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Princess Xenia in 1915. Xenia and her older sister Princess Nina Georgievna, who was born in 1901, left Russia in 1914 to spend the war years in England with their mother. In 1919, her father, his brother Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich, and their cousins Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich and Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich, were executed by a Bolshevik firing squad in St. Petersburg.
Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (Russian: Ксения Александровна Романова; 6 April [O.S. 25 March] 1875 – 20 April 1960) was the elder daughter and fourth child of Tsar Alexander III of Russia and Dagmar of Denmark. She was the sister of the last Emperor of Russia, Nicholas II.
Married 1900 (1), Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (1863–1919 [81]) and had 2 children: [20] Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia (1901–1974) [81] Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia (1903–1965) [20] Married 1922 (2), Admiral Perikles Ioannidis (1881–1965) and had no children [20] Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark April 7, 1880 [11]
The couple settled in St. Petersburg and they had two daughters: Princesses Nina (1901 -1974) and Xenia of Russia (1903 -1965). Grand Duke George Mikhailovich had a house built for her in Crimea and he was a devoted father and husband, but the marriage was unhappy. Princess Maria, known upon her marriage as Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of ...
Alexandra Georgievna: Pavel Alexandrovich: 17 June 1889: 30 August 1870: 24 September 1891 Milica of Montenegro Militza Nikolaevna: Peter Nikolaievich: 26 July 1889: 26 July 1866: 5 September 1951 Maria of Greece and Denmark Maria Georgievna: George Mikhailovich: 12 May 1900: 3 March 1876: 14 December 1940 Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and ...
Princess Xenia may refer to: Princess Xenia of Montenegro; ... Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia; See also. Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia;
Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia (22 August 1903 – 17 September 1965); married, firstly, in 1921, William Bateman Leeds, Jr., son of Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark; they divorced in 1930. Married, secondly, in 1946, Herman Jud. Xenia's only daughter, Nancy Leeds (1925–2006), married Edward Judson Wynkoop, Jr.
Grand Duke George was a devoted father, and the two sisters were close to him, but Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna never liked Russia and eventually became estranged from her husband. In June 1914, Maria took her two daughters to England on the pretext of improving their health; in reality, she wanted to be separated from her husband.