Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia

Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich Romanov (born 2 Maijul / May 14 1879greg in Tsarskoye Selo, .. † October 30, 1956 in Paris) was a member of the House of Romanov -Holstein -Gottorp.

Life

Andrei was the fourth son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich Romanov (1847-1909) and his wife Maria Pavlovna (1854-1920), daughter of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II and his first wife, Princess Augusta Reuss to Schleiz - Koestritz.

The family of the widowed Maria Pavlovna, aunt of the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II, the revolution suffered in Kislovodsk in the Caucasus, where they stood at their summer home under house arrest. On February 13, 1920, she fled with her sons, Boris, Andrei, and their beloved on board an Italian ship towards Venice. His older brother, Cyril Vladimirovich emigrated with his wife Victoria Fedorovna and his two daughters, Mary and Kira over a northern route to Finland.

In 1921 Andrei Vladimirovich Romanov married his longtime mistress, a Russian ballerina Matilda Felixowna Kschessinskaja ( 1872-1971 ). He also claimed the father of Matilda's son, Vladimir Romanovsky - Krasinsky (1902-1974) to be. Mathilde had a love affair with the Tsar Nicholas II Romanov and Sergei Mikhailovich years ago.

Worth mentioning

• Andrei and his family lived in Paris and was one of the few members of the Romanov family who believed the claims by Anna Anderson and offered her financial support.