Russian Royalty, Grand Duke of Russia. He was the only son (second child) of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, the first cousin of the csar Nicholas II. His mother was Alexandra Georgievna of Greece. He is well remembered for his role in the assasination of the holy man Rasputin in 1916 and later, after the revolution of 1917, for his affair with Coco Chanel.
∼Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovitch of Russia. Only son of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch of Russia and of his first wife Princess Alexandra of Greece. His early life was marked by the death of his mother and the banishment from Russia of his father.
He was commissioned a cornet in the Horse Guards Regiment. An excellent equestrian, he competed in the Olympics of 1912 which was held in Stockholm.
He escaped the Russian Revolution and emigrated to England, and later to Paris. As he was the youngest grand duke to escape the revolution he was a prominent figure of the Russian community in exile. In 1926 he married an American heiress, Audrey Emery of Cincinatti.
They had one son who was born in 1928, Prince Paul Dmitriievich Romanovsky-Ilyinsky. Their marriage had been morganatic. At some time during the marriage, Dmitri's cousin Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich granted Audrey the name Romanovsky-Ilyinsky; this being the name of Dmitri's former property at Ilynskoye in Krasnogorsky District in Moscow. The couple divorced in 1937.
Dmitri suffered declining health and died of tuberculosis in Davos, Switzerland.
∼Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovitch of Russia. Only son of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch of Russia and of his first wife Princess Alexandra of Greece. His early life was marked by the death of his mother and the banishment from Russia of his father.
He was commissioned a cornet in the Horse Guards Regiment. An excellent equestrian, he competed in the Olympics of 1912 which was held in Stockholm.
He escaped the Russian Revolution and emigrated to England, and later to Paris. As he was the youngest grand duke to escape the revolution he was a prominent figure of the Russian community in exile. In 1926 he married an American heiress, Audrey Emery of Cincinatti.
They had one son who was born in 1928, Prince Paul Dmitriievich Romanovsky-Ilyinsky. Their marriage had been morganatic. At some time during the marriage, Dmitri's cousin Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich granted Audrey the name Romanovsky-Ilyinsky; this being the name of Dmitri's former property at Ilynskoye in Krasnogorsky District in Moscow. The couple divorced in 1937.
Dmitri suffered declining health and died of tuberculosis in Davos, Switzerland.
Russian Royalty, Grand Duke of Russia. He was the only son (second child) of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, the first cousin of the csar Nicholas II. His mother was Alexandra Georgievna of Greece. He is well remembered for his role in the assasination of the holy man Rasputin in 1916 and later, after the revolution of 1917, for his affair with Coco Chanel.
∼Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovitch of Russia. Only son of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch of Russia and of his first wife Princess Alexandra of Greece. His early life was marked by the death of his mother and the banishment from Russia of his father.
He was commissioned a cornet in the Horse Guards Regiment. An excellent equestrian, he competed in the Olympics of 1912 which was held in Stockholm.
He escaped the Russian Revolution and emigrated to England, and later to Paris. As he was the youngest grand duke to escape the revolution he was a prominent figure of the Russian community in exile. In 1926 he married an American heiress, Audrey Emery of Cincinatti.
They had one son who was born in 1928, Prince Paul Dmitriievich Romanovsky-Ilyinsky. Their marriage had been morganatic. At some time during the marriage, Dmitri's cousin Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich granted Audrey the name Romanovsky-Ilyinsky; this being the name of Dmitri's former property at Ilynskoye in Krasnogorsky District in Moscow. The couple divorced in 1937.
Dmitri suffered declining health and died of tuberculosis in Davos, Switzerland.
∼Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovitch of Russia. Only son of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch of Russia and of his first wife Princess Alexandra of Greece. His early life was marked by the death of his mother and the banishment from Russia of his father.
He was commissioned a cornet in the Horse Guards Regiment. An excellent equestrian, he competed in the Olympics of 1912 which was held in Stockholm.
He escaped the Russian Revolution and emigrated to England, and later to Paris. As he was the youngest grand duke to escape the revolution he was a prominent figure of the Russian community in exile. In 1926 he married an American heiress, Audrey Emery of Cincinatti.
They had one son who was born in 1928, Prince Paul Dmitriievich Romanovsky-Ilyinsky. Their marriage had been morganatic. At some time during the marriage, Dmitri's cousin Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich granted Audrey the name Romanovsky-Ilyinsky; this being the name of Dmitri's former property at Ilynskoye in Krasnogorsky District in Moscow. The couple divorced in 1937.
Dmitri suffered declining health and died of tuberculosis in Davos, Switzerland.
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Dmitri Pavlovitch, Grossfürst von Russland, Kaiserliche Familie Romanoff
