Prince Feodor Alexandrovich | |
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Born | Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | 23 December 1898
Died | 30 November 1968 Ascain, France | (aged 69)
Spouse | |
Issue | Prince Michael Feodorovich Princess Irene Feodorovna |
House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
Father | Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia |
Mother | Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia |
Prince Feodor Alexandrovich of Russia (Russian: Фёдор Александрович Романов; 23 December [O.S. 11 December] 1898 – 30 November 1968) was the second son and third child of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna. He was also a nephew of Nicholas II of Russia, the last emperor of Russia.
Born and raised in Imperial Russia during the reign of his uncle Nicholas II, he followed a military career and entered the Corps of Pages during World War I. With the fall of the Russian monarchy, he escaped the fate of many of his relatives killed by the Bolsheviks fleeing to his parents estate in Crimea. For a time, he was under house arrest there with a large group of family members. They left Russia on 11 April 1919. In exile, he settled in France where he married Princess Irina Pavlovna Paley, his distant cousin. The couple divorced in 1936. Affected by tuberculosis, Prince Feodor moved to England with his mother spending the years of World War II there. After the war ended, he settled permanently in the south of France.