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Xenia, Grand Duchess of Russia
Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna Romanova (In Russian Великая Княгина Ксения Александровна) (was born on 6 April, 1875 in St Petersburg and died 20 April, 1960 at Wilderness House in Hampton Court, England) She was the daughter of Tsar Alexander III of Russia and Dagmar of Denmark and sister of the last crowned Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and, his brief uncrowned successor, their brother Michael.
Xenia Alexandrovna married Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich Romanov (a grandson of Nicholas I of Russia on 6 August 1894 (25th July in the "old style" Russian callender) at Peterhof. Together they had seven children. Here is a list of her descendants
- HH Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (1895-1970), married Prince Felix Yusupov (1887-1967), had issue, see page for her descendants
- HH Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia (1897-1981), married morganatically Elisabetta Ruffo (1887-1940), then Nadine McDougall (1908-2000), cr. HSH Princess Romanovskaya; had issue by first marriage:
- Xenia Andrejevna Romanova (1919-2000), married Calhoun Ancrum (born 1915), then Geoffrey Tooth (1908-1998); no issue
- Michael Andrejevitch Romanov (born 1920), married Esther Murphy (born 1921), then Shirley Grammond (1916-1983), then Giulia Crespi (born 1930); no issue
- Andrej Andrejevitch Romanov (born 1923), married Elena Dourneva (born 1927), then Kathleen Norris (1935-[[1967), then Inez von Bachelin (born 1933); had issue by first (first two children) and second (last two) marriages:
- Olga Andrejevna Romanova (born out of wedlock 1950), married Thomas Mathew (born 1945); had issue: Nicholas (born 1976), Francis (born 1978), Alexandra (born 1981), and Thomas 1987-1989) Matthew
- Alexis Andrejevitch Romanov (born 1953), married Zoetta Leisy (born 1956); no issue
- Peter Andrejevitch Romanov (born 1961)
- Andrew Andrejevitch Romanov (born 1963), married Elizabeth Flores (born 1964); had one daughter: Natasha Romanov (born 1993)
- HH Prince Fyodor Alexandrovich of Russia (1898-1968), married morganatically HSH Prince Irina Paley (1903-1990); had issue:
- Mikhael Feodorovitch Romanov (born 1924), married Helga Staufenberger (born 1926), then María de las Mercedes (born 1960); had issue by first marriage:
- Irene Feodorovna Romanova (born 1934), married André Pelle (born 1923), then Victor-Marcel Soulas (born 1938); had issue from first (first child) and second (second child) marriages:
- HH Prince Nikita Alexandrovich of Russia (1900-1974), married morganatically Countess Marija Vorontzova-Daschkova (1903-1997); had issue:
- HH Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich of Russia (1901-1980), married morganatically Contess Marina Golenistcheva-Koutouzova (1912-1969), cr. HSH Princess Romanovskaya-Koutouzova, then Sheila Chisholm (1898-1969), cr. HSH Princess Romanovskaya; had issue by first marriage:
- HH Prince Rotislav Alexandrovich of Russia, married morganatically Princess Aleksandra Pavlovna Galitzine (born 1905), then Alice Eilken (1923-1996), then Hedwig von Chappuis (1905-1997), cr. HSH Princess Romanovskaya; had issue from first (first child) and second (second child) marriages:
- HH Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia (1907-1989), married morganatically Princess Natalja Aleksandrovna Galitzine (1907-1989); had issue:
One of Xenia's descendants would currently be the Head of the Romanov Family, but all of her children married morganatically, thus Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna currently holds that position.
Following the revolution Xenia and her husband separated. She became a dependent of the British Royal family who in addition to an income, granted her a grace and favour house first in Windsor Great Park and then in the grounds of Hampton Court Palace, London.
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