as Kitty to her family, she was educated at St. Paul's School and Columbia University. St. ... Columbia University is a private university whose main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ...

Oxenberg dated John Kerry in 1989 after his first marriage ended and before he married Teresa Heinz Kerry. Her first marriage was to the producer Robert Evans, in Beverly Hills, California on July 12, 1998, but the marriage was annulled nine days later. She then married in Las Vegas on May 8, 1999, the actor Casper Van Dien who had divorced the granddaughter of the late actor Robert Mitchum. She now has a primetime tv show, "I Married a Princess" on the Lifetime Television channel in the United States, and as a daytime show on LIVINGtv in the United Kingdom. John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Maria Teresa Thierstein Simões-Ferreira Heinz Kerry (born October 5, 1938), is a philanthropist and the wife of U.S. Senator John Kerry. ... Robert Evans (born Robert J. Shapera June 29, 1930 in New York, New York) is best known as the producer of the films Rosemarys Baby, Love Story, The Godfather and Chinatown. ... Beverly Hills is a city in the western part of Los Angeles County, California. ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ... Casper Van Dien from one of his earliest movies, Killshot. ... Robert Mitchum in Cape Fear Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American film actor and singer. ... I Married a Princess is a 2005 reality show on the Lifetime TV network starring Catherine Oxenberg and Casper Van Dien. ... Lifetime Television is an American television network devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared towards women or feature women in lead roles. ... LIVINGtv is a British television channel owned by Flextech. ...

Oxenberg was portrayed by Rachael Taylor in the 2005 telemovie Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure, about the behind the scenes goings on during the production of Dynasty Sasha and Adam (Conrad Coleby) in headLand Rachael Taylor (born July 11, 1984) is an Australian actress. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dynasty was an American primetime television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981 to May 10, 1989. ...

She is the mother of India Riven Oxenberg, (born 7 June 1991), whose father has never been publicly identified, and of two children with Van Dien: Maya (born September 20, 2001) and Celeste Alma (b. October 3, 2003). June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Trivia

• Because of her family background, she is the first (and so far only) host of Saturday Night Live to come from a royal family (she hosted in 1986 during the eleventh season with co-host Paul Simon and musical guest Ladysmith Black Mambazo).
• Played Princess Diana in two TV movies; like Diana, she also suffered from the eating disorder bulimia

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External links

• Catherine Oxenberg's personal website
• Catherine Oxenberg at the Internet Movie Database
• I Married a Princess Homepage
• Catherine Oxenberg fansite