Prince Constantine Constantinovich of Russia

Prince Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov, Russian Константин Константинович ( born December 20 1890jul / January 1 1891greg in Saint Petersburg, .. † July 18, 1918 in Alapayevsk ) was a member of the House of Romanov -Holstein -Gottorp and bore the title of Prince of Russia.

Life

Constantine was the third son of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov (1858-1915) and his wife Princess Elisabeth of Saxe- Altenburg (1865-1927), daughter of Prince Moritz of Saxe- Altenburg and Princess Augusta Luise of Saxe- Meiningen.

On the many family gatherings Konstantin met his cousins ​​know and was thrilled by the oldest daughter of Tsar Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Romanova (1895-1918) and Princess Elisabeth of Romania ( 1894-1956 ). The grandmother of Elizabeth, Duchess Maria of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha, wrote to her daughter, the Crown Princess Marie of Romania, a laudatory letter about the young prince. Later, a telegram came from Romania, that a marriage for political reasons, was impossible, as the brother of the groom with Princess Elena Karadjordjević of Serbia was married.

Worth mentioning

• On July 14, 1886 modified Tsar Alexander III. the house of the Romanovs laws by restricting the title " Grand Duke " or " Grand Duchess " on the children and grandchildren in the male line of a tsar. Distant descendants would henceforth bear the title " Imperial Prince " or "Princess ". So Ivan, a great-grandson of Tsar Nicholas I, was only an "Imperial Prince" by birth.