Prince Andrew Romanov

Prince Andrew Andreyevich
Born	21 January 1923 London, England
Spouse	Elena Dourneva Kathleen Norris Inez von Bachelin
Issue	Prince Alexis Andreyevich Prince Peter Andreyevich Prince Andrew Andreyevich
Full name Andrew Andreyevich Romanov
House	Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Father	Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia
Mother	Elisabetha Ruffo

Andrew Andreyevich Romanov (born 21 January 1923) is a Russian American artist and author. He is a great-nephew of Russia's last Emperor, Nicholas II (see Romanov Family Association).

Biography

Andrew Andreyevich Romanov was born in London, England to Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia (1897–1981) and his first morganatic wife, Elisabetha Sasso-Ruffo (1886–1940).^[1] He is the head of the family of his great-grandfather, Emperor Alexander III of Russia. He is the eldest living male line grandson of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia and his wife Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, the eldest sister of the last reigning Emperor Nicholas II of Russia,^[2] thereby being the last Emperor's closest family relation from the Romanov Family. His godfather was Edward VIII of the United Kingdom.^[3] He spent his childhood living in a guesthouse at Windsor Castle.^[4]

Romanov was educated at the Imperial Service College and served in the Royal Navy during World War II. In 1949 he left the United Kingdom for the United States where he worked for a time as a carpenter.^[5] He became a naturalised U.S. citizen on 20 December 1954.^[2]

He currently resides in Marin County, California and in 2007 released an autobiography called The Boy Who Would Be Tsar, which is illustrated with his artwork.

His work has been exhibited worldwide, including recent exhibitions at Gallery 16 in San Francisco.

Marriages and children

Prince Andrew has been married three times. He was married first in San Francisco on 9 September 1951 to Elena Dourneva (born 1927). They had one son before divorcing in 1959.

• Prince Alexis Andreevich Romanov (born 27 April 1953)

He was married secondly to Kathleen Norris (1935–1967) whom he married on 21 March 1961 in San Francisco. They had two children. Kathleen Norris was a granddaughter of American authors Kathleen Norris and Charles Gilman Norris.

• Prince Peter Andreevich Romanov (born 21 November 1961)
• Prince Andrew Andreevich Romanov (born 20 February 1963)

He is presently married to Inez von Bachelin (born 1933).

Title and styles

• His Highness Prince Andrew Andreevich of Russia

N.B. Since the Russian revolution members of the Imperial family have tended to drop the territorial designation “of Russia” and use the princely title with the surname Romanov.^[6] However this title, and even his right to the surname Romanov are disputed by some.^[7]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Andrew Romanov

16. Nicholas I of Russia               8. Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia                       17. Charlotte of Prussia               4. Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia                             18. Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden               9. Princess Cecilie of Baden                       19. Princess Sophie of Sweden               2. Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia                                   20. Alexander II of Russia               10. Alexander III of Russia                       21. Marie of Hesse and by Rhine               5. Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia                             22. Christian IX of Denmark               11. Dagmar of Denmark                       23. Louise of Hesse-Kassel               1. Prince Andrew Andreevich Romanov                                         24. Francesco Ruffo, Duke of Bagnara               12. Girolamo Ruffo                       25. Nicoletta Filangieri               6. Fabrizio Ruffo, Duke of Sasso-Ruffo                             26. Prince Giacomo Filomarino della Rocca d'Aspro               13. Elena Filomarino                       27. Rosa Cattaneo della Volta, Marchesa di Montescaglioso               3. Elisabetha Ruffo                                   28. Prince Vassili Ivanovich Meshersky               14. Prince Alexander Vasilievich Meshchersky                       29. Baroness Charlotte von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel               7. Princess Natalia Alexandrovna Meshcherska                             30. Count Sergei Grigorievitch Stroganov               15. Countess Elizaveta Sergeievna Stroganova                       31. Countess Natalia Pavlovna Stroganova

See also

• Line of succession to the Russian throne
• Romanov Family Association

References

1. Almanach de Gotha. Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1944. p. 113.
2. Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage". Retrieved 3 October 2007.
3. van der Kiste, John; Coryne Hall (2004). Once A Grand Duchess. Sutton Publishing. p. 209. ISBN 0-7509-3521-9.
4. Farr, Kristin (5 February 2007). "Art Review : Andrew Romanoff: The Boy Who Would Be Tsar". Retrieved 3 October 2007.
5. Liberatore, Paul (22 January 2007). "Liberatore at Large: Shrinky Dink autobiography tells the storybook life of a Russian prince in Inverness". Retrieved 3 October 2007.
6. Almanach de Gotha (186th ed.). 2003. p. 314. ISBN 0-9532142-4-9.
7. "Dynastic Succession". imperialhouse.ru. Retrieved 26 July 2009.

External links

• The Boy Who Would Be Tsar: The Art Of Prince Andrew Romanoff
• Romanov Family Association
• NPR Interview, January 2007 with Andrew Romanoff: "The Boy Who Would Be Tsar"