Aglaïa Coronio née Ionides 1834-1906

On 24th July 1832 or 5th August 1832 [her father] Alexander Constantine Ionides [aged 21] and [her mother] Euterpe Sgouta [aged 16] were married.

On 20th December 1834 Aglaïa Coronio née Ionides was born to Alexander Constantine Ionides [aged 24] and Euterpe Sgouta [aged 18].

1841. George Frederick Watts [aged 23]. Portrait of the Ionides Family with [her father] Alexander Constantine Ionides [aged 30], his wife [her mother] Euterpe Sgouta [aged 24] and their four children including, fouth from left Aglaïa Coronio née Ionides [aged 6].

Alexander Constantine Ionides: On 20th August 1810 he was born at Constantinople. On 24th July 1832 or 5th August 1832 he and Euterpe Sgouta were married. On 10th November 1890 he died.

Euterpe Sgouta: On 20th May 1816 she was born. On 11th February 1892 she died.

1854. Dante Gabriel Rossetti [aged 25]. Portrait of Aglaïa Coronio née Ionides [aged 19].

On 1st September 1855 Theodore John Zannis Coronio [aged 29] and Aglaïa Coronio née Ionides [aged 20] were married.

On 27th May 1856 [her daughter] Calliope 'Opie' Coronio was born to [her husband] Theodore John Zannis Coronio [aged 30] and Aglaïa Coronio née Ionides [aged 21].

1870. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 36]. "The Mill: Girls Dancing to Music by a River". Left to right: Maria Zambaco [aged 26], Marie Spartali Stillman [aged 25], and Aglaïa Coronio née Ionides [aged 35].

1870. Dante Gabriel Rossetti [aged 41]. Portrait of Aglaïa Coronio née Ionides [aged 35].

1874. George Frederick Watts [aged 56]. Portrait of Aglaïa Coronio née Ionides [aged 39].

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On 10th November 1890 [her father] Alexander Constantine Ionides [aged 80] died.

On 11th February 1892 [her mother] Euterpe Sgouta [aged 75] died.

On 11th March 1903 [her husband] Theodore John Zannis Coronio [aged 77] died.

On 19th August 1906 [her daughter] Calliope 'Opie' Coronio [aged 50] died. Her mother committed suicide the following day. They were buried together at the Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery.

On 20th August 1906 Aglaïa Coronio née Ionides [aged 71] committed suicide the day after the death of her daughter Calliope 'Opie' Coronio [deceased].