Kseniia Aleksandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia

Biographical Note

• 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)