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The Fate of the Romanovs in 1918/1919

(I freely acknowledge that the information on this Web page was reproduced from an article written by Professor Kent Sole, Department of Political Science at Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus, Georgia. It originally appeared in the Imperial Russian Journal, Volume Two, Number One, 1995 .This article was further edited and updated by Paul Gilbert, Web Site Administrator, Royal Russia – the URL for the source of the article can be found at https://www.angelfire.com/pa/ImperialRussian/directory/survivors.html. The only amendment made to the information is in the production of the tables shown which link back to my Web Page on the genealogy of the Russian Royal family)

The fate of Russia's last Imperial Family is well known throughout the world. But what ever became of the other members of the Imperial House of Russia after the Empire was swallowed up by the Bolshevik Revolution?

When Emperor Nicholas II abdicated the Russian Throne in March of 1917 there were fifty-three Romanovs living in Russia. One of these, the Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovich died of natural causes at Tashkent in February 1918. Of the remaining fifty-two, seventeen were murdered by the Bolsheviks! The remaining thirty-five members of the family all escaped by various methods narrowly managing to escape the same fate as their relatives.

In addition to the thirty-five full-fledged members of the family, there were also a number of quasi-Romanovs resulting from morganatic marriages of various male members of the family. Of these, only Prince Vladimir Pavlovich Paley and the Prince Artemi Nicholaievich were murdered.

Several notes of explanation are necessary before proceeding. Only the children and grandchildren of Emperors bore the title of Grand Duke or Grand Duchess while the great-grandchildren of an Emperor bore the title of Prince or Princess of the Imperial Blood. The second name of an individual simply indicates the name of his or her father. Therefore, Vladimir Kyrilovich means Vladimir son of Kyril; Marie Vlaidimirovna means Marie daughter of Vladimir.

At the time of the Revolution the Romanov family was divided into four large branches--the Alexandrovichi, including the Vladimirovich and Pavlovich sub-branches; the Constantinovichi; the Nicholaievichi; and the Mikhailovichi. Each was descended from the four sons of Emperor Nicholas I. This examination of The Survivors begins with those members of the family that did not survive the Revolution.

Those Murdered

REFERENCE (1)

REFERENCE (2)

TITLE

NAME

COMMENTS

1 4.9131 Emperor Nicholas II 2 4.9131 Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Wife of Emperor Nicholas II and a former Princess of Hesse and by Rhine 3 4.91315 Tzarevich Alexis Nicholaievich 4 4.91311 Grand Duchess Olga Nicholaievna 5 4.91312 Grand Duchess Tatiana Nicholaievna 6 4.91313 Grand Duchess Maria Nicholaievna 7 4.91314 Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholaievna 8 4.9135 Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich 9 4.917 Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna Wife of Grand Duke Serge and a former Princess of Hesse and by Rhine

10

4.986

Grand Duke

Sergei Mikhailovich

11 4.9641 Prince Ioann Constantinovich

12

4.9646

Prince

Igor Constantinovich

13

4.9644

Prince

Constantine Constantinovich

14 4.918 Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich

15

4.965

Grand Duke

Dmitri Constantinovich

16

4.981

Grand Duke

Nicholas Mikhailovich

17

4.984

Grand Duke

George Mikhailovich

4.9183 Prince Vladimir Pavlovich Paley Prince Vladimir Pavlovich Paley is a quasi-Romanov due to the morganatic marriage of his father Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich 4.9611 Prince Artemi Nicholaievich Prince Artemi Nicholaievich is a quasi-Romanov due to the morganatic marriage of his father Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovich 4.961 Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovich Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovich died of natural causes in 1918 - Some sources however indicate that he was executed by the Bolsheviks.

Note: Reference (1) refers to the numbering system in the article by Professor Kent Sole Reference (2) refers to the numbering system adopted on my Web Pages on the genealogy of Royal Families (e.g. 4.**** = Russian Royal family)

The Survivors

REFERENCE (1)

REFERENCE (2)

TITLE

NAME

COMMENTS

1

4.9142

Grand Duke

Kyril Vladimirovich

2

4.9142

Grand Duchess

Victoria Feodorovna

Wife of Grand Duke Kyril Vladimirovich and a former Princess of Great Britain

3

4.91421

Princess

Marie Kyrilovna

Later created Grand Duchess

4

4.91422

Princess

Kira Kyrilovna

Later created Grand Duchess

5

4.9642

Prince

Gabriel Constantinovich

6

4.964

Grand Duchess

Elizabeth Mavrikievna

Wife of Grand Duke Constantine Constanavich and a former Princess of Saxe-Altenburg

7

4.9647

Prince

George Constantinovich

8

4.9649

Princess

Vera Constantinovich

9

4.96411

Prince

Vsevelod Ioannovich

10

4.96412

Princess

Katherine Ioannovna

Princess Katherine Ioannovna was the last surviving member of the Russian Imperial Family born before the Revolution

11

4.9181

Grand Duchess

Marie Pavlovna

12

4.9641

Princess

Helen Petrovna

Wife of Prince Ivan Constanvich and a former Princess of Serbia

13

4.962

Grand Duchess

Olga Constantinovna

Wife of King George I of Greece

14

4.985

Grand Duke

Alexander Mikhailovich

15

4.9852

Prince

Andrew Alexandrovich

16

4.9143

Grand Duke

Boris Vladimirovich

17

4.913

Dowager Empress

Marie Feodorovna

Wife of Emperor Alexander III and a former Princess of Denmark

18

4.9134

Grand Duchess

Xenia Alexandrovna

19

4.9851

Princess

Irina Alexandrovna Yussoupova

20.

4.9853

Prince

Feodor Alexandrovich

21

4.9854

Prince

Nikita Alexandrovich

22

4.9855

Prince

Dmitri Alexandrovich

23

4.9856

Prince

Rostislav Alexandrovich

24

4.9857

Prince

Vassily Alexandrovich

25

4.971

Grand Duke

Nicholas Nicholaievich

26

4.971

Grand Duchess

Anastasia Nicholaievna

Wife of Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievich and a former Princess of Montenegro

27

4.972

Grand Duke

Peter Nicholaievich

28

4.972

Grand Duchess

Militza Nicholaievna

Wife of Grand Duke Peter Nicholaievich and a former Princess of Montenegro

29

4.9722

Prince

Roman Petrovich

30

4.9721

Princess

Marina Petrovna

31

4.9723

Princess

Nadejda Petrovna

32

4.9643

Princess

Tatiana Constantinovna

33

4.9136

Grand Duchess

Olga Alexandrovna

34

4.914

Grand Duchess

Marie Pavlovna (the elder)

Wife of Grand Duke Vladmir Alexanrovich and a former Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schewrin

35

4.9144

Grand Duke

Andrei Vladimirovich

Note: Reference (1) refers to the numbering system in the article by Professor Kent Sole Reference (2) refers to the numbering system adopted on my Web Pages on the genealogy of Royal Families (e.g. 4.**** = Russian Royal family)

An additional eight Romanovs were living abroad at the time of the Revolution

REFERENCE (1)

REFERENCE (2)

TITLE

NAME

COMMENTS

A

4.9182

Grand Duke

Dmitri Pavlovich

B

4.983

Grand Duke

Michael Mikhailovich

C

4.984

Grand Duchess

Marie Georgevna

The widow of the murdered Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and a former Princess of Greece

D

4.9841

Princess

Nina Georgevna

E

4.9842

Princess

Xenia Georgevna

F

4.916

Grand Duchess

Marie Alexandrovna

G

4.982

Grand Duchess

Anastasia Mikhailovna

H

4.9145

Grand Duchess

Helen Vladimirovna

Note: Reference (1) refers to the numbering system in the article by Professor Kent Sole Reference (2) refers to the numbering system adopted on my Web Pages on the genealogy of Royal Families (e.g. 4.**** = Russian Royal family)

There were also several morganatic wives and children of various members of the

Imperial Family that escaped or were living abroad at the time of the Revolution

Note: Reference (1) refers to the numbering system in the article by Professor Kent Sole Reference (2) refers to the numbering system adopted on my Web Pages on the genealogy of Royal Families (e.g. 4.**** = Russian Royal family)