Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia

Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich Romanov (. . * 12 Novemberjul / November 24 1877greg in Tsarskoye Selo (Russia ); † November 9, 1943 in Paris ) was a member of the house of Romanov -Holstein -Gottorp.

Life

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

In 1913, Boris held the hand of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Romanova ( 1895-1918 ), the eldest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna, on, but the Tsarina refused because he had a reputation as a bon viveur. The rejection of her son provoked with Maria Pavlovna a hostility to the royal pair. 1919 Boris Vladimirovich Romanov married in Italy ( Genoa) his long -term lover Zinaida Raschewskaya.