Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia
Yelena Vladimirovna Romanova, Grand Duchess of Russia (Russian: Елена Владимировна Романова, scientific transliteration Elena Vladimirovna Romanova, born 17 Januarjul / January 29 1882greg in Tsarskoye Selo, .. † 13 March 1957 Athens ) was by marriage Princess of Greece and Denmark.
Life
Jelena was the daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and his wife Marie of Mecklenburg. She was married to Prince Nicholas of Greece. Since she and her siblings were raised by an English nanny was her first language is not Russian, but English. Although it was considered beautiful, but also as vain and representation addicted. Originally she was engaged to Prince Max of Baden, but the marriage did not materialize. Jelena's mother was very angry about it. However, in 1900 expressed Prince Nikolaos Greece be interested in a marriage. Your mother disliked initially connect their daughter with a young prince, who hardly had chances to the throne, but agreed to at the end of a marriage. This took place on August 29, 1902. Despite her difficult character, the marriage was happy.
The couple had three daughters:
- Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (1903-1997); Prince Paul of Yugoslavia ∞
- Princess Elisabeth of Greece and Denmark (1904-1955); ∞ Count Karl Theodor von Toerring - Jettenbach, Count Good cell, Freiherr von Seefeld
- Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906-1968); ∞ Prince George, 1st Duke of Kent
The revolutions in Russia and turmoil in Greece forced the family into exile in France for the time being, before she could return to Greece in 1936. She was buried in the Royal Cemetery at Tatoi.
Swell
- Charlotte Zeepvat: The Camera and the Tsars: A Romanov Family Album. Sutton Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-7509-4210- X, pp. 60-65.
- The. W. Ptschelow TO Bochanow: Генеалогия Романовых 1613-2001. Ex-Libris Press 2001, p 89 ( limited preview on Google Book Search ) ( genealogy of the Romanovs 1613-2001 ', in Russian)
- IS Semyonov: Христианские династии Европы. Olma Media Group, 2002, ISBN 5-224-02516-8, p 427 ( limited preview on Google Book Search ) (, Christian dynasties in Europe ', in Russian)