Yelena Vladimirovna Romanova
Jelena Vladimirovna Romanova , Grand Duchess of Russia ( Russian Елена Владимировна Романова , scientific. Transliteration Elena Vladimirovna Romanova , born January 17 . Jul / 29. January 1882 greg. In Tsarskoye Selo ; † 13. March 1957 in Athens ) was by marriage Princess of Greece and Denmark.
Life
Childhood and youth
Jelena was the only daughter and youngest child of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrowitsch and his wife Marie von Mecklenburg . It was named after her great-great-grandmother Helena Pavlovna Romanowa . Within the family she was called Eleni or Ellen. As a child she was often very wild and with a hot temper. When Jelena was four years old, she was standing in front of an artist portrait. During a fit of anger, she picked up a letter opener and threatened the painter. Her mother consciously tried to raise her daughter's status. The dowager empress Maria Feodorovna wrote about it : “Poor little thing! I feel so very sorry for her! She is really very cute, but vain and pretty grandiose! "
Since she and her brothers Kyrill , Boris and Andrei were raised by an English nanny, their first language was English rather than Russian. She received an education that corresponded to the time and was also taught in French.
In her youth, Jelena was Zarenhof as "la belle Hélène" known . She had many admirers, including Prince Felix Felixowitsch Jussupow , the mastermind behind the assassination of Rasputin in 1916.
Marriage and offspring
She was married to Prince Nicholas of Greece . She was originally engaged to Prince Max von Baden , but the marriage did not materialize. Jelena's mother was very angry about this. In 1900, however, Prince Nikolaos of Greece expressed his interest in marriage. Her mother initially disliked her daughter's association with a young prince who had little prospect of the throne, but at the end agreed to marry. This took place on August 29, 1902. Despite their difficult character, the marriage was happy.
The couple had three daughters:
- Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (1903–1997); ∞ Prince Paul of Yugoslavia
- Princess Elisabeth of Greece and Denmark (1904–1955); ∞ Count Karl Theodor zu Toerring-Jettenbach , Count zu Gutenzell, Baron von Seefeld
- Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906–1968); ∞ Prince George, 1st Duke of Kent
The revolutions in Russia and the uprising in Greece initially forced the family into exile in France before they could return to Greece in 1936. She died in 1957 at the age of 75 and was buried in the Royal Cemetery in Tatoi .
swell
- Charlotte Zeepvat: The Camera and the Tsars: A Romanov Family Album. Sutton Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-7509-4210-X , pp. 60-65.
- Ever. W. Ptschelow, AN Bochanow: Генеалогия Романовых 1613-2001. Exlibris-Press 2001, p. 89 ( limited preview in Google book search) ('Genealogy of the Romanovs 1613-2001'; Russian)
- IS Semyonov: Христианские династии Европы. Olma Media Group, 2002, ISBN 5-224-02516-8 , p. 427 ( limited preview in Google Book Search) ('Christian Dynasties in Europe', Russian)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Grand Duchess Jelena of Russia on panhistoria.com (English)
- ↑ Grand Duchess Jelena of Russia on panhistoria.com (English)
- ↑ Grand Duchess Jelena of Russia on panhistoria.com (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Romanowa, Jelena Vladimirovna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Романова, Елена Владимировна (Cyrillic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian Grand Duchess |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tsarskoye Selo |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 13, 1957 |
| Place of death | Athens |