Genealogy of the Imperial Family of Russia¹

HIH Grand Duke Pavel Aleksandrovitch and his descendants

HIH Pavel Aleksandrovitch Grand Duke of Russia
* Tsarskoe Selo, October 3rd n.s., 1860
† (executed) Fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul, St. Petersburg, January 24th n.s., 1919

Married:

1. St. Petersburg, June 17th n.s., 1889:
   HRH Alexandra Princess of Greece and Denmark
   (In Russia styled as: HIH Aleksandra Georgievna Grand Duchess of Russia)
   * Corfu, August 30th n.s., 1870
   † Ilyinskoe near Moscow, September 24th, 1891
2. (morganatic) Livorno, October 10th, 1902:
   Olga Karnovitch
   * St. Petersburg, December 2nd, 1866
   † Paris, November 2nd, 1929
   Created Countess von Hohenfelsen 1904; created HSH Princess Paley, August 28th, 1915

Children from the first marriage:

1. HIH Maria Pavlovna Grand Duchess of Russia ("Marisja")
   * St. Petersburg, April 18th n.s., 1890
   † Konstanz, December 13th, 1958

   Married:

   1. Tsarskoe Selo, May 3rd n.s., 1908:
      HRH Carl Wilhelm Ludvig Prince of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland
      * Tullgarn Castle, June 17th, 1884
      † Stenhammer Castle, June 5th, 1965
      (Divorced: March 13th and July 15th, 1914)
   2. Pavlovsk, September 19th, 1917:
      Sergei Prince Poutiatine
      * St. Petersburg, December 7th, 1893
      † Charleston, South Carolina, February 26th, 1966
      (Divorced: 1924)

   Child from the second marriage:

   1. Roman Sergeievitch Prince Poutiatine
      * St. Petersburg, July 17th, 1918
      † Bucharest, May 1919
2. HIH Dimitri Pavlovitch Grand Duke of Russia

Children from the second marriage:

3. HSH Vladimir Pavlovitch Prince Paley
   * Paris, January 9th, 1897
   † (killed) Alapaievsk-Tchinyatcha, July 17th/18th, 1918
4. HSH Irina Pavlovna Princess Paley
   * Paris, December 21st, 1903
   † Biarritz, November 15th, 1990

   Married:

   1. (morganatic for the groom) Paris, May 31st, 1923:
      HH Feodor Aleksandrovitch Prince of Russia
      * December 23rd n.s., 1898
      † Ascain, November 30th, 1968
      (Divorced: July 22nd, 1936)
   2. Biarritz, April 11th, 1950:
      Hubert Count de Monbrison
      * St.Avertin, August 15th, 1892
      † Château de St-Roch, April 14th, 1981
5. HSH Natalja Pavlovna Princess Paley
   * Paris, December 5th, 1905
   † New York City, New York, December 27th, 1981

   Married:

   1. Paris, August 10th, 1927:
      Lucien Lelong
      * Paris, October 11th, 1889
      † Anglet, Basses-Pyrenées, May 11th, 1958
      (Divorced: 1937)
   2. New York City, New York, 1937:
      John Wilson
      * Trenton, New Jersey, August 19th, 1899
      † New York City, New York, October 29th, 1961

HIH Dimitri Pavlovitch Grand Duke of Russia
* Ilyinskoe near Moscow, September 18th n.s., 1891
† Schatzalp Sanatorium, Davos, March 5th, 1942

Married:

(morganatic) Biarritz, November 21st, 1926:
Anne Audrey Emery
* New York City, New York, July 4th, 1904
† West Palm Beach, Florida, November 25th, 1971
Created HSH Princess Romanovskaya-Ilyinskaya, July 28th, 1935
(Divorced: February 1st, 1937)

Child from this marriage:

1. Paul Dimitrievitch Romanov

Paul Dimitrievitch Romanov
(Since July 28th, 1935:) HSH Paul Dimitrievitch Prince Romanovsky-Ilyinsky
* London, January 27th, 1928

Married:

1. Honolulu, Hawaii, July 29th, 1949:
   Mary Evelyn Prince
   * Memphis,Tennessee, April 1925
   (Annulled: 1951)
2. Palm Beach, Florida, October 1st, 1952:
   Angelica Philippa Kauffmann
   * Paris, June 21st, 1932

Children from the second marriage:

1. HSH Dimitri Pavlovitch Prince Romanovsky-Ilyinsky
   * Palm Beach, Florida, May 1st, 1954

   Married:

   New Haven, Connecticut, September 22nd, 1979:
   Martha Murray McDowell
   * New Haven, Connecticut, June 15th, 1952

   Children from this marriage:

   1. HSH Catherine Adair Princess Romanovskaya-Ilyinskaya
      * Cincinnati, Ohio, August 4th, 1981
   2. HSH Victoria Bayard Princess Romanovskaya-Ilyinskaya
      * Cincinnati, Ohio, November 23rd, 1984
   3. HSH Lela McDowell Princess Romanovskaya-Ilyinskaya
      * Cincinnati, Ohio, August 26th, 1986
2. HSH Paula Maria Pavlovna Princess Romanovskaya-Ilyinskaya
   * Palm Beach, Florida, May 18th, 1955

   Married:

   Cincinnati, Ohio, May 31st, 1980:
   Mark Allen Comisar
   * Cincinnati, Ohio, June 17th, 1953

   Children from this marriage:

   1. Alexander Lee Comisar
      * Cincinnati, Ohio, April 6th, 1983
   2. Makena Anna Comisar
      * Cincinnati, Ohio, November 20th, 1984
3. HSH Anna Pavlovna Princess Romanovskaya-Ilyinskaya
   * Palm Beach, Florida, September 4th, 1959

   Married:

   1. Henniker, New Hampshire, May 9th, 1980:
      Robin Dale De Young
      * Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 25th, 1952
      (Divorced: April 27th, 1990)
   2. Cincinnati, Ohio, December 18th, 1992:
      David Wise Glossinger
      * Dayton, Ohio, July 11th, 1953

   Children from the first marriage:

   1. Audrey Emery de Young
      * Cincinnati, Ohio, April 1st, 1983
   2. Heather Morrison de Young
      * Cincinnati, Ohio, October 25th, 1985

   Child from the second marriage:

   3. Sophia Wise Glossinger
      * Cincinnati, Ohio, May 5th, 1993
4. HSH Michael Pavlovitch Prince Romanovsky-Ilyinsky
   * Palm Beach, Florida, January 4th, 1961

   Married:

   1. May 1986:
      Marcia Lowe
      * ...
      (Divorced: 1987)
   2. Cincinnati, Ohio, November 7th, 1989:
      Paula Maier
      * Cincinnati, Ohio, September 1st, 1965
      (Divorced: 1996)
   3. May 21st, 1999:
      Lisa Marie Schiesler
      * May 17th, 1973

   Child from the second marriage:

   1. HSH Alexis Taylor Princess Romanovskaya-Ilyinskaya
      * March 31st, 1994

Footnotes:

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

Last updated: January 2nd, 2002.