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Princess Xenia was born in Paris, on 10 March 1919, where her parents had fled after the Russian Revolution.She was the eldest child of Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia (24 January 1897 – 8 May 1981) and Donna Elisabetha Ruffo (1886–1940).
Prince Michael Andreevich was born in Versailles, the second child and eldest son of Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia and Donna Elisabetta di Sasso-Ruffo (1886–1940). He was a grandson of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia and a great nephew of Nicholas II , the last Emperor of Russia.
Xenia with her mother, 1878 Xenia (right), with her brother Michael Alexandrovich and cousins, Victoria and Louise, daughters of Edward VII. Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna was born on 6 April [O.S. 25 March] 1875 at the Anichkov Palace in St. Petersburg. [1]
Michael died on the same day as his cousin, Prince Michael Andreevich of Russia. [4] Prince Feodor and his wife lived separated in 1930. Princess Irina began a relationship with Count Hubert de Monbrison (15 August 1892 – 14 April 1981) and had a daughter with him while still married to Prince Feodor, who recognized the child as his. [5]
Prince Michael Feodorovich joined the Romanov Family Association on its creation in 1979. [2] Prince Michael Feodorovich first visited Russia in 1990. He made another trip in 1994 to attend a book launch with the St Petersburg authorities looking to provide him with a house in return for his help in promoting Russian culture. When asked about ...
The Mikhailovichi (descendants of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaevich of Russia) The headship of the Imperial Family is in dispute between Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia of the Vladimirovich (Alexandrovichi) and Prince Andrew Andreevich of Russia of the Mikhailovichi branch.
The Romanov portraits were shot between 1915 and 1916, only months before their 1917 execution at the hands of Lenin ... Pictures show Tsar Nicholas II, wife Alexandra, son Alexei, and daughters ...
The Holstein-Gottorps of Russia retained the Romanov surname, emphasizing their matrilineal descent from Peter the Great, through Anna Petrovna (Peter I's elder daughter by his second wife). [11] In 1742, Empress Elizabeth of Russia brought Anna's son, her nephew Peter of Holstein-Gottorp , to St. Petersburg and proclaimed him her heir.