Princess Nadejda Petrovna of Russia
Princess Nadejda Petrovna of Russia (Russian: Надежда Петровна; 3 March 1898 – 21 April 1988) was the third child of Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia and his wife, the former Princess Milica of Montenegro.
| Princess Nadejda Petrovna | |
|---|---|
 Nadezhda Petrovna and her brother Roman Petrovich (1917) | |
| Born | 3 March 1898 Dulber, Russian Empire |
| Died | 21 April 1988 (aged 90) Chantilly, France |
| Spouse | Prince Nicholas Orlov
(m. 1917; div. 1940) |
| Issue | Princess Irina Nikolaïevna Orlova Princess Xenia Nikolaïevna Orlova |
| House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
| Father | Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia |
| Mother | Princess Milica of Montenegro |
Marriages and children
Nadejda was engaged before the outbreak of World War I to Prince Oleg Constantinovich of Russia, who was killed in action. She married Prince Nicholas Vladimirovich Orlov (1891–1961) in the Crimea in April 1917. They were among the Romanovs who escaped the Russian Revolution in 1919 aboard the British ship HMS Marlborough. Their baby daughter Princess Irina Orlova, born in March 1918, was the youngest passenger aboard the ship.[1]
The Orlovs had two daughters:
- Princess Irina Nikolaïevna Orlova (27 March 1918 – 16 September 1989); married 1st Rome 27 March 1940 (divorced 1946) Baron Hans von Waldstätten (1918–1977); m. 2nd The Hague 8 January 1960 Anthony Adam Zylstra (1902–1982) [2]
- Princess Xenia Nikolaievna Orlova (27 March 1921 – 17 August 1963); married 1st Avon 27 March 1940 (divorced 1950) Paul-Marcel de Montaignac de Pessotte-Bressolles (1909 –); m. 2nd Paris 14 March 1951 Chevalier Jean Albert d'Almont (1909–2003)[3]
Princess Nadejda divorced in 1940. She died in Chantilly, France in 1988. Her daughters left descendants.[2]
Honours
House of Romanov: Dame of the Imperial Order of Saint Catherine[4]
Notes
- Zeepvat (2004), pp. 203, 212
- Willis, The Romanovs in the 21st Century, p. 165
- Willis, The Romanovs in the 21st Century, p. 166
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2017-06-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)