Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia
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| Prince Andrei Alexandrovich | |
| Born | January 24, 1897 Saint Petersburg |
|---|---|
| Died | May 8, 1981 (aged 84) Faversham |
| Other names | Andrei Alexandrovich Romanov |
| Title | Prince of Russia |
| Parents | Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia |
Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia (24 January 1897 - 8 May 1981) was a member of the Imperial Family of Russia.
[edit] Biography
He was born in Saint Petersburg the second child but first son of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia.[1] Although a grandson of Emperor Alexander III through his mother he was not entitled to the title Grand Duke of Russia because he was only a great-grandson of Emperor Nicholas I in the male line through his father. Despite being only a Prince of Russia he received a 21-gun salute at birth which was usually reserved for Grand Dukes with a 15-gun salute for Princes of Russia at the insistence of his grandmother The Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna.[2]
During the Russian Revolution Prince Andrei was imprisoned along with his parents and grandmother the Dowager Empress at Dulber, in the Crimea.[2] He escaped the fate of a number of his Romanov cousins who were murdered by the Bolsheviks when he was freed by German troops in 1918. He left Russia in December 1918 abroad the Royal Navy ship HMS Forsythe with his father to attend the Paris Peace Conference.[2]
In 1949 he moved into Provender an ancient house in Faversham, Kent owned by the family of his second wife and famous for being a hunting lodge of Edward, the Black Prince.[3] Prince Andrei was the protector of the Sovereign Order of the Orthodox Knights Hospitaller of St. John of Jerusalem.[4]
He died at Provender on 8 May 1981.
[edit] Marriages and children
Prince Andrei was married to Donna Elisabetha Ruffo (1886-1940) at Yalta on 12 June 1918 the daughter to Fabrizio Ruffo, Duke of Sasso-Ruffo and they had three children.[5]
- HH Princess Xenia Andreevna of Russia (1919-2001)
- HH Prince Michael Andreevich of Russia (b. 1920)
- HH Prince Andrew Andreevich of Russia (b. 1923)
His first wife was killed during the Second World War and he married secondly to Nadine Sylvia Ada McDougall (1908-2000) at Norton, Kent on 21 September 1942 and they had one daughter.[5]
- HH Princess Olga Andreevna of Russia (b. 1950)
[edit] References
- ^ "Foreign Notes of Interest.", New York Times, 1897-01-26, pp. 2.
- ^ a b c "Princess Xenia of Russia", The Daily Telegraph, 2001-08-23. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
- ^ Provender. The Faversham Website. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
- ^ OSJ Endorsment. World Organisation of Natural Medicine. Retrieved on 2008-05-27.
- ^ a b Lundy, Darryl. Andrei Aleksandrovich Romanov, Prince of Russia. The Peerage. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
