Dorrit Romanov (''née'' Reventlow; born 22 April 1942) is a
Danish translator, benefactor, philanthropist, social activist, and the widow of
Prince Dimitri Romanov, who had claims to the headship of the
Imperial House of Russia.
Biography
She was born Dorrit Reventlow on 22 April 1942 in the city of
Recife,
Brazil, in the family of Eric
Reventlow (1903–1944) and his wife Nina Bent Rasmussen (1912–1996). Dorrit is the second child in the family, her brother George was born in 1941 and lived only eight years and died in 1949 in Denmark.
Dorrit's father died when she was only two years and in 1946 the family returned to Denmark. She attended private schools in Denmark and Switzerland, where she learned Portuguese, English, French, Italian and Spanish. In 1976 she opened her own translation company in
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
. After the death of her first husband in 1985 she returned to Denmark, where she worked as a representative of a Portuguese tourism company, also serving as the chair of a Danish-Brazilian society. In this role, Princess Dorrit succeeded in expanding the society's membership, while promoting Portuguese language and culture.
Since 1993, she has headed her own translation firm called Translator Dorrit Romanoff & Assoc. In her free time she actively helped her husband in his humanitarian and charitable work in Russia.
Marriages and children
In 1961, she married ''Dom'' Telmo José Coelho de Braganza (1925–1985), and had issue.
At a reception in 1991, Dorrit met
Prince Dimitri Romanovich Romanov. On July 1993 they were married in
Kostroma, which became the first visit of some Romanov spouses to Russia. Prior to her 1993 wedding, Dorrit joined the
Russian Orthodox Church under the name ''Theodora Alexeevna''.
Honours
* : Grand Officer of the
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit (french: link=no, Ordre du Mérite) is an order of merit for the Commonwealth realms, recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or for the promotion of culture. Established in 1902 by K ...
(26 August 1992)
* : Commander of the
Order of the Southern Cross (5 September 2007)
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Dynastic orders
* : Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Danilo I (4 June 2005)[
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Ancestry
References
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External links
Romanov Family AssociationBiography on the Danish-Brazilian societyTranslator Dorrit Romanoff & Assoc
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1942 births
Living people
Grand Officers of the Order of Merit (Portugal)
House of Romanov in exile
Dorrit
Russian princesses by marriage