Prince Kirill Romanovsky-Iskander
Prince Kirill Alexandrovich Romanovsky-Iskander, or Cyril Iskander Romanov (Russian: князь, Кирилл Александрович Романов, tr. knyaz, Kirill Alexandrovich Romanov [ˈkʲirʲɪl ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ rɐˈmanəf]) (5 December 1914 – 1992), or simply Prince Iskander, was one of the last two members of the House of Romanov to remain alive in Russia following the Revolution.
| Kirill Alexandrovich Iskander Romanov | |||||
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| Prince Romanovsky-Iskander of Russia | |||||
| Prince Romanovsky-Iskander of Russia | |||||
| Born | 5 December 1914 Tashkent, Russian Empire | ||||
| Died | 1992 Moscow, Russian Federation | ||||
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| House | House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov | ||||
| Father | Alexander Nikolaevich Romanov, Prince Romanovsky-Iskander | ||||
| Mother | Olga Iosifovna Rogowska | ||||
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox | ||||
He was the son of Prince Romanovsky-Iskander (15 November 1887 N.S. – 26 January 1957), né Alexander Nikolaevich Romanov, and his first wife, Olga Iosifovna Rogowska. He was a grandson of Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovich, the disgraced grandson of Tsar Nicholas I; thus, Kirill was a patrilineal great-great-grandson of Nicholas I.
Grand Duke Constantine Nicholaevich's son, Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovich, was exiled to Central Asia in disgrace for stealing his mother's diamonds. Grand Duke Nicholas established a palace in Tashkent and lived in grand style where he sired a son, whom Tsar Alexander III (his great-uncle) granted the title Prince Iskander (Iskander was the Arabic form of Alexander[1]). This prince, in turn, fathered the Prince Iskander.
He was born in Tashkent, a member of the Constantinovichi branch of the Russian Imperial Family. He had a sister, Princess Natalia Romanovskaya-Iskander (1917 - 1999). Their parents, who had been married since 1912, separated and in 1924 Kirill and his sister moved with their mother to Moscow (first moved to Plyushchikha Street, later to Arbat), where Olga remarried to Nicholas Androsov.
Kirill's stepfather adopted him and his sister so Prince Iskander was renamed Kirill Nikolaievich Androsov (Russian: Кирилл Николаевич Андросов). His father remarried also, to Natalia Hanykova (30 December 1893 – 20 April 1982) in 1930 in Paris.
After the Russian Revolution, Kirill and his sister Natalia were the only two Romanov descendants in the male line in the USSR; the rest either left or were killed. They lived their entire lives in the USSR.[2] His second cousin is Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark[3] and of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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| Reference style | His Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Highness |
| Alternative style | Sir |
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References
- Behind the Name
- Interview with Eleonora Dostal-Oruç (1999-2000's archive) Sabah News 29 January 2000, retrieved 19 June 2011.
- About the family by Andrei Voznesensky Archived 2011-08-15 at the Wayback Machine includes Князь Михаил Греческий "Биография Великого Князя Николая Константиновича" and О.Лунькова "Княжна на мотоцикле".
- Лунькова, Ольга (27 August 1996). Княжна на мотоцикле. Огонёк (Blog (журнал)) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 28 September 2011.
- Нагибин, Ю. М. (1996). Юрий Кувалдин: общая редакция, составление, послесловие, указатель имён. Книжный сад. pp. 624–625. ISBN 5-85676-043-3. Дневник. Archived from the original on 2013-03-23.
- thePeerage.com
- "Some of the books, about the family, for the Russian higher education associations" (in Russian).
- C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973) ISBN 0-8129-0280-7, ISBN 978-0-8129-0280-8
Prince Kirill Romanovsky-Iskander Cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg Born: 5 December 1914 Died: 1992 | ||
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| Preceded by Alexander Nikolaievich, Prince Romanosky-Iskander |
— TITULAR — Prince Romanovsky-Iskander of Russia 1957 – 1992 Reason for succession failure: 1917 revolution |
Succeeded by Natalia Alexandrovna, Princess Romanovskaya-Iskander |