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Historical Notes:
The eldest son of George III, Geroge IV (as the Prince of Wales) became
notorious for his profligacy and extravagance. Despite his father's strongly
anti-Catholic views, he secretly married a Roman Catholic, Mrs. Maria Anne
Fitzherbert (1756-1837) in 1785. Less than two years later, to obtain money
for his debts, he allowed Parliament to declare the marriage illegal, which in
fact it was by the terms of acts governing royal marriages and succession. In
1795, again to liquidate his debts, he agreed to a marriage with his cousin,
Caroline of Brunswick, but he became estranged from her in 1796 after the birth
of their daughter, Princess Charlotte (1796-1817). George became the Prince
Regent in 1811, when his father became mentally unable to discharge his duties
and succeded to the throne in 1820.
Caroline Amelia of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel
Caroline of Brunswick was George IV's cousin. aka: Caroline, Duchess of
Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel; aka: Caroline Amelia Elizabeth
Leopold I George of Saxe-Coburg King of Belgium
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1831- King of the Belgians) The son of
Franceis Frederick, duke of Saxe-Coburg and orginally named Georges Chretien
Frederic. He was succeeded by Leopold II, a son by his second marriag in 1832
to Louise d'Orleans.
Charlotte Augusta HANOVER Princess
Died in childbirth
Gottfried of Hohenlohe- Lagenburg Prince
Grandson of Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh
Berthold, Margrave of Baden.
Paul Alexandrovich ROMANOV Grand Duke
Grand Duke Paul. Nicholas II's uncle who was assinated by the Bolsheviks.
Grand Duchess Xenia, sister of Tsar Nicholas II. She excaped Russia on a
British warship and lived her last twenty-five years in a "grace and favor"
mansion provided by the British royal family and named (perhaps appropriately)
Wilderness House. She died at eighty-five.
Michael "Mischa" Alexandrovich ROMANOV Grand Duke
The Tsar's younger brother, Grand Duke Michael. Mischa, as he was know to his
family, was shot in Perm by the Bolsheviks.
A Moscow lawyer's daughter who was married to a captain in the Guards regiment
of which Michael was commander. She was eventually accorded the title Countess
Brassova. aka: Nathalia Cheremetevsky.
Born out of wedlock.
According to Grand Duchess Olga's memoirs, she and Peter never lived as man and
wife. She and Nikolai Koulikovsky were lovers with her husband's knowledge and
apparently his approval. Her marriage to Peter was annulled in 1916 only after
she married Nikolai. She never really loved Peter (he was her older cousin)
and the marriage was arranged by her mother for dynastic reasons.
Olga Alexandrovna ROMANOV Grand Duchess
Grand Duchess Olga escaped Russia on board a British warship. Olga, Nicholas
II's youngest sister lived quietly in Denmark until 1948, when she moved to a
small farm outside Toronto, Canada. There, she lived in such peaceful
obscurity that her rural neighbors were much surprised in 1959 when she was
invited to lunch aboard the royal yacht Britannia with Queen Elizabeth and
Prince Philip. In 1960, Olga became too ill to live alone and went to live
with a Russian couple in an apartment over a barbershop in a poor section of
East Toronto. There in November 1960, seven months after her sister Xenia,
she died at seventy-eight. She remained childless from her first marriage.
He husband in 1948 was listed as Colonel Koulikovsky; they retired to a farm in
Canada. Some biographical information from the book, "The Last Grand Duchess"
Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, by Ian Vorres.
Olga fell in love with Nicholas while still married to Peter of Oldenburg.
Olga Alexandrovna ROMANOV Grand Duchess
Grand Duchess Olga escaped Russia on board a British warship. Olga, Nicholas
II's youngest sister lived quietly in Denmark until 1948, when she moved to a
small farm outside Toronto, Canada. There, she lived in such peaceful
obscurity that her rural neighbors were much surprised in 1959 when she was
invited to lunch aboard the royal yacht Britannia with Queen Elizabeth and
Prince Philip. In 1960, Olga became too ill to live alone and went to live
with a Russian couple in an apartment over a barbershop in a poor section of
East Toronto. There in November 1960, seven months after her sister Xenia,
she died at seventy-eight. She remained childless from her first marriage.
He husband in 1948 was listed as Colonel Koulikovsky; they retired to a farm in
Canada. Some biographical information from the book, "The Last Grand Duchess"
Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, by Ian Vorres.