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  Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, of the Imperial House of Romanov (Дмитрий Павлович Романов) (September 18, 1891 – March 5, 1941) was a Russian imperial dynast, one of the few Romanovs to escape execution by the Bolsheviks after the Russian Revolution.
Dmitri Pavlovich's mother, Alexandra Georgievna of Greece was a daughter of George I of Greece and his Queen consort Olga Konstantinovna of Russia.
Dmitri married an American heiress, Audrey Emery, in 1927, procuring for her the insubstantial title of Princess Romanovskaya-Ilyinskaya and the style of Serenity from his cousin Cyril for her as the marriage officially was regarded as unequal.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Duke_Dmitri   (1009 words)

  
 Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She was the second child and daughter of Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, a daughter of Queen Victoria.
She and her husband, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, adopted and raised the Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovitch, and his sister Grand Duchess Maria, after their mother died during Dmitri's birth.
After Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia was assassinated, while on service in the Kremlin by Socialist-Revolutionary, Ivan Kalyayev, on February 18, 1905, Grand Duchess Elizabeth became a nun, and gave away her jewelery and sold her most luxurious possessions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Duchess_Elizabeth_Fyodorovna   (352 words)

  
 The Fate of the Romanovs: The Survivors
Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, the Emperor's cousin and brother-in-law, had fled with his family to the Crimea and left Russia from Yalta on HMS Forsythe in December 1918 to attend the Paris Peace Conference as the representative of the Romanov family.
Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna (the elder), Duchess of Mecklenburg, the widow of the Emperor's uncle, the Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich.
Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich and his mistress and future wife (Princess Marie Krassinskia--she was Mathilde F. Kschessinska the Prima Ballerina Absoluta of the Mariensky Theater in Petrograd and had formerly been the mistress of the Emperor while he was a Grand Duke) and their son (Prince Vladimir Andreivich Krassinsky).
www.angelfire.com /pa/ImperialRussian/royalty/russia/survivor.html   (3978 words)

  
 Alexander Palace Time Machine - Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich
Dmitri Pavlovich was one of the few Romanov Grand Dukes to survive the Revolution.
Dmitri Pavlovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia, was born in 1891, the only son of Princess Alexandra of Greece and Grand Duke Paul (or Pavl) Alexandrovich.
Dmitri's father, the kindly Grand Duke Paul, was often absent during his son's childhood, due to the afore mentioned matrimonial difficulties.
www.alexanderpalace.org /palace/Dmitri.html   (2141 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Grand Duchess Elizabeth was the sister of empress Alexandra and the widow of the late Grand Duke Sergey Alexandrovich (who was murdered in 1905 by a terrorist bomb).
She joined Grand Duke Sergey Mikhailovich (cousin of the emperor), the three sons of the late Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich: Princes Ioan, Igor and Constantine, and Prince Vladimir Pavlovich Paley (son of the morganatic marriage of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich).
The four Grand Dukes: Paul Alexandrovich (the emperor's uncle), Dimitri Constantinovich (cousin of the emperor) and the two brothers Nicholas and George Mikhailovich (cousins of the emperor), were all imprisoned in the St. Peter and Paul fortress and shot there on January 30 1918.
members.fortunecity.com /abnic/namesanddeaths/murdermain.html   (249 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Dmitri
The battle was fought on a plain by the Don near the present village of Kurkino, Russia, SE of Tula.
Czarevich Dmitri was allegedly murdered (1591) in the
The opera and the dictator: the peculiar martyrdom of Dmitri Shostakovich.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Dmitri&StartAt=11   (536 words)

  
 Cast List
HIH Grand Duchess Olga - Olga Nikolaevna +
HIH Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna - Grand Duchess Xenia
HIH Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna - Olga Aleksandrovna
www.glintofgold.org /romanovs/cast.html   (480 words)

  
 H-Net Review: Linda P. Rose on The Flight of the Romanovs. A Family Saga
The Grand Duke Kyril Vladimirovich married the ex-wife of the Tsarina Alexandra's brother.
Grand Duke Alexis Alexandrovich retired as head of the imperial navy after the disastrous Russo-Japanese war in which the Russian fleet was destroyed.
One of the grand dukes, Dmitri Pavlovich was involved in the murder of Rasputin.
www.h-net.org /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=23292951939805   (1678 words)

  
 Grigory Efimovich Rasputin
The Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich Romanov, Nikolai’s cousin, and Vladimir Purishkevich, a member of the Duma, were also closely involved.
The date of the murder was set for 16 December 1916, according to the Julian calendar (29 December, by the Gregorian calendar), the only night of the month that both Grand Duke Dmitri and Purishkevich had free on their schedules.
Grand Duke Dmitri and Yussoupov were pardoned from execution and send into exile in Siberia.
home.swbell.net /whetston/rasputin/page5.htm   (644 words)

  
 Grand Duke Paul   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
It was not until Dmitri was considered strong enough to travel that he and Marie were to return to St. Petersburgh to live with their father in his palace.
In 1912 after Dmitri had come of age and taken his oath of allegiance to the Tsar, Paul’s banishment was lifted and he was allowed to return to Russia and settle with his wife and family.
Grand Duke Paul was unaware of their fate and matters at home gradually changed for the worse.
homepage.ntlworld.com /slgriffiths2/html/grand_duke_paul.html   (1612 words)

  
 Alexander Palace Time Machine - Grand Duke Nicholas Michaelovich,
Nicholas Michaelovich was the eldest son of Grand Duke Michael Nicholaievich, son of Emperor Nicholas I. He was born April 26, 1859 at Tsarskoe Selo, but spent his childhood in Tiflis, Georgia where his father was Viceroy of the Caucusus.
The Grand Duke was a member of the Acadamy of France, Honorary Doctor of History and Philosophy from the University of Berlin, and Honorary Doctor of History from the University of Moscow, President of the Imperial Russian History Society and the Russian Geographic Society.
He loathed Maria Pavlova and all of the "Vladimirovichi" with the exception of Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich.
www.alexanderpalace.org /palace/nichmichbio.html   (985 words)

  
 Russians In Exile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The mother of Vladimir Monomach, Grand Duke of Kiev from 1113 to 1125, was such a Byzantine princess.
Grand Duke Yagailo of Lithuania married the Queen of Poland and was made King of Poland.
It often happened that the estates of a boyar who was regarded a traitor by the Grand Duke, were forfeitured, and sometimes the boyars were even executed for their lack of loyalty.
www.joebattsarm.com /lexicografie/dias2.html   (11340 words)

  
 boys clothing: European royalty--Russia in exile
Her father turned out to be the Grand Duke Paul, whio was the uncle of Nicholas II, not his brother.
The Grand Duke Mikhail was banished twice by his brother the Tsar Nicholas II.
A reburial was arranged by the Grand Duchess Wladimir of Russia, Leonida Georgiyevna, the widow of his son, Grand Duke Vladimir Kyrillovich.
histclo.com /royal/rus/royal-rus4e.htm   (1513 words)

  
 Nikolai Romanov
Parents: Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich and Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna (Princess Elizabeth of Sachsen-Altenburg.
In the first nine years of married life, the prolific Grand Duchess produced six children and then after an interval of some nine years, had three more.
Grand Duke Constantine followed the lead of other older grand dukes, and chose for his first-born son a typically Russian name: Ivan, which of course would officially be Ioann.
www.nikolairomanov.com /doc/11_knic_pre/index.html   (1029 words)

  
 Marie, Alexandra and Politics
Grand Duchess Xenia wrote to her brother that “We [Xenia and her husband, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich] are terribly interested in the war in the Transvaal, and are right behind the Boers.
According to Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, “When the Emperor went to war, of course his wife governend instead of him.”[57] For the first time their correspondence became political as well as personal, with Alexandra showing a desire to help her husband.
Alexandra disapproved of Grand Duke Nicholas Nicolaievich (known in the family as Nikolasha), the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian armies.
www.koshka-the-cat.com /politics.htm   (5971 words)

  
 Living - The Cincinnati Post
Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovitch, Nicholas' cousin, was exiled from Russia for his participation in the murder of the controversial, self-proclaimed "holy man" Rasputin in 1917.
Dmitri met heiress Audrey Emery, daughter of John J. Emery (whose family made their fortunes in Cincinnati manufacturing and real estate) in Paris and they were married in 1926.
Their only child, Paul Ilyinsky (the last name adopted by Dmitri after his marriage to "commoner" Audrey), moved his family to Cincinnati in 1963.
www.cincypost.com /2005/01/27/nichsd012705.html   (215 words)

  
 roman071698
He also is the grandson of the Grand Duke Dmitri Romanov Pavlovich, who was first cousin to Nicholas II, the last czar of Russia.
That was the year Ilyinsky first wrote to Boris Yeltsin, president of Russia, asking for permission to bury the Romanovs with proper Russian Orthodox blessings.
In his letter, he introduced himself as the grandson of the Grand Duke Dmitri.
www.cincypost.com /news/1998/roman071698.html   (847 words)

  
 I6499: Dmitri Pavlovich Of Russia (Grand Duke) (6 SEP 1891 - 1941)
I6499: Dmitri Pavlovich Of Russia (Grand Duke) (6 SEP 1891 - 1941)
Dmitri Pavlovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia, was born in
Dmitri's father, the kindly Grand Duke Paul, was often absent
web.ukonline.co.uk /Members/nigel.battysmith/Database/D0012/I6499.html   (1450 words)

  
 Dmitri Donskoi
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 www.jeromepradon.com
Outside St Petersburg the army, led by Dmitri Romanov (the nephew of the Tsar), suppress an uprising in a small town.
Later Dmitri is hosting a ball at the Winter Palace, during which he declares his love for his cousin, Princess Irina.
Dmitri is fighting in the trenches in WW1.
www.jeromepradon.com /en/th_rasputin.html   (533 words)

  
 Kronos: 1350-1699
Upon the marriage of the Hungarian/Polish Princess Hedvig (Jadwiga) to the Lithuanian Grand Duke Jogaila Algirdaitis (Jagiello), Lithuania officially converts to Roman Catholicism.
Commoners competed for prizes, while the knights competed, in the words of the Duke of Orleans, "for the love of the ladies and the fun of the thing." There were weight divisions in the wrestling events, and aristocrats competed straight up against commoners.
The Muscovite Grand Duke Ivan III marries the Byzantine princess Zoë Palaeologus.
www.ejmas.com /kronos/NewHist1350-1699.htm   (16130 words)

  
 Re-burial of Queen Dagmar - Royal Blue Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
I have read that the Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, who was a cousin and who grew up with the girls, and was moreover very handsome, was considered the ideal son-in-law by the Tsar and Tsarina.
Another five Romanovs were thrown down a mine shaft at Alapayevsk in the Ural Mountains region in July 1918, including Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich, cousin of the emperor, and the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, the sister of the Empress.
In 1981, all the murdered Romanovs, with the exception of the left-leaning Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich, were canonized by the Orthodox Church Abroad.
forums.rbhq.net /showthread.php?t=5062   (3393 words)

  
 Kirsten's Thesis: Chaper 4
In mid December, 1916 Prince Felix Yusopov, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich and another friend decided that in order to save Russia, Rasputin needed to be removed.
During the trip from Mogilev to Petrograd, Nicholas' train was stopped by representatives of the revolution and the Tsar was told that he would not be allowed to return to the capital.
Gand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich wrote on March 1: Nicky left last night for St. Petersburg but the railway officials, obeying the orders of the Duma, have stopped his train at the station Dno and turned it in the direction of Pskov.
www.angelfire.com /la3/lauber/Chapter4.htm   (9930 words)

  
 R.H. Bruce Lockhart. British Agent. Book Three: War and Peace.
Bechsteins, Blüthners, grand pianos, baby grands and uprights, were hurled one by one from the various stories to the ground, where a high bonfire completed the work of destruction.
She was a grand woman and even in the days of my failure she treated me better than I deserved.
When the Grand Duke Nicholas was commander-in-chief, the Cities and Zemstvos Unions had always addressed their petitions to him personally.
www.gwpda.org /wwi-www/BritAgent/BA03.htm   (22562 words)

  
 Nikolai Romanov
In the first nine years of married life, the prolific Grand Duchess produced six children and then after an interval of another nine years, had three more in three years.
Their mother, the homely, kind Grand Duchess Elisabeth Mavrikievna, was a deeply moral woman, who never abandoned her Lutheran faith, but educated in truest Orthodoxy her numerous children.
Fate was kinder to her husband, who died before the terrible death of three of his sons.
www.nikolairomanov.com /doc/14_prig_pre/index.html   (1217 words)

  
 Gabrielle Chanel
She favoured masses of the stuff, mixing small and large stones, throwing in the occasional semi-precious gem with a pound or two of imitation, piling the whole of it on top of one of her suits and wearing it in broad daylight.
She now had a new lover the Duke of Westminster, fabulously wealthy and she was photographed descending tanned and in trousers, from his yacht, in the South of France.
The Paris of the twenties was the city of the artist, writer and thinker, the new women seized on the chic, the dash and glamour.
www.designerhistory.com /historyofashion/chanel.html   (3313 words)

  
 Hayes article
He was recommended by the Grand Duchess Militsa and Grand Duchess "Stana" (Anastasia Nikolaevna), both former princesses of Montenegro.
His murderers were Prince Felix Yusupov, who had married a niece of the Tsar, and the Grand Duke Dmitri, son of the Grand Duke Paul and leader of the Extreme Right of the Duma.
Grand Duchess Olga, the oldest of the imperial children, wrote a poem describing the agony she felt during the family's stay at the Ipatiev House.
www.sbc.edu /honors/HJSpr03/Hayes.htm   (3472 words)

  
 Russian Life Online
The Grand Duchesses were shot several times and Aleksey had to be shot in the ear.
One of them was the Grand Duke Dimitri Pavlovich who had been exiled for his role in the murder of Rasputin.
The Grand Duchess Olga {Dowager Queen of Greece} ultimately became the grandmother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh {Queen Elizabeth II's husband}.
www.rispubs.com /article.cfm?Number=642   (1014 words)

  
 LEON TROTSKY: 1930 — The History of the Russian Revolution — Ch. 4
Grand Duke Dmitri, a former favourite of the tzar, and future accomplice in the murder of Rasputin, complained to his colleague, Prince Yussupov, that the tzar at headquarters was becoming every day more indifferent to everything around him.
In Dmitri’s opinion the tzar was being fed some kind of dope which had a benumbing action upon his spiritual faculties.
Under Alexander II, called the "Liberator," the grand dukes had sincerely believed in house spirits and witches.
www.marxists.org /archive/trotsky/works/1930-hrr/ch04.htm   (3308 words)

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