| Eugenia Vrantis | |
 Eugenia on her 111th birthday in 2017 | |
| Birth: | 26 February 1906 Lesbos, Ottoman Empire (present-day Greece) |
| Death: | 22 August 2017 Mytilene, North Aegean, Greece |
| Age: | 111 years, 175 days |
| Country: |  GRE
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| Validated | |
Eugenia Vrantis [Greek: Ευγενία Βράντη] (26 February 1906 – 22 August 2017) was a Greek supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Eugenia Vrantis was born as Eugenia Hadjidaniel on 26 February 1906. (13 February according to the old Julian calendar). Her father was Ioannis Hatzidaniel. She was the youngest of the eight children. She grew up in the bookshop of her family and the books were an integral part of her life. She wanted to study architecture at the Polytechnic.
She married Evangelos Vrantis and they had two daughters, Nena - who died at the age of 80, and Sofia (Gia). One of her granddaughters died of cancer at the age of 16. Even as a centenarian, she was able to read the books, but last 10 years of her life she was unable to read due to poor sight. At the age of 107, she had fallen and had her hip broken.
She became the oldest known living person in Greece, following the death of 107-year-old Lambis Kounoupas on 10 September 2013.
Eugenia Vrantis died on 22 August 2017 in Mytilene, North Aegean, Greece at the age of 111 years, 175 days.
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References[]
- 2023 validations, Gerontology Research Group
- Έφυγε” σε ηλικία 111 ετών η γηραιότερη Μυτιληνιά Νέα Λέσβου
- Έφυγε η Μυτιληνιά γηραιότερη Ελληνίδα σε ηλικία 111 ετών- Σε ηλικία 6 ετών έζησε την απελευθέρωση της Λέσβου το 1912 LesvosPost
| Greece's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Ekaterini Zacharopoulos • Anastasia Athanassoulas • Elpida Moschopoulos • Konstantinos Papadamis • Maria Papakyriakou • Panagiota Kraniou • Lambis Kounoupas • Eugenia Vrantis • Haido Katsara • Ioanna Proiou-Dimitriadou • Kallistheni Meleonitou • Magdalini Pavlidou • Paressa Orfanidou |