Catherine Chislova
Catherine Chislova | |
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St Petersburg, Russia | |
Died | 13 December 1889 | (aged 43)
Occupation | Ballerina |
Partner | Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich |
Children | Olga Nikolaevna Nikolaeva Vladimir Nikolaevich Nikolaev Catherine Nikolaevna Nikolaeva Nikolai Nikolaevich Nikolaev Galina Nikolaevna Nikolaeva |
Catherine Gavrilovna Chislova (Russian: Екатерина Гавриловна Числова) (21 September 1846 – 13 December 1889) was a Russian ballerina. She was the mistress of
Life
Catherine Chislova was born on 21 September 1846, the daughter of Gabriel Chislov.[1] She became a danceuse with the Imperial Ballet.[2] She was an unrivalled partner to the famous Felix Kschessinsky [pl] in the Polish mazurka.[2]
In the mid-1860s,
Tsar
Unable to obtain a divorce, Grand Duke Nicholas Nicolaievich hoped to survive his wife and then marry his mistress.
Children
- Olga Nikolaevna Nikolaeva, (10 June 1868 - 31 August 1950). She married Prince Mikhail Mikhailovich Cantacuzene (1858-1927), lieutenant-general, had two daughters, after the revolution they lived in France.
- Vladimir Nikolaevich Nikolaev (4 June 1873 - 28 January 1942). He was an adjutant to Emperor Nicholas II since 1893, after the revolution he lived in Paris, had five children from four marriages, whose descendants live in the south of France, Quebec, and Finland. Of these, only daughter Galina (1897-1971) remained in Soviet Russia - with her husband, Colonel Alexander Nikolayevich Gotovsky, who was shot in 1937. The couple had three sons: Rostislav (1922-1991), Sergey (1924-1946), George (1927-1932); the descendants of the eldest of them live in Moscow
- Catherine Nikolaevna Nikolaeva (1874 - 26 January 1940). She was married to Nikolai Korevo and Ivan Persiani. After the revolution, she lived in Belgrade where she died.
- Nicholas Nikolaevich Nikolaev (16 April 1875 - 9 January 1902). He was an adjutant to his halfbrother Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich the Younger, He married Olga Dmitrievna Zabotkina (1871-1925) and they had two daughters. After his death, his widow became the wife of his brother Vladimir.
- Galina Nikolaevna Nikolaeva (28 January 1877 - 3 August 1878). Died in childhood.
Lives of Chislova's children
Catherine Chislova's youngest daughter, Galina, died in childhood. Her remaining four children survived her. They were well provided for by their father and, from 1882, bore the last name Nikolaiev.
The eldest daughter Olga, who resembled her grandfather Tsar
Vladimir, the eldest son, followed a career in the army. In 1899, he joined a Cavalry Regiment. By 1913, he was aide-de-camp to Tsar
Catherine Nikolaevna had one daughter from her marriage to Nicholas Korevo; after they divorced, she married in 1914 Ivan Alexandrovich Persiani, who worked at the Russian Embassy in Rome. After the Russian revolution, Catherine Nikolaievna lived in exile. She died in Belgrade during World War II.[5]
Nicholas Nikolaevich followed a military career under the direction of his uncle
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d “Descendances naturelles des souverains et grands-ducs de Russie”: Jacques Ferrand, p. 364
- ^ a b “The Romanov Legacy : The Palaces of St. Petersburg”: Zoia Belyakova, p. 140
- ^ “The Romanov Legacy : The Palaces of St. Petersburg”: Zoia Belyakova, p.153
- ^ “Descendances naturelles des souverains et grands-ducs de Russie”: Jacques Ferrand, p. 365
- ^ “Descendances naturelles des souverains et grands-ducs de Russie”: Jacques Ferrand, p. 369
- ^ “Descendances naturelles des souverains et grands-ducs de Russie”: Jacques Ferrand, p. 370
Bibliography
- Belyakova, Zoia, The Romanov Legacy: The Palaces of St. Petersburg, Hazar Publishing, 1994, ISBN 1-874371-27-X.
- Ferrand, Jacques. Descendances naturelles des souverains et grands-ducs de Russie, de 1762 à 1910 : répertoire généalogique, 1995.
- King Greg,The Court of the Last Tsar, Wiley, 2006, ISBN 978-0-471-72763-7.