Grace Alekhine

Grace Norton Eisler Peeke Freeman Bromley Alekhine (born Grace Norton Wishaar; 26 October 1876 – 21 February 1956) was an American-British-French artist, chess master, and the fourth and last wife of World Chess Champion Alexander Alekhine, who was her fifth husband. Biography Early life Grace Norton Wishaar was born in 1876 in Beverly, New Jersey. Her parents were Émile Bernard Wishaar (born Weishaar in Paris, 1842, died in Richmond, Washington on 8 September 1918) and Marie Ida Smith. The family moved to San Jose, California and then to Seattle, Washington. She received training at the New York School of Art under William Chase, and began her career in painting there. She married Whitney Irving Eisler in Seattle, Washington on 13 September 1897; the next year her son was born there. He was known as Carroll Earl Beauchamp Peeke (1898–1991) throughout his life. She married Oscar Graham Peeke in Seattle, Washington on 5 March 1902.