Dimitri Romanovich Romanov | |||||
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Prince of Russia | |||||
Prince Dimitri (c) and wife Dorrit with Vladimir Putin at a state reception
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Head of the House of Romanov (disputed) | |||||
Time | 15 September 2014 – 31 December 2016 | ||||
Predecessor | Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia | ||||
Successor | Prince Andrew Romanov | ||||
Born |
Cap d'Antibes, France |
17 May 1926||||
Died | 31 December 2016 Copenhagen, Denmark |
(aged 90)||||
Spouse |
Jeanne von Kauffmann (m. 1959; d. 1989) Dorrit Reventlow (m. 1993) |
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House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov | ||||
Father | Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia | ||||
Mother | Countess Praskovia Sheremeteva |
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Dimitri Romanovich Romanov |
Dimitri Romanovich Romanov (Russian: Дмитрий Романович Романов; 17 May 1926 – 31 December 2016) was a descendant of Russia's former ruling dynasty, a banker, philanthropist, and author. He was also a claimant to the headship of the Imperial House of Russia.
Dimitri Romanovich Romanov was born on 17 May 1926 in Cap d'Antibes, France, the second son of Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia and Countess Praskovia Sheremeteva. His older brother was Prince Nicholas Romanovich. Through his paternal lineage, he was a great-great grandson of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855) and his consort, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, who founded the Nikolaevichi branch of the Russian Imperial Family.
Romanov spent the first ten years of his life in Antibes, France, where he received a traditional Russian education. In 1936 his family moved to Italy, where he continued his education and for a time lived at the Royal Palace in Rome. In 1946 his family moved to Egypt, where they lived for a number of years before returning to Italy. In 1960 he moved to Denmark, where he worked for a number of banks including the Danske Bank, where he was an executive until his retirement in 1993. He was fluent in Russian, French, English, Danish, and Italian.