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===Family=== Frank Lloyd Wright was married three times, fathering four sons and three daughters. He also adopted Svetlana Milanoff, the daughter of his third wife, Olgivanna Lloyd Wright.<ref>{{cite web|author=ascedia.com|url=http://www.taliesinpreservation.org/frank/faq.htm#Wives_children|title=Taliesin Preservation, Inc. β Frank Lloyd Wright β FAQs|publisher=Taliesinpreservation.org|access-date=October 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610011735/http://www.taliesinpreservation.org/frank/faq.htm#Wives_children|archive-date=June 10, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> His wives/partners were: * Catherine "Kitty" (Tobin) Wright (1871β1959); social worker, socialite (married in June 1889; divorced November 1922) * Martha Bouton "Mamah" Borthwick (June 19, 1869 β August 15, 1914) was an American translator who had a romantic relationship with architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1909β1914), which ended when she was murdered after a male servant set fire to the living quarters of Taliesin and murdered seven people with an axe as they fled the burning structure. * Maude "Miriam" (Noel) Wright (1869β1930), artist (married in November 1923; divorced August 1927) * Olga Ivanovna "Olgivanna" (Lazovich Milanoff) Lloyd Wright (1897β1985), dancer and writer (married in August 1928) His children with Catherine were: * [[Frank Lloyd Wright Jr.]], known as Lloyd Wright (1890β1978), became a notable architect in Los Angeles. Lloyd's son, [[Eric Lloyd Wright]] (1929β2023), was an architect in [[Malibu, California]], specializing in residences, but also designed civic and commercial buildings. * [[John Lloyd Wright]] (1892β1972), invented [[Lincoln Logs]] in 1918, and practiced architecture extensively in the San Diego area. John's daughter, [[Elizabeth Wright Ingraham]] (1922β2013), was an architect in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]. She was the mother of [https://www.fletchercameron.com/design-team Christine], an interior designer in Connecticut, and [[Catherine Ingraham|Catherine]], an architecture professor at the [[Pratt Institute]].<ref name="Reflecting Pools"> {{cite news|last=Mann |first=Leslie|title=Reflecting pools: Descendants follow in Frank Lloyd Wright's footsteps|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2008/02/03/reflecting-pools/ |work=Chicago Tribune|date=February 1, 2008|access-date=March 28, 2008}}</ref> * Catherine Wright Baxter (1894β1979) was a homemaker and the mother of Oscar-winning actress [[Anne Baxter]]. Anne Baxter is the mother of Melissa Galt, an interior designer in Scottsdale, Arizona. * [[David Samuel Wright]] (1895β1997) was a building-products representative for whom Wright designed the [[David & Gladys Wright House]], which was rescued from demolition and given to the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kimmelman|first=Michael|title=Wright Masterwork Is Seen in a New Light: A Fight for Its Life|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/arts/design/frank-lloyd-wright-house-in-phoenix-faces-bulldozers.html?emc=eta1&_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 2, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Jaimee|title=Growing up Wright|url=http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/2009/03/14/20090314frankfamily0314.html?nclick_check=1|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117113851/http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/2009/03/14/20090314frankfamily0314.html?nclick_check=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 17, 2013|newspaper=The Arizona Republic|date=March 14, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.houzz.com/magazine/stsetivw-vs~52640316|title=Step Inside a Frank Lloyd Wright House Saved From Demolition|website=Houzz}}</ref> * Frances Wright Caroe (1898β1959) was an arts administrator. * Robert Llewellyn Wright (1903β1986) was an attorney for whom Wright designed a house in Bethesda, Maryland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?NRID=963&FROM=NRMapMO.html|title=Robert Llewellyn Wright House|website=Maryland Historical Trust}}</ref> His children with Olgivanna were: * Svetlana Peters (1917β1946, adopted daughter of Olgivanna) was a musician who died in an automobile accident with her son Daniel. After Svetlana's death her other son, Brandoch Peters (1941β2022), was raised by Frank and Olgivanna. Svetlana's widower, [[William Wesley Peters]], was later briefly married to [[Svetlana Alliluyeva]], the youngest child and only daughter of [[Joseph Stalin]]. William Wesley Peters served as chairman of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation from 1985 to 1991. * Iovanna Lloyd Wright (1925β2015) was an artist and musician.
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