Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia
Noble person
1907 – 1989
Who was Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia?
Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia was a son of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia. He was a nephew of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
Born in Imperial Russia during the reign of his uncle Nicholas II, he was on vacation in Crimea at the fall of the Russian monarchy. He was joined there by his immediate family. They escaped the fate of many of his relatives killed by the Bolsheviks. He left Russia in April 1919, at age eleven. In the late 1920s, he emigrated to the United States where he met Princess Natalia Galitzine. They married in 1931. The couple had one daughter and lived for decades in Woodside, California.
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- Born
- Jul 7, 1907
Gatchina Palace - Also known as
- Príncipe Vassíli Aleksándrovitch da Rússia
- Parents
- Spouses
- Princess Natalia Galitzine
(1931/07/31 - 1989/03/28)
- Princess Natalia Galitzine
- Children
- Died
- Jun 23, 1989
Colma - Resting place
- Colma
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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