Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (Russian: Ксения Александровна Романова; 6 April 1875 – 20 April 1960) was the eldest daughter of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and the eldest sister of Emperor Nicholas II. She married her cousin Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia, with whom she had seven children. During her brother's reign she lived a private life, uninterested in politics. After the fall of the monarchy in February 1917 sh...
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Date of birth:
- Apr 6, 1875
Date of death:
- Apr 20, 1960 (age 85 years)
Quotations:
- 'There are disturbances in the city, there was even shooting into the crowd, [they] say, but everything is quiet on the Nevsky. They are asking for bread and the factories are on strike.' ,
- 'This is to state that I am convinced that Mrs Anderson or Tchiakovsky is an imposter. I believe in the statement my sister the Grand Duchess Olga, made in 1925 that this woman was not Anastasia.'
Place of death:
Also known as:
- Kseniya Aleksandrovna Romanova
