Figueira de Melo, former ambassador of Portugal to Germany (born 12 March 1912 in Vienna). Figueira de Mello's first husband was Venezuelian heir Andrés Boulton Pietri (1910 in Caracas – 1998), whom she married in Caracas on 2 July 1936, a union that produced four children: Roger (born 1937), Maria Thereza (born 1939), Andres (born 1943) and William (born 1945). The Prince also took an interest in motor racing, competing in the 1933 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 1935 24 Hours of Le Mans driving his own Duesenberg Model SJ. Archives Prince Nicholas's personal papers (including family correspondence and photographs) are preserved in the "Nicolas, Prince of Romania Papers" collection in the Hoover Institution Archives (Stanford, California, USA). There is also correspondence of Prince Nicholas preserved in the "Mother Alexandra Papers" collection, also in the Hoover Institution Archives (Stanford, California, USA). Honours National : Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Carol I - Revoked : Knight of the Order of Michael the Brave, 3rd Class : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania - Revoked : Knight Officer of the Order of the Crown - Revoked : Knight Officer of the Order of Faithful Service - Revoked House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen: Knight Grand Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern : Air marshal Badge of the Romanian Air Force - Post Revoked Foreign : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the White Lion : Knight Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour : Knight Grand Cross in Obedience of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle Yugoslavian Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle : Great Cross of the Order of St Alexander (Grand Necklace) (1934) Honorary Military Rank and other awards : Honorary Lieutenant Badge of British Royal Navy : 1'st President of the Romanian kennel club Ancestry References External links Young Nicholas as seen by an American visitor "Speed-Fiend Nicholas", in Time Magazine, 1929 Prince Nicholas photo archive 1903 births 1978 deaths People from Sinaia Romanian expatriates in Spain Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Regents of Romania Members of the Romanian Orthodox Church Romanian princes Royal Navy officers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur Honorary members of the Romanian Academy Recipients of the Order of Michael the Brave Grand Crosses