Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia
Italian historian and businessperson (1922-2014)
Nicholas Romanovich Romanov, Prince of Russia[2][3] ( 26 September 1922 – 15 September 2014) was a claimant to the headship of the House of Romanov[2][4] and President of the Romanov Family Association.
Nicholas Romanovich Romanov | |
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Prince of Russia[1] | |
Head of the House of Romanov (disputed) | |
Time | 21 April 1992 – 15 September 2014 |
Predecessor | Grand Duke Vladimir Cyrillovich |
Successor | Prince Dimitri Romanovich |
Born | Antibes, France | 26 September 1922 (O.S. 13 September 1922)
Died | 15 September 2014 Tuscany, Italy | (aged 91)
Spouse | Countess Sveva della Gherardesca |
Issue | Princess Natalia Nikolaevna Princess Elizabeth Nikolaevna Princess Tatiana Nikolaevna |
House | House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
Father | Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia |
Mother | Countess Praskovia Dmitrievna Sheremeteva |
Although he is related to the Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, his claimed titles and official membership in the former Imperial House are disputed by those who maintain that his parents' marriage violated the laws of Imperial Russia.[5]
Ancestry
changeReferences
change- ↑ Brozan, Nadine. (1995) Chronicle
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Nikolai Romanov Prince of Russia Presentation". nikolairomanov.com. 26 September 2002. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
- ↑ Broek, Pieter (1994) "A Genealogy of The Romanov Dynasty, The Imperial House of Russia, 1825-1994" Noble House Publications
- ↑ "Statement by Nicholai Romanov, Russian Prince". Spbnews. 4 July 1998. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
- ↑ Massie, ch. 19: "The Romanov Emigres," esp. pp. 264-265 (Russian Law of Succession) and pp. 274-275.