Introduction
1 Origins and childhood
2 Education and Second World War
3 After the war
4 Social activity. Leadership in the House of Romanov
5 Family
Bibliography
>great-great-grandfather - Emperor Nicholas I. Great-grandfather - Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich the Elder (1831-1891). Grandfather and grandmother: Grand Duke Pyotr Nikolayevich (1864-1931) and Montenegrin princess Milica Nikolaevna (on the paternal side), Count Dmitry Sergeevich Sheremetev (1869-1943) and Countess Irina Illarionovna, nee Vorontsova- Dashkova (1872-1959) (on the maternal side). Father - Prince of Imperial Blood Roman Petrovich (1896-1978). Mother - Countess Praskovya Dmitrievna Sheremeteva (1901-1980).
Born in Antibes (France), where his parents were in exile; was the first child in the family of Prince Roman Petrovich and Princess Praskovya Dmitrievna, nee Countess Sheremeteva. In 1926, his parents had a 2nd child - Dmitry Romanovich Romanov.
The family used the Julian calendar, and from childhood he spoke Russian and French.
2. Education and World War II
Got private elementary education in France. In 1936 the family moved to Italy to receive more good education.
From the age of 12, Nikolai dreamed of becoming naval officer, however, he showed signs of myopia, and the hope of a naval career disappeared.
In 1942 he graduated from the Humanitarian Academy in Rome. At the beginning of World War II, he lived with his parents in the residence of King Victor Emmanuel III, whose wife Elena Chernogorskaya was the sister of his grandmother. In 1942, he rejected the proposal of the Italian leadership to become the king of Montenegro occupied by the Italians.
After King Victor Emmanuel fled from Rome in September 1943, he and his family hid from the Nazis and Germans for 9 months; his grandmother Grand Duchess Militsa Nikolaevna had to hide in the Vatican.
Since July 1944, he worked in the British-American Department of psychological warfare (English Psychological Warfare Division) and in the US information service (English United States Information Service).
3. After the war
On the advice of King Umberto II, the family left Italy for Egypt in 1946. In Egypt, Nikolai was engaged in the tobacco trade, then worked in an insurance company. Returning to Europe in 1950, he worked in Rome for the Austin Motor Company until 1954.
On the death of his brother-in-law, in 1955 he became manager of his wife's family business - a large farm in Tuscany; until 1980 he was engaged in livestock breeding (chianina) and winemaking.
In 1982 he sold the farm and moved with his wife to Rougemont. In 1988 he took Italian citizenship (before that he was stateless).
Researcher of the history of the fleet, in 1987 he published a book about Russian battleships. Fluent in French, Russian, Italian and English reading in spanish.
4. Public activity. Leadership in the House of Romanov
In 1989, he headed the Association of Members of the House of Romanov, was again elected chairman of its committee at the Romanov Congress in Peterhof on July 18, 1998, and again in 2007. Nikolai Romanovich sees the main role of the association led by him in preserving the unity of the clan, promoting its historical traditions and educational activities. He initiated the congress of the Romanov men in June 1992 in Paris. At the congress, the Romanov Foundation for Russia was created, headed by his brother Dimitri Romanovich, who helps orphanages, shelters and hospitals in Russia and the CIS countries.
Nikolai Romanovich first visited Russia in June 1992, when he acted as a guide for a group of entrepreneurs. Appears in funds mass media and documentary films, giving interviews about the Romanovs, such as in 2003, in the Danish documentary "En Kongelig familie", in 2007 on France 3 in the film "Un nom en h?ritage, les Romanov", and in 2008, in the film "Ghosts of the Romanov House". In 1999 documentary about his life was prepared by the Russian television channel NTV.
In 1998, he was present at the head of the burial ceremony in the Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg of the remains of Nicholas II, members of his family and servants. He was one of the initiators of the reburial of the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, wife Alexander III, and at the head of the descendants of the Romanov dynasty was present at all mourning events in Copenhagen and St. Petersburg. He collects information about all members of the dynasty, has a huge archive and, in essence, became the family historian of the Romanov dynasty. All descendants of the Russian Imperial House, except for the Kirillovich branch, recognize him as the head of the Romanov House.
Vladimir Alexandrovich
Konstantin Nikolaevich
Nikolai Nikolaevich Senior
Mikhail Nikolaevich
Mikhail Pavlovich
Denies the right to the throne of M. V. Romanova.
On January 21, 1952, in St. Michael's Church in Cannes, he married the Italian Countess Sveva della Gherardesca (born 1930), a representative of a well-known Italian aristocratic family.
Has 3 daughters:
Natalya Nikolaevna (born December 4, 1952), husband - Giuseppe Consolo. Two children: Enzo-Manfredi Consolo (1978-1998) Nicoletta Consolo (born May 14, 1980) Elizaveta Nikolaevna (born August 7, 1956), husband - Mauro Bonacini. Two children: Nicolo Bonacini (born January 4, 1986) Sofia Bonacini (born December 21, 1987) Tatyana Nikolaevna (born April 12, 1961), 1st husband - Gianbattista Alessandri (div.), 2nd husband - Giancarlo Tirotti . Daughter: Allegra Tirotti (born September 2, 1992)
IN winter time(for seven months a year) lives with his wife in the Swiss village of Rougemont (Canton of Vaud); the rest of the year - in Italy with her daughters.
- Great-great-grandfather - Emperor Nicholas I.
- Great-grandfather - Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich the Elder (1831-1891).
- Grandfather and grandmother: Grand Duke Pyotr Nikolayevich (1864-1931) and Montenegrin Princess Milica Nikolaevna (on the paternal side), Count Dmitry Sergeevich Sheremetev (1869-1943) and Countess Irina Illarionovna, nee Vorontsova-Dashkova (1872-1959) (on the maternal side) lines).
- Father - prince of imperial blood Roman Petrovich (1896-1978).
- Mother - Countess Praskovya Dmitrievna Sheremeteva (1901-1980).
Born in Antibes (France), where his parents were in exile; was the first child in the family of Prince Roman Petrovich and Princess Praskovya Dmitrievna, nee Countess Sheremeteva. In 1926, his parents had a 2nd child - Dmitry Romanovich Romanov.
The family used the Julian calendar, and from childhood he spoke Russian and French.
Education and World War II
He received a private primary education in France. In 1936 the family moved to Italy for a better education.
From the age of 12, Nikolai Romanovich dreamed of becoming a naval officer, but he began to show signs of myopia, and the hope of a naval career disappeared.
In 1942 he graduated from the Humanitarian Academy in Rome. At the beginning of World War II, he lived with his parents in the residence of King Victor Emmanuel III, whose wife Elena Chernogorskaya was the sister of his grandmother. In 1942, he rejected the proposal of the Italian leadership to become the king of Montenegro occupied by the Italians.
After King Victor Emmanuel fled from Rome in September 1943, he and his family hid from the Nazis and Germans for 9 months; his grandmother, Grand Duchess Milica Nikolaevna, had to hide in the Vatican.
Since July 1944, he worked in the British-American Department of psychological warfare (English Psychological Warfare Division) and in the US information service (English United States Information Service).
After the war
On the advice of King Umberto II, the family left Italy for Egypt in 1946. In Egypt, Nikolai was engaged in the tobacco trade, then worked in an insurance company. Returning to Europe in 1950, he worked in Rome for the Austin Motor Company until 1954.
On the death of his brother-in-law, in 1955 he became manager of his wife's family business - a large farm in Tuscany; until 1980 he was engaged in livestock breeding (chianina) and winemaking.
In 1982 he sold the farm and moved with his wife to Rougemont. In 1988 he took Italian citizenship (before that he was stateless).
Researcher of the history of the fleet, in 1987 he published a book about Russian battleships. He speaks French, Russian, Italian and English, and reads Spanish.
Social activity. Leadership in the House of Romanov
In 1989, he headed the Association of Members of the House of Romanov, was again elected chairman of its committee at the Romanov Congress in Peterhof on July 18, 1998, and again in 2007. Nikolai Romanovich sees the main role of the association led by him in preserving the unity of the clan, promoting its historical traditions and educational activities. He initiated the congress of the Romanov men in June 1992 in Paris. At the congress, the Romanov Foundation for Russia was created, headed by his brother Dimitri Romanovich, who helps orphanages, shelters and hospitals in Russia and the CIS countries.
Nikolai Romanovich first visited Russia in June 1992, when he acted as a guide for a group of entrepreneurs. Appears in the media and documentaries, giving interviews about the Romanovs, such as in 2003 in the Danish documentary "En Kongelig familie", in 2007 on France 3 in the film "Un nom en h?ritage, les Romanov", and in 2008, in the film "Ghosts of the Romanov House". In 1999, a documentary film about his life was produced by the Russian television channel NTV.
In 1998, he was present at the head of the burial ceremony in the Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg of the remains of Nicholas II, members of his family and servants. He was one of the initiators of the reburial of the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, wife of Alexander III, and at the head of the descendants of the House of Romanov was present at all mourning events in Copenhagen and St. Petersburg. He collects information about all members of the dynasty, has a huge archive and, in essence, became the family historian of the Romanov dynasty. All descendants of the Russian Imperial House, except for the Kirillovich branch, recognize him as the head of the Romanov House.
Denies the right to the throne of M. V. Romanova.
Family
On January 21, 1952, in St. Michael's Church in Cannes, he married the Italian Countess Sveva della Gherardesca (born 1930), a representative of a well-known Italian aristocratic family.
Has 3 daughters:
- Natalya Nikolaevna (born December 4, 1952), husband - Giuseppe Consolo. Two children:
- Enzo-Manfredi Consolo (1978-1998)
- Nicoletta Consolo (born May 14, 1980)
- Elizaveta Nikolaevna (born August 7, 1956), husband - Mauro Bonacini. Two children:
- Nicolo Bonacini (b. January 4, 1986)
- Sofia Bonacini (born December 21, 1987)
- Tatyana Nikolaevna (born April 12, 1961), 1st husband - Gianbattista Alessandri (dev.), 2nd husband - Giancarlo Tirotti. Daughter:
- Allegra Tirotti (born September 2, 1992)
Awards
- Knight of the Order of St. Peter (Royal House of Montenegro)
- Knight of the Order of Petrovich-Njegosh (Royal House of Montenegro)
Nikolai Romanovich Romanov today is the oldest representative of the Romanov family. He was born just 5 years after the fall of the monarchy in Russia, but his family mentally lived for a long time in that old Russia, which has sunk into oblivion forever. In 1922, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich the Younger, generals white movement, figures of art and culture, those who symbolized pre-revolutionary Russia. Today, Nikolai Romanovich is the head of the Romanov clan, in this he is supported by the whole family, with the exception of Maria Vladimirovna Romanova and her son George. However, let's start in order...
Nikolai Romanovich Romanov was born on September 26, 1922 in Antibes, France. He belongs to the "Nikolaevichi" branch of the Romanov family, originating from the youngest son of Emperor Nicholas I, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich the Elder (1831-1891) - Field Marshal General, Commander-in-Chief of the Danube Army during Russian-Turkish war 1877-1878
Prince Roman Petrovich with his wife Princess Praskovya Dmitrievna and children Prince Dimitri (in their arms) and Prince Nicholas. Antibes, France. Photo from the late 1920s
The parents of Nikolai Romanovich were Prince Roman Petrovich (1896-1978) and Princess Praskovya Dmitrievna, nee Countess Sheremeteva (1901-1980). The Prince's parents escaped Bolshevik bullets by fleeing the Crimea in April 1919 aboard a British warship. In November 1921, they married in Antibes. By family ties on the paternal side, Nikolai Romanovich is connected with the families of the rulers of Europe (the royal houses of Denmark, Italy, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Greece). On the maternal side, the Prince is a descendant of the well-known aristocratic families of Russia - Sheremetevs, Naryshkins, Vorontsovs - Dashkovs, Vyazemskys, Shuvalovs, Gagarins, Stolypins. Nikolai Romanovich received a private home education, from childhood he spoke French and Russian. Today he is fluent in four foreign languages.
Grand Duke Pyotr Nikolaevich is holding the grandson of Prince Nikolai Romanovich in his arms, his son Prince Roman Petrovich is standing nearby.
In 1936 the family moved to Italy to receive more better education for children. From the age of 12, Nikolai Romanovich dreamed of becoming a naval officer, but he showed signs of myopia and had to forget about a career in the Navy. In 1942, Nikolai Romanovich graduated from the Humanitarian Academy in Rome. From the very beginning of the war, the family of Nikolai Romanovich had to live in the residence of the Italian king Victor Emmanuel III, whose wife, Elena Chernogorskaya, was the sister of his grandmother. In 1942, the fascist government offered Nikolai Romanovich to become the king of occupied Montenegro. Without even thinking, the Prince answered with a sharp refusal, in no case did he want to have anything to do with the fascist regime. German attack on Soviet Union shocked the "Nikolaevichs" and returned them a sense of their homeland. “As soon as the war started and the Germans invaded Russia, we stopped caring about the name of our country - Russia or the USSR, and who rules it,” said Nikolai Romanovich. “We understood well what Russia is for us.” However, the clouds over the family began to thicken more and more. In September 1943, King Victor Emmanuel was forced to flee Rome. Nikolai Romanovich witnessed the historic moment when the king and queen leave the Villa Savoia palace. After the occupation of Rome by the Germans, the family had to hide from the Nazis for 9 months, a real hunt was declared on them, as on the closest relatives of the king. The grandmother of Nikolai Romanovich, Grand Duchess Milica Nikolaevna, had to hide in the Vatican. After the liberation of Rome by the allies, the young Prince went to work as a civilian in one of the allied military institutions, and after the end of the war in the US information service at the embassy in Italy. On the advice of the last Italian king, Umberto II, the family moved from Italy to Egypt in 1946. In Egypt, Nikolai Romanovich was engaged in the tobacco trade, and then worked in an insurance company. In 1950, the family returned to Europe. Nikolai Romanovich planned to become a translator in Geneva, but the case changed his whole life...
At the beginning of 1950 in Rome, at a party with friends, he met the Italian Countess Sveva della Gherardescu (b.1930). She belongs to one of the oldest families in Tuscany, serving Italy since 750.
Princess Sveva Romanova with her granddaughters Nicoletta Consolo and Sofia Bonacini. Photo 2010.
It should be noted that Princess Sveva is a direct descendant of Count Ugolino della Gherardesca (1220-1289), known throughout the world thanks to his mention in " Divine Comedy"Dante Alighieri.
Family coat of arms of the Counts della Gherardesca
Remaining in Rome, Nikolai Romanovich found a job at the Austin Motor Company, where he worked until 1954. On January 21, 1951, in the Church of the Archangel Michael in Cannes, Prince Nikolai Romanovich married Countess Sveva della Gherardesca. Shortly before this, the bride converted to Orthodoxy.
Wedding of Prince Nikolai Romanovich and Princess Sveva Romanova.
Wedding photo of the newlyweds.
After the tragic death of his brother-in-law in 1955, Nikolai Romanovich became the manager of his wife's business - a large farm in Tuscany. In 1980, the family sold the farm and moved to the quiet village of Rougemont, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. From that moment on, the Prince began to study and collect materials about his family in more depth, and also wrote a book about Russian battleships. One of the most important merits of Nikolai Romanovich is that, largely thanks to him, the organization "Association of Members of the Romanov Family" was created in 1979, which today unites almost the entire Romanov family. From 1980-1989, Prince Nikolai Romanovich was vice-chairman of the Association of Members of the Romanov Family, and after the death of Prince Vasily Alexandrovich, the family elected him chairman of this organization. In the late 80s, “we will return” was said more and more often, and Nikolai Romanovich, returning somehow from a reception at the UN Office in Geneva, where he talked with the Soviet plenipotentiary, to his wife’s question about who was at the reception and with whom it was possible talk, automatically answered: "With our ambassador."
Prince Nikolai Romanovich at a press conference in Paris. 1992
After the death of Prince Vladimir Kirillovich (1917-1992), the family recognized Nikolai Romanovich as the new head of the House of Romanov, as the eldest in the family. Today, this is disputed by Princess Maria Vladimirovna (b. 1953) and her son George.
Meeting of the "Seven Princes of the Romanov family" in Paris. June 1992
After the meeting of the "Seven Princes" in Paris (Nikolai, Dimitri, Andrei, Mikhail, Nikita, Alexander, Rostislav,) the Romanov Foundation for Russia was founded, providing charitable assistance in the territory of Russian Federation and countries former USSR. In June 1992, Nikolai Romanovich visited Russia for the first time. After that, he began to come to Russia every year, discovering his homeland for himself.
Prince Nikolai Romanovich and Princess Sveva.
In June 1998, Nikolai Romanovich, at the head of the family, was present in St. Petersburg, during the reburial of the remains of the Imperial Family and their faithful servants in the Peter and Paul Cathedral. Thanks to the efforts of the Prince, about 100 representatives of the Romanov family and their closest relatives came to the ceremony.
Prince Nikolai Romanovich together with Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich during a press conference. July 14, 1998.
Prince Nikolai Romanovich and Prince Michael of Kent during the ceremony of reburial of the Imperial Family. July 17, 1998.
Prince Nikolai Romanovich throws a handful of earth into the grave of the Royal Martyrs, July 17, 1998, Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg.
In many ways, thanks to the efforts of Prince Nikolai Romanovich, the reburial of the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna took place. It was he, together with his brother Dimitri and second cousin Mikhail Andreevich, who sent a letter to the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin, with wholehearted assistance in the reburial ceremony. Also, thanks to the efforts of Nikolai Romanovich, it was possible to enlist the support of the Danish Royal House. In September 2006, Empress Dowager Maria Feodorovna returned to Russia forever. About 200 representatives of the Romanov family from all over the world came to the reburial ceremony, headed by Nikolai Romanovich.
The Romanov family during the reburial of the ashes of the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna. September 2006
To date, Nikolai Romanovich has given about 100 TV interviews, talking about the Romanov family. One of recent works about the Prince can be called a documentary filmed by the association Plans-Fixes. This film-portrait is built in the form of a conversation between Nikolai Romanovich and the famous journalist Jacques Poger. The premiere of the film took place in the presence of the Prince himself on March 10, 2011 in Lausanne. By September 2011, it is planned to release the Russian-language version of the film.
Prince Nikolai Romanovich Romanov. Photo 2011.
The prince and his wife live in Rougemont for 7 months, the rest of the time they live in Rome with their daughters. The Prince and Princess had three daughters in marriage: Natalya (b. 1952), Elizaveta (b. 1956) and Tatyana (b. 1961). They also have 5 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
Nikolai Romanovich with Pierre de Fermor. Rougemont. July 2010
Birthday September 26, 1922
Italian public figure of Russian origin, philanthropist, writer and historian
Origin and childhood
- Great-great-grandfather - Emperor Nicholas I.
- Great-grandfather - Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich the Elder (1831-1891).
- Grandfather and grandmother: Grand Duke Pyotr Nikolayevich (1864-1931) and Montenegrin Princess Milica Nikolaevna (on the paternal side), Count Dmitry Sergeevich Sheremetev (1869-1943) and Countess Irina Illarionovna, nee Vorontsova-Dashkova (1872-1959) (on the maternal side) lines).
- Father - prince of imperial blood Roman Petrovich (1896-1978).
- Mother - Countess Praskovya Dmitrievna Sheremeteva (1901-1980).
The family used the Julian calendar, and from childhood he spoke Russian and French.
Education and World War II
He received a private primary education in France. In 1936 the family moved to Italy for a better education.
From the age of 12, Nikolai Romanovich dreamed of becoming a naval officer, but he began to show signs of myopia, and the hope of a naval career disappeared.
In 1942 he graduated from the Humanitarian Academy in Rome. At the beginning of World War II, he lived with his parents in the residence of King Victor Emmanuel III, whose wife Elena Chernogorskaya was the sister of his grandmother. In 1942, he rejected the proposal of the Italian leadership to become the king of Montenegro occupied by the Italians.
After King Victor Emmanuel fled from Rome in September 1943, he and his family hid from the Nazis and Germans for 9 months; his grandmother, Grand Duchess Milica Nikolaevna, had to go into hiding in the Vatican.
Since July 1944, he worked in the British-American Department of psychological warfare (English Psychological Warfare Division) and in the US information service (English United States Information Service).
After the war
On the advice of King Umberto II, the family left Italy for Egypt in 1946. In Egypt, Nikolai was engaged in the tobacco trade, then worked in an insurance company. Returning to Europe in 1950, he worked in Rome for the Austin Motor Company until 1954.
On the death of his brother-in-law, in 1955 he became manager of his wife's family business - a large farm in Tuscany; until 1980 he was engaged in livestock breeding (chianina) and winemaking.
In 1982 he sold the farm and moved with his wife to Rougemont. In 1988 he took Italian citizenship (before that he was stateless).
Researcher of the history of the fleet, in 1987 he published a book about Russian battleships. He speaks French, Russian, Italian and English, and reads Spanish.
Social activity. Leadership in the House of Romanov
In 1989, he headed the Association of Members of the House of Romanov, was again elected chairman of its committee at the Romanov Congress in Peterhof on July 18, 1998, and again in 2007. Nikolai Romanovich sees the main role of the association led by him in preserving the unity of the clan, promoting its historical traditions and educational activities. He initiated the congress of the Romanov men in June 1992 in Paris. At the congress, the Romanov Foundation for Russia was created, headed by his brother Dimitri Romanovich, who helps orphanages, shelters and hospitals in Russia and the CIS countries.
Introduction
1 Origins and childhood
2 Education and World War II
3 After the war
4 Social activities. Leadership in the House of Romanov
5 Family
Bibliography
>Great-great-grandfather - Emperor Nicholas I. Great-grandfather - Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich the Elder (1831-1891). Grandfather and grandmother: Grand Duke Peter Nikolayevich (1864-1931) and Montenegrin Princess Milica Nikolaevna (paternal), Count Dmitry Sergeevich Sheremetev (1869 -1943) and Countess Irina Illarionovna, nee Vorontsova-Dashkova (1872-1959) (on the maternal side). Father - Prince of Imperial Blood Roman Petrovich (1896-1978). Mother - Countess Praskovya Dmitrievna Sheremeteva (1901-1980).
Born in Antibes (France), where his parents were in exile; was the first child in the family of Prince Roman Petrovich and Princess Praskovya Dmitrievna, nee Countess Sheremeteva. In 1926, his parents had a 2nd child - Dmitry Romanovich Romanov.
The family used the Julian calendar, and from childhood he spoke Russian and French.
2. Education and World War II
He received a private primary education in France. In 1936 the family moved to Italy for a better education.
From the age of 12, Nikolai dreamed of becoming a naval officer, but he began to show signs of myopia, and the hope of a naval career disappeared.
In 1942 he graduated from the Humanitarian Academy in Rome. At the beginning of World War II, he lived with his parents in the residence of King Victor Emmanuel III, whose wife Elena Chernogorskaya was the sister of his grandmother. In 1942, he rejected the proposal of the Italian leadership to become the king of Montenegro occupied by the Italians.
After King Victor Emmanuel fled from Rome in September 1943, he and his family hid from the Nazis and Germans for 9 months; his grandmother, Grand Duchess Milica Nikolaevna, had to hide in the Vatican.
Since July 1944, he worked in the British-American Department of psychological warfare (English Psychological Warfare Division) and in the US information service (English United States Information Service).
3. After the war
On the advice of King Umberto II, the family left Italy for Egypt in 1946. In Egypt, Nikolai was engaged in the tobacco trade, then worked in an insurance company. Returning to Europe in 1950, he worked in Rome for the Austin Motor Company until 1954.
On the death of his brother-in-law, in 1955 he became manager of his wife's family business - a large farm in Tuscany; until 1980 he was engaged in livestock breeding (chianina) and winemaking.
In 1982 he sold the farm and moved with his wife to Rougemont. In 1988 he took Italian citizenship (before that he was stateless).
Researcher of the history of the fleet, in 1987 he published a book about Russian battleships. He speaks French, Russian, Italian and English, and reads Spanish.
4. Public activity. Leadership in the House of Romanov
In 1989, he headed the Association of Members of the House of Romanov, was again elected chairman of its committee at the Romanov Congress in Peterhof on July 18, 1998, and again in 2007. Nikolai Romanovich sees the main role of the association led by him in preserving the unity of the clan, promoting its historical traditions and educational activities. He initiated the congress of the Romanov men in June 1992 in Paris. At the congress, the Romanov Foundation for Russia was created, headed by his brother Dimitri Romanovich, who helps orphanages, shelters and hospitals in Russia and the CIS countries.
Nikolai Romanovich first visited Russia in June 1992, when he acted as a guide for a group of entrepreneurs. Appears in the media and documentaries, giving interviews about the Romanovs, such as in 2003 in the Danish documentary "En Kongelig familie", in 2007 on France 3 in the film "Un nom en h?ritage, les Romanov", and in 2008, in the film "Ghosts of the Romanov House". In 1999, a documentary film about his life was produced by the Russian television channel NTV.
In 1998, he was present at the head of the burial ceremony in the Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg of the remains of Nicholas II, members of his family and servants. He was one of the initiators of the reburial of the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, wife of Alexander III, and at the head of the descendants of the House of Romanov was present at all mourning events in Copenhagen and St. Petersburg. He collects information about all members of the dynasty, has a huge archive and, in essence, became the family historian of the Romanov dynasty. All descendants of the Russian Imperial House, except for the Kirillovich branch, recognize him as the head of the Romanov House.
Vladimir Alexandrovich
Alexei AlexandrovichSergei AlexandrovichPavel Alexandrovich Konstantin Nikolaevich Nikolai Nikolaevich Senior Mikhail Nikolaevich Mikhail Pavlovich
Denies the right to the throne of M. V. Romanova.
5. Family
On January 21, 1952, in St. Michael's Church in Cannes, he married the Italian Countess Sveva della Gherardesca (born 1930), a representative of a well-known Italian aristocratic family.
Has 3 daughters:
Natalya Nikolaevna (born December 4, 1952), husband - Giuseppe Consolo. Two children: Enzo-Manfredi Consolo (1978-1998) Nicoletta Consolo (born May 14, 1980) Elizaveta Nikolaevna (born August 7, 1956), husband - Mauro Bonacini. Two children: Nicolo Bonacini (born January 4, 1986) Sofia Bonacini (born December 21, 1987) Tatyana Nikolaevna (born April 12, 1961), 1st husband - Gianbattista Alessandri (div.), 2nd husband - Giancarlo Tirotti . Daughter: Allegra Tirotti (born September 2, 1992)
In winter (for seven months a year), he lives with his wife in the Swiss village of Rougemont (Canton of Vaud); the rest of the year - in Italy with her daughters.
References: Financial Times, September 19, 2003: Lunch with the FT: Nicholas Romanov. Nicholas Romanovich Romanov http://imperator.spbnews.ru/news_eng_view.phtml?view=13 Statement by Nicholai Romanov, Russian Prince] Dynastic Succession. imperialhouse.ru Nikolai Romanov Prince of Russia: an eventful life (page 6) Romanov: "I was offered Montenegro - I refused" BBC, 22 May 2006. Un nom en h?ritage, les Romanov (French). France 3. Emperor's grandson. NTV. Beginning of the Kommersant funeral, July 16, 1998. The Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna reburied in St Petersburg. Romanov Family Association. Robert K Massie. The Romanovs: The Final Chapter. - Jonathan Cape. - P. 274. Relatives of Nicholas II cannot return to Russia - there is not enough money for an apartment
