Julia Dent Cantacuzène Spiransky-Grant
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Princess Julia Cantacuzène Countess Spéransky |
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| Spouse(s) | Prince Mikhail Mikhailovich Cantacuzène (1899–1934, div.) |
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Issue
Prince Michael Mikhailovich Cantacuzène
Princess Bertha Mikhailovna Princess Zenaida Mikhailovna |
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| Noble family | Cantacuzino (by marriage) |
| Father | Frederick Dent Grant |
| Mother | Ida Marie Honoré |
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June 6, 1876 The White House, Washington, D.C., USA |
| Died | October 4, 1975 (aged 99) Washington, D.C., USA |
| Religion | Russian Orthodox, formerly Episcopalian |
Julia Dent Grant Cantacuzène Spiransky, Princess Cantacuzène, Countess Spiransky (6 June 1876 – 4 October 1975), was an American author and historian. She was the eldest child of Frederick Dent Grant and his wife Ida Marie Honoré, and the first grandchild of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States. In 1899, she married Prince Mikhail Cantacuzène, a Russian general and diplomat.
Princess Cantacuzène was the author of three first-person accounts of the events leading up to the Russian Revolution in 1917, as well as a personal historian of the Russian people during that time. As the wife of a Russian nobleman, she was in a primary position to observe both the Imperial and Bolshevik positions during the Revolution. The title of Countess Spiransky has been alternatively spelled "Spéransky" and "Speranski."
Julia Dent Grant was born at the White House on 6 June 1876. She was the first child of Frederick Dent Grant and his wife Ida Marie Honoré (1854–1930), the daughter of Henry Honoré, of French ancestry, who made his fortune in Chicago real estate. She was named for her grandmother, the First Lady Julia Grant née Dent. At the time of her birth, her father was assigned to the 4th U.S. Cavalry Regiment with the rank of lieutenant colonel. When Julia was 5 years old, her father took a leave of absence from the Army to assist his father, the former president Grant, in writing his memoirs.
Julia had fond memories of her grandfather, who died when she was 9 years old. Due to severe financial setbacks, her family came to live with her grandparents in Long Branch, New Jersey and she spent the last year (1884–1885) of her grandfather's life in his home with his companionship. Her memories of him were clearly fond ones, as she remembered the following:
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