Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia
| Princess Nina Georgievna | |
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| Princess Paul Aleksandrovich Chavchavadze | |
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| Born |
20 June 1901 Mikhailovskoe, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | 27 February 1974 (aged 72) Wellfleet, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Spouse | Prince Paul Aleksandrovich Chavchavadze |
| Issue | Prince David Chavchavadze |
| House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
| Father | Grand Duke George Mikhailovich |
| Mother | Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark |
Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia, (Russian: Нина Георгиевна) (20 June 1901 – 27 February 1974), was the elder daughter of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia. A great-granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, she left her native country in 1914, before World War I. She married Prince Paul Chavchavadze and spent the rest of her life in exile, first in England and from 1927 in the United States.
Princess Nina was born in Mikhailovskoe, the Palace of her paternal grandfather, Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia. Through her father, she was a member of the Romanov family, and princess of the Imperial blood as a great-granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. Nina's mother was a princess of Greece and Denmark. On her maternal side, Nina was a great-granddaughter of King Christian IX of Denmark and related to members of many European royal families.
Princess Nina spent the first years of her life in apartments at the Mikhailovsky Palace outside St. Petersburg, the residence of her paternal grandfather Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia. In 1905, the family moved to a newly built small palace in the Crimea. Constructed in English style, they gave the property a Greek name, "Harax". For nine years the family led a quiet life. A contemporary of Tsar Nicholas II two youngest daughters, Princess Nina and her only sibling Princess Xenia, played sometimes with them, while they were in the Imperial capital.
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