Princess Nadejda Petrovna of Russia (Russian: Надежда Петровна; 3 March 1898 – 21 April 1988) was the third child of
Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia
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and his wife, the former
Princess Milica of Montenegro
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.
Marriages and children
Nadejda was engaged before the outbreak of
World War I
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to
Prince Oleg Constantinovich of Russia, who was killed in action. She married Prince Nicholas Vladimirovich
Orlov (1891–1961) in the Crimea in April 1917. They were among the Romanovs who escaped the
Russian Revolution in 1919 aboard the British ship . Their baby daughter Princess Irina Orlova, born in March 1918, was the youngest passenger aboard the ship.
The Orlovs had two daughters:
*
Princess Irina Nikolaïevna Orlova (1 March 1918 – 16 September 1989); married 1st in
Rome
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27 March 1940 (divorced 1946) Baron Hans von
Waldstätten (1918–1977); m. 2nd in
The Hague
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8 January 1960 Anthony Adam Zylstra (1902–1982)
[Willis, ''The Romanovs in the 21st Century'', p. 165]
* Princess Xenia Nikolaievna Orlova (27 March 1921 – 17 August 1963); married 1st in
Avon 27 March 1940 (divorced 1950) Paul-Marcel de Montaignac de Pessotte-Bressolles (1909 –); m. 2nd in
Paris
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14 March 1951 Chevalier Jean Albert d'Almont (1909–2003)
[Willis, ''The Romanovs in the 21st Century'', p. 166]
Princess Nadejda divorced in 1940. She died in
Chantilly
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France
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*Château de Chantilly, a historic château located in the town of Chantilly
United States
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,
France
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in 1988. Her daughters left descendants.
Honours
*
House of Romanov
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: Dame of the
Imperial Order of Saint Catherine
Notes
References
*Willis, Daniel. ''The Romanovs in the 21st Century: a genealogical Biography''. VDM, 2009. .
*Zeepvat, Charlotte. ''The Camera and the Tsars''. Sutton Publishing, 2004.
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1898 births
1988 deaths
Princesses of royal blood (Russia)
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France