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''Her Highness'' Princess Tatiana Konstantinova of Russia (''Княжна Татьяна Константиовна'') ( January 23 , 1890 – August 28 , 1970 ) was the third child and oldest daughter of HIH Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich Of Russia by his wife Elisaveta Mavrikievna née HH Princess Elisabeth Of Saxe-Altenburg . In 1886 Alexander III passed a royal decree whereby only children and grandchildren through the male line of a Russian Tsar would be entitled to the title of Grand Duke or Grand Duchess. The issue of more distantly related members of the dynasty through the male line would receive the title of Prince or Princess of the Blood. Thus, Tatiana, being the great-granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, was only a Princess from birth. Princess Tatiana (not to be confused with her namesake, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaievna, second daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, born in 1897) had eight brothers and sisters. In the spring of 1911, Tatiana became engaged to Prince Konstantin Bagration-Muhranski . This caused some grumbles within the family; however, so many of the younger Romanovs were reaching marriagable age, and most did not want to leave Russia after marriage. The Tsar gave permission for Tatiana's marriage, and changed the law regarding marriage in the Imperial Family, limiting marriage of equal birth only to Grand Dukes and Duchesses, the children and grandchildren of the male line. Senior members of the family were shocked and appalled, and even went so far to call Tatiana's marriage morganatic and a façade, an effort by the tsar to change the very thing that made the family royal. The marriage, which was not, in fact, morganatic, went ahead, and on September 6 , 1911 , Tatiana married Konstantin at her father's estate, Pavlovsk . Tatiana and Konstantin had two children, Teymuraz and Natalia, who were styled "Serene Highnesses". After the outbreak of WWI, Konstantin enlisted, and was killed in action in 1915. From then on, Tatiana kept herself busy attending her children's necessities. She was especially close to her uncle, Grand Prince Dmitry Konstantinovich . After the February Revolution, she stayed with him in his palace, where she became infatuated by his ADC, Alexander Korochenzov. Urged by her uncle, she left Russia with Korochenzov and her children, who were still young infants. It was a lucky escape. Grand Prince Dmitry was executed in Saint Petersburg in January 1919. During the Russian Revolution Of 1917 , Tatiana and her two young children were helped out of the country to Romania and later to Switzerland by Alexander Korotchenzov , the ADC of her uncle, Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich . In November of 1921, Tatiana and Alexander married, but he died not quite three years later in Lausanne. Tatiana raised her two children alone, and, after they married, took the veil and became a nun. She died on August 28 , 1970 in Jerusalem . Her brother Oleg was killed in action in 1914. Three other brothers, Ioann , Konstantin and Igor , were shot by Bolsheviks in 1918. |
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