Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia
| Prince Vasili Alexandrovich | |
|---|---|
Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov | |
| Father | Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia |
| Mother | Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia |
Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia (7 July [
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.
Early life
Prince Vasili Alexandrovich Romanov was born at
After the Russian Revolution, when the Bolsheviks seized power in October 1917, Prince Vasili along with his parents, siblings and grandmother the Dowager Empress were placed under house arrest at Ai-Todor.
Exile
During his first years in exile, Prince Vasili lived in England with his mother. In the late 1920s, he emigrated to the United States where he spent the rest of his life. Vasili earned a living by finding work as a cabin boy, shipyard worker, stockbroker, winemaker and a chicken farmer in northern California.[10]
Prince Vasili married in New York City on 31 July 1931, Princess Natalia Golitsyna (Moscow 26 October 1907 – Woodside 28 March 1989), a fellow Russian exile – they met in the United States. Natalia was a distant cousin of
- Princess Marina Romanov (born in San Francisco 22 May 1940); married in Woodside, California on 8 January 1967 (divorced) William Beadleston (born in Long Branch, New Jersey 31 July 1938) an art dealer. They had four children: Tatiana (b. 1968) Alexandra (b. 1970) Nicholas (b. 1971) Natalie (b. 1976). Princess Marina Romanov is now married to Daniel Stanberry and lives in Aspen, Colorado. They have one daughter.[12]
In 1980, Prince Vasili was appointed president of the Romanov Family Association in succession to his brother Prince Dmitry Alexandrovich. He remained president until his death in Woodside, California aged 81.[10] He was buried at the Serbian Cemetery in San Francisco.
Arms
It is often alleged that Vasili's marriage with Princess Golitsyna would have been
Ancestry
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References
- ^ a b Van der Kiste & Hall, Once a Grand Duchess, p. 67
- ^ Van der Kiste & Hall, Once a Grand Duchess, p. 48
- ^ Van der Kiste & Hall, Once a Grand Duchess, p. 68
- ^ Van der Kiste & Hall, Once a Grand Duchess, p. 98
- ^ Van der Kiste & Hall, Once a Grand Duchess, p. 105
- ^ Van der Kiste & Hall, Once a Grand Duchess, p. 123
- ^ Van der Kiste & Hall, Once a Grand Duchess, p. 126
- ^ Van der Kiste & Hall, Once a Grand Duchess, p. 129
- ^ Van der Kiste & Hall, Once a Grand Duchess, p. 146
- ^ a b c Willis, The Romanovs in the 21st Century, p. 109
- ^ Van der Kiste & Hall, Once a Grand Duchess, p. 190
- ^ Willis, The Romanovs in the 21st Century, p. 110
- ^ Pieter Broek. "The Succession Question?". Archived from the original on 12 February 2002. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
Further reading
- Van Der Kiste, John & Hall Coryne. Once a Grand Duchess: Xenia, Sister of Nicholas II, Sutton Publishing, 2002. ISBN 0-7509-2749-6.
- Willis, Daniel (2009). The Romanovs in the 21st Century: a genealogical Biography. VDM. ISBN 978-3-639-17480-9.
- "Vasili Romanov, 81, Nephew of Last Czar". The New York Times. AP. 28 June 1989. p. D21. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- About Prince Vasili of Russia