Princess Xenia Andreevna of Russia
| Princess Xenia Andreevna Romanoff | |
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| Born |
10 March 1919 Paris, France |
| Died | 22 October 2000 (aged 81) |
| Spouse | Calhoun Ancrum Geoffrey Tooth |
| House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
| Father | Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia |
| Mother | Elisabetha Ruffo |
Princess Xenia Andreevna Romanoff (10 March 1919 – 22 October 2000) was a direct descendant of the Tsars of Russia. She was a great niece of Nicholas II, the last reigning Russian Emperor.
Princess Xenia was born in Paris, on 10 March 1919. She was the eldest child of Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia (24 January 1897 – 8 May 1981) and Donna Elisabetha Ruffo (1886–1940). Xenia Andreevna descended twice over from the Tsars of Russia. Her paternal grandfather, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, was the fourth son of Grand Duke Michael, himself the fourth son of Tsar Nicholas I. Her paternal grandmother, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, was the eldest daughter of Tsar Alexander III and sister to Tsar Nicholas II.
Xenias’s father - the Tsar's nephew - Prince Andrew Romanoff had in 1918 married Elisaveta Fabrizievna, daughter of Don Fabrizio Ruffo, Duca di Sasso-Ruffo. During the Russian Revolution Princess Xenia’s parents took refuge in the Crimea where they married. They escaped Russia in December 1918. Xenia’s mother was already pregnant with her when they left Russian soil. Princess Xenia had two brothers: Michael and Andrew. Her mother died of cancer during World War II. Her father remarried and Xenia had one half sister, Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff.
Princess Xenia, called "Mysh" in the family, was educated privately and spent much of her childhood in the household of her grandmother Grand Duchess Xenia at Frogmore Cottage, a grace-and-favour house in Windsor Great Park provided by King George V. She also spent some of her early years in London. After King George V's death in 1936, they moved with their grandmother to Wilderness House, another house in the royal gift, at Hampton Court. Xenia and her siblings had an English nanny, but Russian was spoken at home. In 1938 She received ballet lessons at the school of Russian Ballet
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