Sonja Henie

. She died at Saint-Cloud, near Paris, France. She died in 1969 of leukemia. Considered by most as the greatest female figure skater in history, she and her husband are buried on the hilltop overlooking the Henie-Onstad Museum. She was also romantically linked with Sir Richard Ford, a police magistrate, and Richard Daly, manager of the Theatre Royal, Cork. Together with her husband, Niels Onstad, she founded the Henie-Onstad Art Centre at Høvikodden, near Oslo. She became William IV's mistress and they had at least ten illegitimate children:. Sonja Henie became an international superstar and an icon in her native Norway. She became an actress and assumed the name "Mrs Jordan", because it was slightly more respectable for a married woman to be on the stage (there was no "Mr Jordan" and Dorothea Bland never married).

She then went on to an extensive film career, retiring in 1958. She was born Dorothea Bland near Waterford, the daughter of Francis Bland and his wife, née Grace Phillips. She is credited with being the first to adopt the short skirt costume in figure skating, and the first to make use of dance choreography. Mrs Jordan (November 21, 1761 - July 5, 1816), actress, was the mistress of King William IV of the United Kingdom. She also won six consecutive European championships. Amelia (1807-1858). She won her first of ten consecutive World Figure Skating Championships in 1927 at the age of fifteen, and her first Olympic gold medal the following year. Augustus (1805-1854).

By the next Olympiad, she no longer needed to ask. Augusta (1803-1865). She had earlier placed eighth in a field of eight at the 1924 Winter Olympics, at the age of eleven. During the 1924 program, she skated over to the side of the rink several times to ask her coach what to do next. Adolphus (1802-1856). Born in Oslo, Henie took the gold medal in the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Winter Olympics. Elizabeth (1801-1856). Sonja Henie (April 8, 1912-October 12, 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater. Frederick (1799-1854).

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