Ekaterina Gavrilovna Chislova

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Jekaterina Chislova, around 1865

Ekaterina Gawrilowna Tschislowa ( Russian Екатерина Гавриловна Числова , born September 21, 1846 in Ligovo near Saint Petersburg , †  December 13, 1889 in the Crimea ) was a Russian ballerina and the mistress of Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich Romanov .

Life

Yekaterina was the daughter of Gabriel Tschislow and was part of the Kirov Ballet Ensemble , a world-famous Russian ballet company from Saint Petersburg, from an early age . She was the partner of the famous Felix Kschessinsky, father of Matilda Felixowna Kschessinskaja , in the Polish Masurka .

In 1865 she fell in love with the Russian Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Romanow , third son of Tsar Nicholas I and Princess Charlotte of Prussia , and became his mistress for many years, even though he was married to Princess Alexandra of Oldenburg, who was of German descent . Five children emerged from the mutual connection:

  • Olga (1868–1950) ⚭ 1892 Prince Michael Michailowitsch Cantacuzene (1858–1927)
  • Vladimir (1873–1942), adjutant to Tsar Nicholas II.
  • Ekaterina (1874–1940)
  • Nikolaus (1875–1902), adjutant of his uncle, Grand Duke Michael Nikolajewitsch Romanow
  • Galina (1877-1878)

The couple often traveled together to San Remo and the Crimea . In 1880 the Grand Duchess Alexandra retired to a monastery near Kiev . Ekaterina was an ambitious woman and achieved that Tsar Alexander III. raised her and her children to a lower nobility in 1882 and granted the common surname Nikolaiev . Ekaterina Tschislowa died unexpectedly on December 13, 1889 in the Crimea and was buried in the monastery in Saint Petersburg as Ekaterina Gavrilovna Nikolaiev . Grand Duke Nikolai, who suffered from cancer, died two years later and was buried next to his mistress .

literature

  • Nikolaus Ketzer and Hans-Joachim Torke: The Russian Tsars 1547–1917 , CH Beck, Munich (1999) ISBN 3-406-42105-9
  • Zoia Belyakova: The Romanov Legacy: The Palaces of St. Petersburg , Hazar Publishing (1994) ISBN 1-874371-27-X
  • Jacques Ferrand: Descendances naturelles des souverains et grands-ducs de Russie, de 1762 à 1910 , répertoire généalogique (1995)
  • Greg King: The Court of the Last Tsar , Wiley (2006) ISBN 978-0-471-72763-7
personal data
SURNAME Chislova, Ekaterina Gavrilovna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Числова, Екатерина Гавриловна (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian ballerina and the mistress of Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich Romanov
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Ligowo near Saint Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1889
Place of death Crimea