Amalija Knavs, mother of former first lady Melania Trump, has died at the age of 78.
“It is with deep sadness that I announce the passing of my beloved mother, Amalija,” Trump wrote on X Tuesday.
Amalija Knavs, mother of former first lady Melania Trump, has died at the age of 78.
“Amalija Knavs is a strong woman who always carries herself with grace, warmth, and dignity. She was completely devoted to her husband, daughter, grandchildren, and son-in-law. We will miss him beyond measure and continue to respect and love his legacy.”
Trump did not disclose the cause of death, but Knavs had been ill for some time.
Former President Donald Trump remembered his mother-in-law in a statement on his social media platform Truth Social Tuesday night.
“This is a very sad night for the entire Trump family!!!” he said. “Melania’s great and beautiful mother, Amalija, has just gone to a beautiful place in the sky. She was an amazing woman, and will be missed beyond words!”
Melania Trump skipped her family’s annual Christmas photo — featuring her husband and three of their five children — to be by Knavs’ side in the hospital, an insider told The Post last month.
Melania Trump announced her mother’s death at X. Getty Images Knavs walked into the White House following Donald Trump after a visit to Mar-a-Lago. Getty Images
Despite his wife’s illness, Knavs’ husband and Melania Trump’s father, Viktor, 79, was seen smiling in the photo.
Melania Trump and her Slovenian mother are very close, according to her former senior aide, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff.
“Melania always takes care of her parents. I pray for Amalija,” the “Melania and Me” author told The Post last month.
The Knav family officially became US citizens in 2018, two years after their son-in-law became president.
Amalija Knavs and Viktor Knavs, parents of former first lady Melania Trump, arrive at the White House to hear Donald Trump speak in 2020. Getty Images Donald Trump and Melania Trump arrive at a Christmas Eve dinner with his family, followed by former first lady Mom father of Melania, Viktor Knavs and Amalija Knavs. AFP via Getty Images
The green cards they received in the months before they were sworn in raised questions about whether they benefited from the family reunification process that Donald Trump slammed at the time as “chain migration.”
They have been largely out of the limelight and have spent the past few years living at Mar-a-Lago.
The couple had raised their daughter in the rural industrial town of Sevnica when Slovenia was under Communist rule.
Knavs works in a textile factory, while Viktor is a car dealer.
The 53-year-old former first lady, born Melanija, changed her name to Melania Knauss when she started modeling.
She settled in New York in 1996, met then-businessman Donald Trump two years later and became his third wife in 2005.
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