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Her father was the son of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia, who belonged to a cadet branch of the Romanovs, and his wife Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, Tsar Nicholas II's sister. Olga Andreevna uses the English version of her family name, preferring "Romanoff" to "Romanova", the feminine form of her name in Russian. She is known ...
The next owner is their daughter, Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff, [1] who has three surviving children. The princess, of a state no longer having a royal family but being the maternal family of King George V who died in 1936, saw the house refurbished in the 2000s by the architect Ptolemy Dean. [1]
Her home was also a magnet for Romanov impostors, whom Olga and her family considered a menace. [109] By 1958, Olga's husband was virtually paralyzed, and she sold some of her remaining jewelry to raise funds. [110] Following her husband's death in 1958, she became increasingly infirm until hospitalized in April 1960 at Toronto General Hospital ...
The Romanov portraits were shot between 1915 and 1916, only months before their 1917 execution at the hands of Lenin The Romanovs' final days, as seen through the eyes of Anastasia Skip to main ...
Princess Mimi Romanoff and Prince Alexander Romanoff, the great-nephew of Czar Nicholas II, lived in the home from 1973 until their deaths (Alexander passed away in 2002, and Mimi lived there ...
A reception was held at her sister and brother-in-law's home, Lees Court. [5] Upon her marriage, she was known as Her Serene Highness Princess Andrew Romanovskya of Russia. [9] [8] Nadine was Prince Andrei's second wife, his first wife Elisabetta di Sasso Ruffo died during World War II. [9] They had one daughter together, Princess Olga ...
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (Olga Nikolaevna Romanova; Russian: Великая Княжна Ольга Николаевна, romanized: Velikaya Knyazhna Ol'ga Nikolaevna, IPA: [vʲɪˈlʲikəjə knʲɪˈʐna ˈolʲɡə nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvnə] ⓘ; 15 November [O.S. 3 November] 1895 – 17 July 1918) was the eldest child of the last Russian emperor, Nicholas II, and of his wife ...
Born as Princess of Russia; adopted the style of Grand Duchess after her father's headship of the House of Romanov. Kira Kirillovna: Kirill Vladimirovich: 9 May 1909: 8 September 1967: Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (m. 1938) Born as Princess of Russia; adopted the style of Grand Duchess after her father's headship of the House of Romanov.