Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia
Russian prince, nephew of Nicholas II (1908–1989) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia (7 July [O.S. 24 June] 1907 – 24 June 1989) was the sixth son and youngest child of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia. He was a nephew of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
Prince Vasili Alexandrovich | |
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President of the Romanov Family Association | |
Tenure | 7 July 1980 – 24 June 1989 |
Predecessor | Prince Dimitri Alexandrovich |
Successor | Prince Nicholas Romanovich |
Born | (1907-07-07)7 July 1907 Gatchina Palace, Gatchina, Russian Empire |
Died | 24 June 1989(1989-06-24) (aged 81) Woodside, California, United States |
Spouse | Princess Natalia Alexandrovna Golitsyna |
Issue | Princess Marina Vasilievna of Russia |
House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
Father | Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia |
Mother | Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia |
Born in Imperial Russia during the reign of his paternal second cousin and maternal uncle Nicholas II, he was on vacation in Crimea at the fall of the Russian monarchy. He was joined there by his immediate family. They escaped the fate of many of his relatives killed by the Bolsheviks. He left Russia in April 1919, at age 11. In the late 1920s, he emigrated to the United States where he met Princess Natalia Golitsyna. They married in 1931. The couple had one daughter and lived for decades in Woodside, California.