Prince Georgy Konstantinovich of Russia (6 May 1903 – 7 November 1938), was the youngest son of

Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia ( rus, Константи́н Константи́нович, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ, a=Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov.ru.vorb.oga; 22 August 1858 – 15 June 1915 ...

and his wife Grand Duchess Yelizaveta Mavrikiyevna. Following the

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, he escaped to Sweden in October 1918 with his mother, younger sister Vera Konstantinovna, and niece and nephew aboard the Swedish ship ''Ångermanland''.Zeepvat, Charlotte, ''The Camera and the Tsars,'' Sutton Publishing, 2004, p. 213 Prince Georgy and Princess Vera remained at

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throughout the war, the chaotic rule of the

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, and after the

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. In the fall of 1918, they were permitted by the

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to be taken by ship to Sweden (on the Ångermanland, via

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and via Mariehamn to

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), at the invitation of the Swedish queen. At

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they met prince Gustaf Adolf who took them to the

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. Yelizaveta Mavrikiyevna, Vera, and Georgy lived for the next two years in Sweden, first in

then in

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; but Sweden was too expensive for them so they moved first to

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by invitation of King

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, and then to Germany, settling in Altenburg where they lived thirty years, except for a couple of years in England. Yelizaveta died of cancer on 24 March 1927 in

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. Georgy, who never married, became a successful

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. He died of complications following surgery in New York City at the age of 35. He is buried next to his sister Princess Vera Konstantinovna at the

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Cemetery of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Georgy Konstantinovich Of Russia, Prince 1903 births 1938 deaths Princes of royal blood (Russia) Royalty from Saint Petersburg Russian anti-communists Russian monarchists Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Sweden Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Belgium Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany White Russian emigrants to the United States White Russian emigrants to Sweden White Russian emigrants to Belgium White Russian emigrants to Germany Burials at Novo-Diveevo Russian Cemetery