Prince Gabriel Constantinovich | |
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Born | Pavlovsk Palace, Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | 15 July 1887
Died | 28 February 1955 Paris, France | (aged 67)
Burial | |
Spouse | Antonina Rafailovna Nesterovskaya
(m. 1917; died 1950)Princess Irina Ivanovna Kurakina
(m. 1951) |
House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
Father | Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia |
Mother | Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg |
Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia (Russian: Гавриил Константинович; 15 July 1887 – 28 February 1955) was the second son of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia and his wife, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna of Russia. A great-grandson of Tsar Nicholas I, he was born in Imperial Russia and served in the army during World War I. He lost much of his family during the war and the Russian Revolution. He narrowly escaped execution by the Bolsheviks and spent the rest of his life living in exile in France.