Russian Princesses: Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff, Maria of Vitebsk, Uliana of Tver, Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden, Eudoxia Radziwill

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia, Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia, Princess Vera Constantinovna of Russia, Mathilde Kschessinska, Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia, Princess Helen of Serbia, Catherine Yurievskaya, Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia, Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia, Natalia Pavlovna Paley, Princess Xenia Andreevna of Russia, Irina Pavlovna Paley, Irf Temrjukovna Oru, Princess Natalia Romanovskaya-Iskander, Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff, Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia, Maria of Vitebsk, Princess Nadejda Petrovna of Russia, Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden, Uliana of Tver, Ingeborg of Kiev, Eudoxia Radziwi . Excerpt: Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (Russian: ) (15 July (OS: 3 July), 1895, Peterhof, Russia - 26 February 1970, Paris, France) was the only daughter of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia. She was also the only niece of Tsar Nicholas II, and the wife of the wealthy Prince Felix Yussupov, one of the men who murdered the starets Grigori Rasputin in 1916. Princess Irina with her parents and brothers.Before her marriage on 22 February 1914, Irina, the eldest child and only daughter in a family of seven children, was considered one of the most eligible women in Imperial Russia. Her family had spent long periods living in the south of France beginning in about 1906 due to her father's political disagreements with the Tsar. Her father was also carrying on an affair with a woman in the south of France and often asked Xenia for a divorce, which she refused to grant him. Xenia also enjoyed extramarital affairs. Irina's parents tried to hide their unhappy marriage from their seven children and Irina, a shy and tongue-tied girl with deep blue eyes and dark hair, had a happy childhood. Irina was often cal...