Genealogy of the Imperial Family of Russia¹

HIH Grand Duke Vladimir Aleksandrovitch and his descendants

HIH Vladimir Aleksandrovitch Grand Duke of Russia
* St. Petersburg, April 22nd n.s., 1847
† St. Petersburg, February 17th n.s., 1909

Married:

St. Petersburg, August 28th n.s., 1874:
HH Marie Alexandrine Elisabeth Eleonore Duchess von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
(Following her conversion to the Orthodox faith, April 23rd n.s., 1908, styled as HIH Maria Pavlovna Grand Duchess of Russia)
* Ludwigslust near Schwerin, May 14th, 1854
† Contrexéville, Vosges, September 6th, 1920

Children from this marriage:

1. HIH Aleksandr Vladimirovitch Grand Duke of Russia
   * Tsarkoe Selo, August 31st n.s., 1875
   † St. Petersburg, March 16th n.s., 1877
2. HIH Kyrill Vladimirovitch Grand Duke of Russia
3. HIH Boris Vladimirovitch Grand Duke of Russia
   * St. Petersburg, November 24th n.s., 1877
   † Paris, November 9th, 1943

   Married:

   (morganatic) Genoa, July 12th, 1919:
   Zinaida Rachevskaya
   * Dvinsk, November 3rd, 1898
   † Paris, January 30th, 1963

4. HIH Andrej Vladimirovitch Grand Duke of Russia
   * Tsarkoe Selo, May 14th n.s., 1879
   † Paris, October 30th, 1956

   Married:

   (morgantic) Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, January 30th, 1921:
   Mathilde Kchessinska
   * Ligovo, August 31st, 1872
   † Paris, December 8th, 1971
   Created HSH Princess Romanovskaya-Krassinskaya

   Child from this marriage:

   1. HSH Vladimir Andrejevitch Prince Romanovsky-Krasinsky
      * St. Petersburg, June 30th, 1902
      † Paris, April 23rd, 1974
5. HIH Elena Vladimirovna Grand Duchess of Russia
   * Tsarskoe Selo, January 29th n.s., 1882
   † Athens, March 13th, 1957

   Married:

   Tsarskoe Selo, August 29th n.s., 1902:
   HRH Nikolaos Prince of Greece and Denmark
   * Athens, January 22nd n.s., 1872
   † Athens, February 8th, 1938
   

HIH Kyrill Vladimirovitch Grand Duke of Russia
* Tsarskoe Selo, October 12th n.s., 1876
† American Hospital, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, October 12th, 1938
Head of the Imperial Family of Russia (proclaimed himself with the title Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, September 13th, 1924)

Married:

Chapel of Count Adlerberg's House, Tegernsee, October 8th, 1905:
HRH Victoria Melita Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony ("Ducky")
(Following her conversion to the Orthodox styled as: HIH Viktoria Feodorovna Grand Duchess of Russia)
* Palace of San Antonio, La Valetta, Malta, November 25th, 1876
† Schloß Amorbach, Odenwald, March 2nd, 1936

Children from this marriage:

1. HH Maria Kirillovna Princess of Russia
   (Since September 13th, 1924:) HIH Maria Kirillovna Grand Duchess of Russia
   * Bürglaß-Schloßchen, 1 Oberer Bürglaß, Coburg, February 2nd, 1907
   † Madrid, October 27th, 1951

   Married:

   (civil) Coburg, November 24th and (Orthodox and Lutheran) Coburg, November 25th, 1925:
   HSH Friedrich Karl Eduard Erwin 6th Fürst zu Leiningen
   (Born as: HSH Friedrich Karl Eduard Erwin Prince zu Leiningen)
   (Since April 5th, 1904:) HSH Friedrich Karl Eduard Erwin Hereditary Prince zu Leiningen
   * Strassbourg, February 13th, 1898
   † (as prisoner-of-war) Saransk, August 2nd, 1946
   Hereditary Prince zu Leiningen, April 5th, 1904
   6th Fürst zu Leiningen, July 18th, 1939

2. HH Kira Kirillovna Princess of Russia
   (Since September 13th, 1924:) HIH Kira Kirillovna Grand Duchess of Russia
   * Paris, May 9th, 1909
   † St. Briac-sur-mer, September 8th, 1967

   Married:

   (civil and Orthodox) Schloß Cecilienhof, Potsdam, May 2nd and (Lutheran) Huis Doorn, Doorn, May 4th, 1938:
   HI & RH Louis Ferdinand Viktor Eduard Albert Michael Hubertus Prince of Prussia
   * Marmor Palais, Potsdam, November 9th, 1907
   † Bremen, September 25th, 1994
   Head of the Royal Family of Prussia, July 20th, 1951

3. HIH Vladimir Kirillovitch Grand Duke of Russia

HH Vladimir Kirillovitch Prince of Russia
(Since September 13th, 1924:) HIH Vladimir Kirillovitch Czarevitch and Grand Duke of Russia
(Since October 12th, 1938:) HIH Vladimir Kirillovitch Grand Duke of Russia
* Borga near Helsingfors, August 30th n.s., 1917
† Mercy Hospital, Miami, Florida, April 21st, 1992
Proclaimed Heir to the Throne and granted the titles HIH Czarevitch and Grand Duke of Russia by his father, September 13th, 1924
Head of the Imperial Family of Russia (with the title HIH Grand Duke of Russia), October 12th, 1938

Married:

(civil) Lausanne, August 12th and (Orthodox) St. Gerasime Church, Lausanne, August 13th, 1948:
H Ill H Leonida Georgievna Princess Bagration-Moukhransky
* Tiblisi, October 6th n.s., 1914

Child from this marriage:

1. HIH Maria Vladimirovna Grand Duchess of Russia
   * Nuestra Señora de Loreta Clinic, Madrid, December 23rd, 1953
   Head of the Imperial Family of Russia, April 21st, 1992

   Married:

   (civil) Dinard, September 4th and (religious) Madrid, September 22nd, 1976:
   HRH Franz Wilhelm Viktor Christoph Stephan Prince of Prussia
   (Following his conversion to the Orthodox faith before his marriage styled as: HIH Michael Grand Duke of Russia; since the separation he longer uses that name)
   * Grünberg, September 3rd, 1943
   (Divorced: June 19th, 1985)

   Child from this marriage:

   1. HIH Georgij Mikhailovitch Grand Duke of Russia, Prince of Prussia
      * Loreto Clinic, Madrid, March 13th, 1981
      

Footnotes:

1. With special thanks to Jérôme Baudesson, Hein Bruins, Marlene Eilers Koenig, Brigitte Gastel LloydNetty Leistra, Dimitri Macedonskyand Paul Theroff.

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Last updated: January 2nd, 2002.