Manos family

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Manos is a Greek family which was one of lesser Phanariot families.

Then its members settled in independent Greece, and their greater prominence ensued from the "scandalous" marriage of King Alexander I.

Its members include:

• Konstantinos Manos (1869-1913), politician and writer, resided in Chania, Crete

• Petros Manos (1871-1918), colonel, younger brother of Konstantinos; father of Aspasia (below) who became king's wife

• Aspasia Manos (1896-1972), daughter of Petros (above), wife of king Alexander I of Greece, mother of Alexandra, Queen of Yugoslavia and grandmother of the current Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia

• Ileana Manos (b.1971), great-graddaughter of Konstantinos (above); current Duchess of Chartres as wife of prince Charles Louis d'Orléans, duc de Chartres

• John B. Manos (b.1971), great-grandson of Petros (above); currently a U.S. attorney; no diplomatic status as he was severed from the family when it was discovered he had been baptized Roman Catholic. Graduate of the Inaugural class of Ave Maria School of Law; ironically is also a Kentucky Colonel like Petros.