Dimitri Romanov

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Dimitri Romanow (disambiguation) .

Prince Dimitri Romanov (center) with his second wife Dorrit (left) and the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin (right) at a state reception in the George Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace on the occasion of the Russian national holiday in 2006

Prince Dimitri Romanowitsch Romanow ( Russian Димитрий Романович Романов ; born May 17, 1926 in Antibes , France , † December 31, 2016 in Copenhagen , Denmark ) was a banker, philanthropist and writer. He belonged to the House of Romanow-Holstein-Gottorp . With his death, the male line of the Nikolayevich branch died out.

Early years

Dimitri Romanowitsch Romanow was born in Antibes (France) in 1926 as the second son of Prince Roman Petrowitsch Romanow and his wife Countess Praskovia Sheremetewa. His older brother was Nikolai Romanovich Romanov . Romanov was a direct descendant (great-great-grandson) of the Russian Tsar Nicholas I and his wife Princess Charlotte of Prussia , who founded the Nikolaevich branch of the Russian tsarist family.

Romanov spent the first ten years of his life in Antibes, where he received traditional Russian education. The family then moved to Italy in 1936 and lived for a while in the Quirinal Palace in Rome . Romanov continued his education. These years were overshadowed by fascism and World War II . In 1946 the family moved to Egypt where he lived for a few years before returning to Italy. In 1960 he moved to Denmark. He subsequently worked for several banks including Danske Bank , where he worked in management until his retirement in 1993. He was fluent in Russian , English , Danish and Italian .

Marriages

Romanov was married twice. His first wife was Jeanne von Kauffmann (1936–1989), whom he married on January 21, 1959 in Copenhagen. After her death, he married his second wife Dorrit Reventlow (* 1942) on July 28, 1993 in Kostroma . It was the first time since the fall of the Tsar dynasty that a Romanov married in Russia .

Dimitri Romanovich Romanov died on December 31, 2016 in Denmark, as reported by his wife Princess Theodora (Dorrit). He was hospitalized a week earlier after his health deteriorated significantly.

Charity work

Since his retirement he has worked in several charities. In 1992 he was one of seven Romanov princes who met in Paris ( France ) and decided to create the Romanov Fund for Russia to carry out charitable acts in post-communist Russia. In July 1993, he traveled to Russia on a fact-finding mission to decide what areas the charity should be active in. Romanov has been the chairman of the Romanov Fund for Russia since its inception.

He was also the chairman of the Prince Dimitri Romanov Charity Fund, which was founded in 2006.

Romanov family association

Romanov had been a member of the Romanov Family Union since 1979 , the year it was founded, and served as a committee member there. In July 1998, he and other members of the Romanov family attended the funeral of Tsar Nicholas II and his family in the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul in St. Petersburg . In March 2003 he was invited by the then Prime Minister of Bulgaria and former Tsar of Tsarist Bulgaria Simeon Sakskoburggotski to the celebrations regarding the liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule during the Russo-Ottoman War (1877-1878) .

In September 2006, following a successful lobbying campaign by the Danish royal family and the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin , he arranged for the remains of the Tsar's widow Maria Fyodorovna to be transferred from Denmark, where she died in exile, to Russia to be next to her husband, Tsar Alexander III. to be buried in the Peter and Paul Fortress of Saint Petersburg. After attending the service for Maria Fjodorovna in Roskilde Cathedral in Denmark, Romanov accompanied her remains on the Danish naval ship that she was taking to Russia. After their arrival, Romanov and other descendants of the tsarist family attended the reburial ceremony in Russia.

As a descendant of the Electress Sophie von Hannover , he was also in line to the throne on the British throne .

Title, salutation and awards

Title and salutation

His Highness Prince Dimitri Romanowitsch of Russia (According to Burke’s Royal Families of the World, “there is a trend towards dropping the term 'of Russia' among members of the family who were born after the February Revolution in 1917 and using the surname Romanov, while retaining the title prince (or princess) with the associated salutation. "However, the last-mentioned title and his right to use the surname Romanov were also controversial.)

National orders and medals

• Denmark : Dannebrogorden
• Russia : Medal for the 300th birthday of Saint Petersburg
• Russia: Order of Friendship
• Russia: Alexander Nevsky Order

Dynastic orders

• Montenegro : Montenegrin Family Order of Saint Peter (Class: Knights )
• Montenegro: Order of Petrovic Njegos (Class: Knights)
• Montenegro: Order of Danilos I for independence (class: Grand Cross )
• Bulgaria : Order of St. Alexander (Class: Grand Cross)

Biographies

• The Orders, Medals and History of Greece. Balkan Heritage, 1987, ISBN 87-981267-1-7 .
• The Orders, Medals and History of the Kingdom of Bulgaria. Balkan Heritage, 1982, ISBN 87-981267-0-9 .
• The Orders, Medals and History of Imperial Russia. Balkan Heritage, 2000, ISBN 87-981267-4-1 .
• The Orders, Medals and History of the Kingdoms of Serbia and Yugoslavia. Balkan Heritage, 1996, ISBN 87-981267-3-3 .
• The Orders, Medals, and History of Montenegro. Balkan Heritage, 1988, ISBN 87-981267-2-5 .
• The Adventures of Mikti: the memoirs of a teddy bear. Balkan Heritage, 1999, ISBN 87-981267-6-8 .

ancestry

Pedigree of Prince Dimitri Romanovich Romanow
Great-great-grandparents	Tsar Nicholas I (1796–1855) ⚭ 1817 Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1798–1860)	Prince Peter von Oldenburg (1812–1881) ⚭ 1837 Princess Therese von Nassau-Weilburg (1815–1871)	Grand Prince Mirko Petrović-Njegoš (1820–1867) ⚭ 1840 Stana Martinović (1824–1894)	Duke Petar Vukotić (1826–1907) ⚭ Jelena Vojvodić	Count Dmitri Nikolayevich Sheremetev (1803–1871) ⚭ Anna Sergejewna Sheremetewa (1811–1849)	Prince Pavel Petrovich Vyazemsky ⚭ Maria Arkadjewna Stolypina	Count Ivan Illarionowitsch Voronzow-Daschkow ⚭ Alexandra Kirillowna Naryschkina	Count Andrei Pavlovich Schuwalow ⚭ Sofia Mikhailovna Voronzowa
Great grandparents	Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Romanow (1831–1891) ⚭ 1856 Duchess Alexandra von Oldenburg (1838–1900)		King Nikola I of Montenegro (1841–1921) ⚭ 1860 Milena Vukotić (1847–1923)		Count Sergei Dmitrijewitsch Sheremetew ⚭ Princess Jekaterina Sheremeteva (1849–1929)		Count Illarion Ivanovich Voronzow-Daschkow (1837–1916) ⚭ 1867 Duchess Jelisaveta Andrejewna Schuwalowa
Grandparents	Grand Duke Peter Nikolajewitsch Romanow (1864–1931) ⚭ 1889 Princess Militza of Montenegro (1866–1951)				Count Dmitri Sergejewitsch Sheremetew ⚭ Duchess Irina Illarionovna Vorontsov-Dashkov
parents	Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia (1896–1978) ⚭ 1921 Duchess Praskowia Sheremeteva (1901–1980)
Prince Dimitri Romanowitsch Romanow (1926-2016)

Web links

• Romanov Fund for Russia
• Romanov family association
• The Prince Dimitri Romanov Charity Fund

Individual evidence

1. ↑ John James (Ed.): Almanach de Gotha. BOYE6, 2013, ISBN 978-0-9575198-2-4 , p. 340.
2. ^ ^{A b} Prince Dimitri Romanovich Romanov . The Prince Dimitri Romanov Charity Fund
3. ^ Allan Raymond: Russian Royal Family . Monarchies of Europe
4. ↑ В Дании скончался старший в роду Романовых князь Димитрий Романович . ITAR-TASS, January 1, 2017.
5. ^ ^{A b} The Romanoff Family Association . Romanov Family Association, March 29, 1998.
6. ↑ Creation of the Romanov Fund for Russia ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Romanov Fund for Russia
7. ^ Founders . The Prince Dimitri Romanov Charity Fund
8. ^ A General Assembly of the Romanoff Family Association . Romanov family association
9. ↑ 17 July 1998: The funeral of Tsar Nicholas II . Romanov family association
10. ^ Prince Romanov at Mass in Sofia . Novinite, March 2, 2003.
11. ↑ Clem Cecil: Tsar's mother to be returned home. In: The Times. UK, 5th December 2003.
12. ↑ Guest list to Roskilde Cathedral. The Danish Monarchy
13. ↑ Mother of tsar makes last voyage . In: BBC. September 23, 2006.
14. ^ The Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna reburied in St Petersburg . Romanov family association
15. ↑ William Addams Reitwiesner: Persons eligible to succeed to the British throne as of 1 January 2011. wargs.com
16. ^ Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd: The Imperial Family of Russia. Burke's Royal Families of the World: Volume I Europe & Latin America, 1977, ISBN 0-85011-023-8 , p. 467.
17. ↑ Chantal de Badts de Cugnac, Guy Coutant de Saisseval: Maison Impériale de Russie. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-9507974-3-1 , p. 782. (French).
18. ^ Prince Dimitri Romanoff , Almanach de Gotha
19. ↑ Damien Sharkov: Vladimir Putin Pays Tribute to Prince Dimitri Romanov After Dynasty Elder's Death . In: Newsweek. January 3, 2017.
20. ^ PM Medvedev awards the Alexander Nevsky Order to Prince Dimitri Romanow . gettyimages.co.uk
21. ↑ ^{a b c d} H.IH Grand Prince Dimitri of Russia , russiankingdom.com

predecessor	Office	successor
Prince Nikolai Romanowitsch Romanov	Head of the House of Romanov 2014–2016	Prince Andrei Romanov