Heiress, Socialite, Aristocrat, Philanthropist. Lillian Remillard was born in Oakland in 1880 to Peter and Marie Laurin Remillard, After Peter’s death, Marie and her daughter took over the family business. In 1932 Lillian married a man of meager means who was 20 years her junior, but one who carried a title, the Count Alesandro Olioli Dandini di Cesena. This made Lillian the Countess Dandini and she became a fixture of high society, founding the da Vinci Society of San Francisco, the Pacific Musical Society and the Opera League of Oakland. She was also a generous patron to the De Young Museum and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. The Count and Countess Dandini divorced after seven years of marriage. In her later years, the Countess Dandini owned The Carolands, the famous Pullman mansion in Hillsborough. The Carolands was built with Remillard bricks and at the time it was the second largest private home in the United States and the largest west of the Mississippi River. The Countess Dandini died in 1973 at the age of 93. Her ex-husband, sued to inherit her estate, but lost.
Heiress, Socialite, Aristocrat, Philanthropist. Lillian Remillard was born in Oakland in 1880 to Peter and Marie Laurin Remillard, After Peter’s death, Marie and her daughter took over the family business. In 1932 Lillian married a man of meager means who was 20 years her junior, but one who carried a title, the Count Alesandro Olioli Dandini di Cesena. This made Lillian the Countess Dandini and she became a fixture of high society, founding the da Vinci Society of San Francisco, the Pacific Musical Society and the Opera League of Oakland. She was also a generous patron to the De Young Museum and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. The Count and Countess Dandini divorced after seven years of marriage. In her later years, the Countess Dandini owned The Carolands, the famous Pullman mansion in Hillsborough. The Carolands was built with Remillard bricks and at the time it was the second largest private home in the United States and the largest west of the Mississippi River. The Countess Dandini died in 1973 at the age of 93. Her ex-husband, sued to inherit her estate, but lost.
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