Xenia Alexandrovna (1876–1960)

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Xenia Alexandrovna (1876–1960)

Grand duchess . Name variations: Xenia Romanov or Romanof. Born on April 6, 1876 (some sources cite April 18, 1875); died on April 20, 1960, in London, England; daughter of Marie Feodorovna (1847–1928) and Alexander III (1845–1894), tsar of Russia (r. 1881–1894); sister of Nicholas II, tsar of Russia (r. 1894–1917); married Alexander Michaelovitch (1866–1933, grandson of Nicholas I of Russia), grand duke, on July 25, 1894; children: Irina (1895–1970, who married Felix Yussoupov, count Soumarokov-Elston); Andrew (b. 1897); Theodore (b. 1898); Nikita (b. 1900); Dmitri (b. 1901); Rostislav (b. 1902); Basil (b. 1907).