Kseniia Aleksandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia

  1. Kseniia Aleksandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia
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1875, March 25/April 7 Born to Mariia Feodorovna Princess Dagmara of Denmark and Alexander III, Emperor of Russia 1894, April 1/14 Married Aleksandr Mikhailovich, Grand Duke of Russia (Sandro) 1895, July 3/16 Gave birth to Irina Aleksandrovna, Princess of Russia 1897, January 12/25 Gave birth to Andrei Aleksandrovich, Prince of Russia 1898, December 11/24 Gave birth to Fedor Aleksandrovich, Prince of Russia 1900, January 4/17 Gave birth to Nikita Aleksandrovich, Prince of Russia 1901, August 2/15 Gave birth to Dimitrii Aleksandrovich, Prince of Russia 1902, November 11/24 Gave birth to Rostislav Aleksandrovich, Prince of Russia 1907, June 24/July 7 Gave birth to Vasilii Aleksandrovich, Prince of Russia 1917 March 25 Traveled with her children to Ai-Todor, the estate in the Crimea that belonged to her husband Aleksandr Mikhailovich (the latter, Kseniia's mother Mariia Feodorovna, and her sister Olga with her husband had left for Ai-Todor on the 23rd). They were kept there under house arrest 1918 February Transferred, along with the family members mentioned above as well as her son-in-law Felix Yusupov and her granddaughter, to Dulber, the fortress-like estate also in the Crimea belonging to Grand Duke Petr Nikolaevich. (The latter and his brother, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich, their wives, and Peter's children, had gone to Duil'ber after the fall of the monarchy.) 1919 April Sailed from Yalta (along with several members of her family, her mother Mariia Feodorovna, and other relatives) on the HMS Marlborough, sent by her cousin George V, King of England (the Allied fleet had arrived in the Crimea at the end of 1918) 1919 May Arrived in England 1919 1928 Made frequent visits to her mother in Denmark, until the death of Mariia Feodorovna in 1928 1919 1936 Lived in Frogmore Cottage, Windsor Palace 1936 1960 Lived in Wilderness House, Hampton Court, again as a guest of the British royal family 1960 Died

From the guide to the Kseniia Aleksandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia papers, 1865-1960, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace)
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