Genealogy of the Imperial Family of Russia¹

HIH Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaievitch and his descandants

HIH Konstantin Nikolaievitch Grand Duke of Russia
* St. Petersburg, September 21st n.s., 1827
† Pavlovsk, January 25th n.s., 1892

Married:

St. Petersburg, September 11th n.s, 1848:
HH Alexandra Friederike Henriette Pauline Marianne Elisabeth Princess von Saxe-Altenburg, Duchess von Saxony
(Following her conversion to the Orthodox faith, February 17th n.s., 1848, styled as: HIH Aleksandra Iosifovna Grand Duchess of Russia)
* Altenburg, July 8th, 1830
† Marble Palace, St. Petersburg, July 6th n.s., 1911

Children from this marriage:

1. HIH Nikolai Konstantinovitch Grand Duke of Russia
2. HIH Olga Konstantinovna Grand Duchess of Russia
   * Pavlovsk, September 3rd, 1851
   † Pau, Béarn, August 1st, 1926
   

   Married:

   St. Petersburg, October 27th, 1867:
   HM Giorgios I King of the Hellenes ("Willy")
   (Born as: HSH Christian Vilhelm Ferdinand Adolf Georg Prince zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
   (Since July 31st, 1853:) HH Christian Vilhelm Ferdinand Adolf Georg Prince of Denmark
   (Since December 21st, 1858:) HRH Christian Vilhelm Ferdinand Adolf Georg Prince of Denmark
   * Copenhagen, December 24th, 1845
   † (murdered) Salonika, March 18th, 1913
   King of the Hellenes, October 31st, 1863
   

3. HIH Vera Konstantinovna Grand Duchess of Russia
   * St. Petersburg, February 16th n.s., 1854
   † Stuttgart, April 11th, 1912

   Married:

   Stuttgart, May 8th, 1874:
   HRH Wilhelm Eugen August Georg Duke von Württemberg
   * Bückeburg, August 20th, 1846
   † Düsseldorf, January 27th, 1877
   

4. HIH Konstantin Konstantinovitch Grand Duke of Russia
5. HIH Dimitri Konstantinovitch Grand Duke of Russia
   * Strelna, June 13th n.s., 1860
   † (executed) Fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul, St. Petersburg, January 24th n.s., 1919
   
6. HIH Vjatcheslav Konstantinovitch Grand Duke of Russia
   * Warsaw, July 13th n.s., 1862
   † Marble Palace, St. Petersburg, February 27th n.s., 1879
   

HIH Nikolai Konstantinovitch Grand Duke of Russia
* St. Petersburg, February 14th n.s., 1850
† Tashkent, January 26th n.s., 1918

Married:

(morganatic) Orenburg, 1882:
Nadezhda Drier
* 1861
† 1929

Children from this marriage:

1. Artemy Nikolaievitch Prince Iskander
   * Tashkent, 1883
   † (killed in the Russian Civil War) 1919
2. Aleksandr Nikolaievitch Prince Iskander
   * Tashkent, November 15th, 1889
   † Grasse, January 26th, 1957

   Married:

   1. May 5th, 1912:
      Olga Rogovskaya
      * 1893
      † ? (disappeared in USSR)
      (Divorced)
   2. Paris, October 11th, 1930:
      Natalja Khanykova
      * St. Petersburg, December 30th, 1893
      † Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, April 20th, 1982

   Children from the first marriage:

   1. Kyrill Aleksandrovitch Prince Iskander
      * Tashkent, December 5th, 1914 or 1915
      † Moscow, 1992
   2. Natalja Aleksandrovna Princess Iskander
      * Tashkent, January 21st, 1917
      † Moscow, July 24th, 1999

      Married:

      ...:
      Nikolai Dostal
      * ...

HIH Konstantin Konstantinovitch Grand Duke of Russia
* Grand Constantine Palace, Strelna, August 22nd n.s., 1858
† Pavlovsk, June 15th n.s., 1915

Married:

(Orthodox) Winter Palace Church and (Lutheran) Alexander Hall, Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, April 27th n.s., 1884:
HH Elisabeth Auguste Marie Agnes Princess von Saxe-Altenburg, Duchess von Saxony
(In Russia styled as: HIH Elisaveta Mavrikievna Grand Duchess of Russia)
* Meiningen, January 25th, 1865
† Leipzig, March 24th, 1927

Children from this marriage:

1. HH Ioann Konstantinovitch Prince of Russia
2. HH Gabriel Konstantinovitch Prince of Russia
   (Since May 15th, 1939:) HIH Gabriel Konstantinovitch Grand Duke of Russia
   * Grand Bedroom of Empress Maria Feodorovna, Palace of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaievitch, Pavlovsk, July 15th n.s., 1887
   † Paris, February 28th, 1955
   Created HIH Grand Duke of Russia, May 15th, 1939

   Married:

   1. (morganatic) St. Petersburg, April 9th, 1917:
      Antonia Nesterovskaya
      * St. Petersburg, March 14th, 1890
      † Paris, March 7th, 1950
   2. (morganatic) Paris, May 11th, 1951:
      Irina Princess Kurakina
      Andreievskoye, September 22nd, 1903
      † Chelles, January 17th, 1993
3. HH Tatiana Konstantinovna Princess of Russia
   * St. Petersburg, January 23rd, 1890
   † Jerusalem, August 28th, 1979

   Married:

   1. Tiblisi, August 24th, 1911:
      Konstantin Prince Bagration-Moukhransky
      * Tiblisi, March 2nd, 1889
      † (killed in action) Jaroslav near Lvov, May 19th, 1915
   2. Geneva, November 9th, 1921:
      Alexander Korochenzov
      * August 17th, 1877
      † Lausanne, February 6th, 1922

   Children from the first marriage:

   1. Theimouraz Konstantinovitch Prince Bagration-Moukhransky
      * Pavlovsk, August 12th, 1912
      † New York City, New York, April 10th, 1992

      Married:

      1. Topcider near Belgrade, October 27th, 1940:
         Catherine Ratchitch
         * London, July 4th, 1919
         † Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, December 20th, 1946
      2. New York City, New York, November 27th, 1949:
         Irina Czerisheva-Besobrasova
         * Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, September 26th, 1926
   2. Natalja Konstantinovna Princess Bagration-Moukhransky
      * Kitchrene, Crimea, April 6th, 1914
      † London, August 26th, 1984

      Married:

      London, April 22nd, 1944:
      Sir Charles Hepburn Johnstone
      * London, March 11th, 1912
      † London, April 23rd, 1986

4. HH Konstantin Konstantinovitch Prince of Russia
   * St. Petersburg, January 1st n.s., 1891
   † (killed) Alapaievsk-Tchinyatcha, July 17th/18th, 1918
   
5. HH Oleg Konstantinovitch Prince of Russia
   * Marble Palace, St. Petersburg, November 27th n.s., 1892
   † (wounds received in action) Vitebsk Red Cross Hospital, Vilno, October 12th n.s., 1914
   
6. HH Igor Konstantinovitch Prince of Russia
   * Palace of Grand Duchess Aleksandra Iosifovna, Strelna, June 10th n.s., 1894
   † (killed) Alapaievsk-Tchinyatcha, July 17th/18th, 1918
   
7. HH Georgij Konstantinovitch Prince of Russia
   * Marble Palace, St. Petersburg, May 6th n.s., 1903
   † New York City, New York, November 7th, 1938
8. HH Natalja Konstantinovna Princess of Russia
   * St. Petersburg, March 23rd, 1905
   † St. Petersburg, May 23rd, 1905
   
9. HH Vera Konstantinovna Princess of Russia
   * Pavlovsk, April 24th, 1906
   † New York City, New York, January 11th, 2001
   

HH Ioann Konstantinovitch Prince of Russia
* Palace of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaievitch, Pavlovsk, July 5th n.s., 1886
† (killed) Alapaievsk-Tchinyatchya, July 17th/18th, 1918

Married:

Grand Palace Church, Peterhof, September 3rd n.s., 1911:
HRH Jelena Princess of Serbia
(Born as: Jelena Karadjordjevic)
(In Russia styled as: HRH Elena Petrovna Princess of Russia)
* Rijeka, November 4th n.s., 1884
† Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, October 16th, 1962

Children from this marriage:

1. HH Vsevolod Ivanovitch Prince of Russia
   * Marble Palace, St. Petersburg, January 20th n.s., 1914
   † London, June 18th, 1973

   Married:

   1. (morganatic) (civil) London, May 31st and (religious) London, June 1st, 1939:
      Lady Mary Lygon
      * Madresfield Court, February 12th, 1910
      † Faringdon, September 27th, 1982
      Created HSH Princess Romanovskaya-Pavlovskaya 1939
      (Divorced: London, February 2nd, 1956)
   2. London, March 28th, 1956:
      Emilia de Gosztónyi
      * Budapest, April 19th, 1914
      † Monte Carlo, July 9th, 1993
      Created HSH Princess Romanovskaya 1956
      (Divorced: London, February 21st, 1961)
   3. London, June 8th, 1961:
      Valli Knust
      * London, April 4th, 1930
      Created HSH Princess Romanovskaya-Knust 1961
2. HSH Ekatarina Ivanovna Princess of Russia

HSH Ekatarina Ivanovna Princess of Russia
* Pavlovsk, July 25th, 1915

Married:

Rome, September 15th, 1937:
Ruggero Marquess Farace di Villaforesta
* London, August 4th, 1909
† Rome, September 14th, 1970
(Separated: November 13th, 1945)

Children from this marriage:

1. Nicoletta Farace
   * Rome, July 23rd, 1938

   Married:

   Montevideo, March 25th, 1966:
   Alberto Grundland
   * Montevideo, July 12th, 1931
   † Montevideo, December 27th, 1984

   Children from this marriage:

   1. Eduardo Alberto Grundland
      * Montevideo, January 15th, 1967
   2. Alexandra Gabriella Grundland
      * Montevideo, September 17th, 1971
2. Fiametta Farace
   * Budapest, February 19th, 1940

   Married:

   1. New York City, New York, September 16th, 1969:
      Victor Arcelus
      * Montevideo, February 20th, 1935
      (Divorced: 1980)
   2. New York City, New York, 1981:
      Nelson Zanelli
      * Uruguay, March 9th, 1947

   Children from the first marriage:

   1. Victor John Arcelus
      * New York City, New York, November 24th, 1973
   2. Sebastian Arcelus
      * New York City, New York, November 5th, 1976

   Child from the second marriage:

   3. Alessandro Zanelli
      * Manhasset, New York, July 31st, 1984
3. Giovanni Marquess Farace di Villaforesta
   * Rome, October 20th, 1943

   Married:

   Montevideo, February 14th, 1968:
   Marie Claude Tillier Debesse
   * Paris, April 24th, 1944

   Children from this marriage:

   1. Alessandro Farace
      * Paris, August 29th, 1971
   2. Yann Farace
      * Versailles, Yvelines, October 4th, 1974

Footnotes:

1. With special thanks to Will Campbell, Brigitte Gastel Lloyd, Netty Leistra, Dimitri Macedonsky and Paul Theroff.

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