Princess Catherine Ivanovna | |||||
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Marchioness Farace di Villaforesta | |||||
Born | Pavlovsk Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | 12 July 1915||||
Died | 13 March 2007 Montevideo, Uruguay | (aged 91)||||
Spouse |
Ruggero Farace, Marquess Farace di Villaforesta
(m. 1937; died 1970) | ||||
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House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov | ||||
Father | Prince Ioann Konstantinovich of Russia | ||||
Mother | Princess Helen of Serbia |
Princess Catherine Ivanovna of Russia (Russian: Княжна Екатери́на Ива́нновна; 12 July 1915 (O.S.) – 13 March 2007[1]) was a great-great-granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and a niece of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia. She was the last member of the Imperial Family to be born before the fall of the dynasty. She was also second cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, as Catherine's grandfather Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia was younger brother of Prince Philip's grandmother Olga, Queen of Greece. Her relation to Prince Philip makes her a second cousin, once removed of King Charles III of the United Kingdom. She is also the grandmother of actor Sebastian Arcelus.