father house death_date mother birth_place death_place title birth_date issue spouse article_title name
john a. nicolls house of thurn and taxis 6 december 1965 1875 lenora t. nicolls uniontown , pennsylvania , u.s. new york city , new york princess lida of thurn and taxis 1875 john fitzgerald fitzgerald gerald purcell fitzgerald , jr. edward purcell gerald purcell fitzgerald prince victor of thurn and taxis princess lida of thurn and taxis
 lida eleanor nicolls
princess lida of thurn and taxis

lida , princess victor of thurn and taxis -lrb- née lida eleanor nicolls -rrb- , also referred to as princess lida of thurn and taxis , -lrb- 1875 -- 6 december 1965 -rrb- was an american millionairess , socialite , and the wife of prince victor of thurn and taxis .
she was well known for her involvement in several highly publicized legal disputes , making her a fixture in newspapers such as `` the new york times '' .
the first such dispute was with former new york showgirl josephine moffitt , who claimed to be the legal spouse of prince victor using the name `` josephine , princess of thurn and taxis '' and the second was with bernard francis s. gregory , who sued her for $ 50,000 , alleging she had slandered him .
