Prince Dimitri Romanov

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Dimitri Romanovich Romanov
Prince of Russia
File:Vladimir Putin with Prince and Princess Dimitri of Russia.jpg
Prince Dimitri (c) and wife Dorrit with Vladimir Putin at a state reception
Head of the House of Romanov (disputed)
Time 15 September 2014 –present
Predecessor Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia
Heir presumptive Prince Andrew Romanov
Born (1926-05-17) 17 May 1926 (age 97)
Cap d'Antibes, France
Spouse Johanna von Kauffmann
(m. 1959; her death 1989)
Dorrit Reventlow
(m. 1993)
Full name
Dimitri Romanovich Romanov
House Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Father Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia
Mother Countess Praskovia Sheremeteva

Dimitri Romanovich Romanov (Russian: Дмитрий Романович Романов; born 17 May 1926[1] ) is a Russian prince, banker, philanthropist, and author. He is also a claimant to the headship of the Imperial House of Russia.

Early life

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Dimitri Romanovich Romanov was born on 17 May 1926 in Cap d'Antibes, France, the second son of Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia and Countess Praskovia Sheremeteva. His older brother was Prince Nicholas Romanovich. Through his paternal lineage, he is a great-great grandson of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855) and his consort, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, who founded the Nikolaevichi branch of the Russian Imperial Family.

Romanov spent the first ten years of his life in Antibes, France, where he received a traditional Russian education.[2] In 1936 his family moved to Italy, where he continued his education and for a time he lived at the Royal Palace in Rome. In 1946 his family moved to Egypt, where they lived for a number of years before returning to Italy. In 1960 he moved to Denmark, where he worked for a number of banks including the Danske Bank, where he was an executive until his retirement in 1993.[2] He is fluent in Russian, French, English, Danish, and Italian.[2]

Marriages

Romanov has been married twice. His first wife was Johanna von Kauffmann (1936–1989), whom he married in Copenhagen on 21 January 1959. After being widowed in 1989, he married Dorrit Reventlow (born 1942) in Kostroma on 28 July 1993. His second marriage was the first time a Romanov had been married in Russia since the fall of the dynasty.[3]

Charity work

Since his retirement Prince Dimitri has been involved in a number of charitable endeavours. In June 1992 he was one of seven Romanov princes who met in Paris where they decided to create the Romanov Fund for Russia with the task of carrying out charitable acts in post communist Russia.[4] He visited Russia in July 1993 on a fact finding mission to decide on what areas the charity should focus on.[5] Prince Dimitri has served as Chairman of the Romanov Fund for Russia since its creation.[5]

He is also the Chairman of the Prince Dimitri Romanov Charity Fund which he founded in 2006.[6]

Romanov Family Association

Prince Dimitri has been a member of the Romanov Family Association since 1979 the year of its creation and currently serves as a committee member.[4][7] In July 1998, he joined other members of the Imperial family in St. Petersburg to attend the funeral of the last Russian Emperor to reign, Nicholas II and his family.[8] In March 2003 the then Bulgarian Prime Minister, and former Tsar, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha invited Prince Dimitri to attend events celebrating the liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.[9]

In September 2006 after a successful lobbying campaign of the Danish royal family and President Vladimir Putin of Russia, he arranged for the remains of Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna to be moved from Denmark, where she died in exile, to Russia so she could be buried alongside her husband Emperor Alexander III.[10] After attending the divine service for Maria Feodorovna at the Roskilde Cathedral in Denmark,[11] Prince Dimitri accompanied her remains on the Danish naval ship that transferred them to Russia.[12] After their arrival, Prince Dimitri with other descendants of the Imperial family attended the reburial service in Russia.[13]

As a descendant of the Electress Sophia of Hanover he is also in the Line of succession to the British throne.[14]

Title, styles and honours

Titles and styles

N.B. Since the Russian revolution members of the Imperial family have tended to drop the territorial designation “of Russia” and use the princely title with the surname Romanov while keeping the appropriate style.[15] However this title, and even his right to the surname Romanov are disputed by some.[16]

National orders and medals

Dynastic orders

Bibliography

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Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Dimitri Romanovich of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Tsar Nicholas I of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Princess Charlotte of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Duke Peter of Oldenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Mirko Petrović-Njegoš
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. King Nicholas I of Montenegro
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Anastasija Martinović
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Princess Milica of Montenegro
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Voivode Petar Vukotić
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Milena Vukotić
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Jelena Voivodić
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Prince Dmitri Romanovich of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Count Dmitri Nikolaevich Sheremetev
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Count Sergei Dmitrievich Sheremetev
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Anna Sergeievna Sheremeteva
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Count Dmitri Sergeievich Sheremetev
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Prince Pavel Petrovich Vyazemsky
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Princess Ekaterina Pavlovna Vyazemskaya
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Maria Arkadyevna Stolypina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Countess Praskovia Dmitrievna Sheremeteva
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Count Ivan Illarionovich Vorontsov-Dashkov
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Count Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Aleksandra Kirillovna Naryshkina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Countess Irina Illarionovna Vorontsov-Dashkov
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Count Andrei Pavlovich Shuvalov
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Countess Elizabeth Andreevna Shuvalov
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Sofia Mikhailovna Vorontsova
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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  19. ↑ Order of Saint Peter
  20. ↑ Order of Petrović-Njegoš
  21. ↑ Njegoskij|org :: Grand Master Nicolas Petrovitch Njegosh decorates H.S.H. Prince Dmitri Romanovich and his wife Dorrit Reventlow with the Order of Danilo I

External links

Prince Dimitri Romanov
Cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg
Born: 17 May 1926
Other offices
Preceded by Head of the House of Romanov
(disputed)
2014–present		 Incumbent
Heir presumptive:
Prince Andrew Romanov
Lines of succession
Preceded by
Tatiana Nikolaevna Romanova
 Line of succession to the British throne Succeeded by
Elisabeth von Waldstätten
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