Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia

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Prince Roman Petrovich
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Prince Roman in 1917.
Born(1896-10-17)17 October 1896
Peterhof Palace, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire
Died23 October 1978(1978-10-23) (aged 82)
Rome, Italy
Spouse
Countess Praskovia Sheremeteva
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(m. 1921)​
IssuePrince Nicholas Romanovich
Prince Dimitri Romanovich
Names
Roman Petrovich Romanov
HouseHolstein-Gottorp-Romanov
FatherGrand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia
MotherPrincess Milica of Montenegro

Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia (17 October [O.S. 5 October] 1896 – 23 October 1978) was a member of the House of Romanov.

Russian prince[]

Prince Roman Petrovich was born in the Peterhof Palace in St. Petersburg the only son of Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia and his wife Princess Milica of Montenegro. Prince Roman belonged to the Nikolaevichi branch of the Russian Imperial Family which was founded by his grandfather Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich.

In 1916 having graduated from the Nicholas Engineering Academy of Kiev, Prince Roman was posted to serve in a Caucasian Sappers Regiment on the Turkish front. Following the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II, Prince Roman resided at his father's Dulber estate in the Crimea and in April 1919 he left Russia on the British battleship HMS Marlborough.[1]

In 1941 he was offered and refused the Crown of the newly established Italian puppet state, the Kingdom of Montenegro.[2]

Marriage and family[]

Prince Roman was married on 16 November 1921 at Cap d'Antibes, France to Countess Praskovia Sheremeteva (18 October 1901– 21 December 1980) and they had two sons. Countess Praskovia Sheremetev was a direct descendant of sisters Anastasia Romanova, the wife of Prince Boris Mikhailovich Lykov-Obolenskiy, one of the Seven Boyars of 1610, and Marfa Romanova, the wife of Prince Boris Keybulatovich Tcherkasskiy. Anastasia and Marfa were the daughters of Nikita Romanovich (Russian: Никита Романович; born c. 1522 – 23 April 1586), also known as Nikita Romanovich Zakharyin-Yuriev, who was a prominent boyar of the Tsardom of Russia. His grandson Michael I (Tsar 1613-1645) founded the Romanov dynasty of Russian tsars. Anastasia and Marfa were the paternal aunts of Tsar Michael I of Russia of Russia and the paternal nieces of Tsaritsa Anastasia Romanovna Zakharyina-Yurieva of Russia.

Ancestry[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Nikolai Romanov Prince of Russia Presentation". Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
  2. ^ Cahoon, Ben. "Montenegro". Worldstatesmen. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
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