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Prince Nicholas of Russia, senior member of the
imperial House of Russia, is our Honorary President. |
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Nicholas Romanovitch, today the senior member of the
House of Russia, is born in Antibes on the 13th of September
1922. He
is the grand-grand-son of Tsar Nicholas Ist of Russia and
the son of Grand-Duke Roman Petrovitch and Countess Prascovia Sheremetieff. He married on the 21st of January
1952 at the Russian Orthodox church of Cannes, Countess Zveva della Gherardesca, daughter of Count Walfredo della
Gherardesca and Marchioness Nicoletta de Picolellis. He has
three children, Natalia, Elisabeth and Tatiana.
In spite of
exile, Grand-Duke Roman Petrovitch of Russia and his wife
did grow Nicolas, as well as his brother Dimitri in strict
accordance with the Russian spirit, following the precepts
of the Russian Orthodox religion. Prince Nicholas of Russia
did always demonstrate his high interest for the land of his
ancestors, and kept on following the significant changes
which occurred in Russia over the last decades.
He is the
president of the “Romanov Family Association”. |
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An Honoray Committee has been established, and President is
Prince Dimitri of Russia. |
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Dimitri Romanovitch, Prince of Russia, is the brother
of Prince Nicholas Romanovitch. He thus belongs to the House
of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov. He is born in Antibes on the
4th of March 1926.
He married on the 28th of July 1993, in Kostroma (the town
where the first Romanov, Tsar Michael of Russia, was
crowned), with Countess Dorrit Rewentlow. He is the
president of “Foundation Romanov for Russia”. He speaks
Russian, German, French, Italian, Swedish, Danish and
Arabic. His passions are also numismatic, hunting and
fishing.
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Are members of
the Honorary Committee: |
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Prince George Yourievsky |
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Prince
Dimitri Schakhovskoy |
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Prince
Alexandre Troubetzkoi |
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Prince George
Yourievsky is the grand-grand-son of Tsar Alexander II,
who had married for the second time Princess Ekaterina
Dolgorouki. He is the son of prince Alexander Gueorguievitch
and of Alexandra von Zarkenau. Born in St Gallen,
Switzerland on the 8th of December 1961, he lives
in Zurich. |
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Mrs Lydia
Fedorovna Places |
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ETERNAL MEMORY ! |
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Mrs Lydia Feodorovna Places, deceased on the 1st of March
2010 in Nice, is a posthumous member of our Committee of
Honor. A descendant of the first Russian emigration, she was
enlivening with passion and faith the daily animation of the
Russian orthodox cathedral of Nice, where she was an active
parishioner. She remains on our side, in our hearts and
minds. |
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The executive
Board of the Association is made of: |
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Oleg Ionnikoff |
Pierre de Fermor |
Jacques Tournayre |
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