Prince Georgi Konstantinovich of Russia

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Prince Georgi Konstantinovich of Russia, (May 6, 1903 - November 7, 1938), was the youngest son of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia and his wife Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna

Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, he escaped to Sweden in October 1918 with his mother, younger sister Princess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia, and niece and nephew aboard the Swedish ship Angermanland.[1]

Georgi, who never married, became a successful interior designer. He died of complications following surgery in New York City at the age of 35.[2]

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  1. ^ Zeepvat, Charlotte, The Camera and the Tsars, Sutton Publishing, 2004, p. 213
  2. ^ Paul Theroff (2007). "Russia". An Online Gotha. Retrieved on March 4, 2007.