Prince Alexander Romanov

Infobox Russian Royalty|prince
name =Alexander Nikitich
title = Prince Alexander Nikitich of Russia


imgw = 180px
caption =
imperial house =House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
father = Prince Nikita Alexandrovich of Russia
mother = Countess Maria Vorontsova-Dashkova
spouse = Maria Valguarnera di Niscemi
issue =
date of birth = birth date|1929|11|4
place of birth = Paris, France
date of death = death date and age|2002|9|22|1929|11|4
place of death = London, England, United Kingdom
place of burial=|

Prince Alexander Nikitich Romanov (4 November 1929 - 22 September 2002) was a Prince of Russia and member of the Imperial Family.

Biography

He was born in Paris the son Prince Nikita Alexandrovich of Russia and his wife Countess Mariya Ilarianovna Vorontzova-Daschkova.cite web | last = Darryl | first = Lundy | title = Aleksandr Nikitich Romanov, Prince Romanov | publisher = The Peerage | url = http://www.thepeerage.com/p11125.htm#i111245 | accessdate =2008-01-28 ] Prince Alexander was a grandson of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna and Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia and a great nephew of the last Russian Emperor, Nicholas II. He spent the early years of his life in the United Kingdom and received British citizenship in 1938.

At the outbreak of the Second World War Prince Alexander and his family were in France and unable to return to the United Kingdom so he was taken to Rome first and then on to Czechoslovakia which resulted in the family almost being repatriated to Russia.cite news | title = Prince Alexander Romanoff | publisher = Daily Telegraph | date = 2002-10-02 | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/10/03/db0302.xml | accessdate =2008-01-28 ] Following the conclusion of the war he returned to Britain before moving onto the United States to study at Columbia University. He returned to Britain in 1953 and stayed with his grandmother Grand Duchess Xenia at Hampton Court until her death in 1960.

On 27 May 1961 he became the first member of the Imperial Family to return to Russia after its members went into exile or were murdered by the Communists following the October Revolution, when he managed to get a visa to join a group of tourists. During his stay he visited Moscow and St Petersburg the former capital of the Russian Empire. [cite news | title = Great-Nephew of Czar Off to Soviet on Tour | pages = 52 | publisher = New York Times | date = 1961-05-28]

Prince Alexander was married to Maria Valguarnera di Niscemi on 23 February 1971 at New York in a civil marriage and they remarried on 18 July 1971 in Cannes. [cite news | title = Miss di Niscemi AndaRomanoff Are Wed Here | pages = 48 | publisher = New York Times | date = 1971-02-24]

References

External links

* [http://romanovfundforrussia.org/family/ Romanov Family Association]