Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St Andrews

Sylvana Palma Windsor, Countess of St Andrews (née Tomaselli, previously Jones; born 28 May 1957) is a Canadian-born academic and historian. By virtue of marriage she is a member of the House of Windsor and is related to the British royal family as the wife of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, eldest son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Katharine, Duchess of Kent and second cousin of King Charles III. The Lady Saint Andrews’ is known to be a devout Roman Catholic. A noted historian and lecturer at the University of Cambridge, she is also known professionally as Dr. Sylvana Tomaselli. Early life and ancestry Tomaselli was born on 28 May 1957 at Placentia, Newfoundland, daughter of Maximilian Karl Tomaselli (formerly of Salzburg) by his wife Josiane née Preschez. By birth, Sylvana belongs to an old and noble Tomaselli family, that has risen to prominent positions in both Italy and Austria; she belongs to the Austrian branch of this family. She was educated in Canada and England. Marriages and family She married firstly, on 25 December 1977 at Vancouver, John Paul Jones, son of Captain Geoffrey Jones of Barbados, but they divorced in 1981 without children.