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Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia

January 01, 1970

Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (Russian: Великий князь Константин Николаевич; 21 September 1827 – 25 January 1892) was the Emperor's Viceroy of Poland from 1862 to 1863.

Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich
Grand Duke of Russia
Photograph, c. 1880
9th Viceroy of the Kingdom of Poland
In office
27 May 1862 – 19 October 1863
MonarchAlexander II
Preceded byAlexander von Lüders
Succeeded byFriedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg
Born(1827-09-21)21 September 1827
Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died25 January 1892(1892-01-25) (aged 64)
Pavlovsk Palace, Pavlovsk, Russian Empire
Burial
Grand Ducal Mausoleum, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Spouse
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(m. 1848)​
Issue
Detail
Names
Konstantin Nikolayevich Romanov
HouseHolstein-Gottorp-Romanov
FatherNicholas I of Russia
MotherCharlotte of Prussia

Early life edit

Konstantin Nikolayevich was born as the second son of Nicholas I and his wife, Charlotte of Prussia, daughter of Frederick William III of Prussia and his first wife, Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Biography edit

The Grand Duke was a supporter of the liberal (sometimes referred to as "enlightened") bureaucrats during the period of his brother Alexander II's great reforms. He served as chairman of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society (founded in 1845). The Geographical Society was subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was home to a conspicuous number of liberal bureaucrats [ru], including Nikolai Miliutin.

In addition to his support of and participation in the 1861 emancipation of the serfs, the Grand Duke also instituted reforms in the Imperial Russian Navy from 1854.

Konstantin's brother, Alexander II of Russia was supposed[by whom?] to have said: "Let the Poles have their own court and intrigues." Though the Grand Duke tried to show a liberal attitude towards the Poles, his efforts came too late and he was recalled with the outbreak of the January Uprising in 1863.

Marriage and issue edit

In the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, on 11 September 1848, Konstantin married Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, daughter of Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and his wife, Duchess Amelia of Württemberg. They had six children:

At the end of the 1860s, Konstantin embarked on an affair, having an illegitimate daughter, Marie Condousso.

Konstantin had five illegitimate children with his mistress Anna Kuznetsova (1847–1922); they bore the last name Knyazev:

  • Sergey Konstantinovich Knyazev (1873–1873); died as an infant.
  • Marina Konstantinovna Knyazeva (8 December 1875 – 8 June 1941); married Alexander Pavlovich Erchov on 23 April 1894. They had nine children.
  • Anna Konstantinovna Knyazeva (16 March 1878 – 5 February 1920); married Nicholas Lialine on 17 April 1898. They had three children.
  • Izmail Konstantinovich Knyazev (2 August 1879 – 1885); died of scarlet fever.
  • Lev Konstantinovich Knyazev (April 1883 – 1885); died of scarlet fever.

Konstantin was the paternal great-great-grandfather of King Charles III of the United Kingdom, since his daughter Olga married George I of Greece, whose son Andrew married Princess Alice of Battenberg, and they became the parents of Philip, Charles' father. Through Constantine I of Greece, another son of Olga and George I, Konstantin is also the paternal great-great-grandfather of Queen Sofía of Spain, mother of King Felipe VI.

In fiction edit

The Grand Duke is a central character in Act III of the novel Forty-Ninth[1] by Boris Pronsky and Craig Britton. In the book, Konstantin is the brains behind the liberal reforms of his brother, Russian Emperor Alexander II, as well as the sale of Alaska to the United States.

Honours edit

National orders and decorations
Foreign orders and decorations

Ancestry edit

References edit

  1. ^ Boris, Pronsky; Britton, Craig. Forty-Ninth. pp. 114–171. ISBN 9798201386238.
  2. ^ Sveriges och Norges Statskalender (in Swedish), 1876, pp. 473, 717, retrieved 20 February 2019 – via runeberg.org
  3. ^ "Königlich Preussische Ordensliste", Preussische Ordens-Liste (in German), 1, Berlin: 4, 11, 934, 1886
  4. ^ Jørgen Pedersen (2009). Riddere af Elefantordenen, 1559–2009 (in Danish). Syddansk Universitetsforlag. p. 468. ISBN 978-87-7674-434-2.
  5. ^ Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1859), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 12
  6. ^ Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1847), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" p. 27
  7. ^ Württemberg (1869). Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreichs Württemberg: 1869. p. 31.
  8. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch für das Königreich Hannover. Berenberg. 1854. pp. 33 63.
  9. ^ "Militaire Willems-Orde: Romanov, Constantin Nicolajevitsj" [Military William Order: Romanov, Konstantin Nikolaevich]. Ministerie van Defensie (in Dutch). 30 August 1849. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Militaire Willems-Orde: Romanov, Constantin Nicolajevitsj" [Military William Order: Romanov, Konstantin Nikolaevich]. Ministerie van Defensie (in Dutch). 3 June 1857. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Ritter-Orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1892, pp. 67, 69, retrieved 2 November 2019
  12. ^ Bayern (1867). Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern: 1867. Landesamt. p. 9.
  13. ^ Almanacco di corte (in Italian). 1858. pp. 240, 318. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  14. ^ Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Oldenburg: 1879. Schulze. 1879. p. 31.
  15. ^ Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein (1879), "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen ", p. 10
  16. ^ Luigi Cibrario (1869). Notizia storica del nobilissimo ordine supremo della santissima Annunziata. Sunto degli statuti, catalogo dei cavalieri. Eredi Botta. p. 116.
  17. ^ M. & B. Wattel. (2009). Les Grand'Croix de la Légion d'honneur de 1805 à nos jours. Titulaires français et étrangers. Paris: Archives & Culture. p. 515. ISBN 978-2-35077-135-9.
  18. ^ Ferdinand Veldekens (1858). Le livre d'or de l'ordre de Léopold et de la croix de fer. lelong. p. 213.
  19. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1858), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 34, 48
  20. ^ Staatshandbuch für den Freistaat Sachsen: 1865/66. Heinrich. 1866. p. 4.
  21. ^ Napoli (Stato) (1857). Almanacco reale del Regno delle Due Sicilie: per l'anno ... Stamp. Reale. p. 406.
  22. ^ "Real y distinguida orden de Carlos III", Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish), 1887, p. 158, retrieved 21 March 2019
  • Chavchavadze, David. The Grand Dukes. Atlantic, 1989. ISBN 0-938311-11-5
  • Ferrand, Jacques, Descendances naturelles des souverains et grands-ducs de Russie, de 1762 à 1910 : répertoire généalogique,1995.
  • King, Greg, and Wilson, Penny. Gilded Prism. Eurohistory, 2006. ISBN 0-9771961-4-3
  • Van Der Kiste, John. The Romanovs 1818–1959. Sutton Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-7509-2275-3.
  • Zeepvat, Charlotte. Romanov Autumn. Sutton Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7509-2739-9

External links edit

  •   Media related to Constantine Nikolaievich of Russia at Wikimedia Commons
  •   Works by or about Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia at Wikisource

January 01, 1970
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Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia Russian Velikij knyaz Konstantin Nikolaevich 21 September 1827 25 January 1892 was the Emperor s Viceroy of Poland from 1862 to 1863 Grand Duke Konstantin NikolayevichGrand Duke of RussiaPhotograph c 18809th Viceroy of the Kingdom of PolandIn office 27 May 1862 19 October 1863MonarchAlexander IIPreceded byAlexander von LudersSucceeded byFriedrich Wilhelm Rembert von BergBorn 1827 09 21 21 September 1827Winter Palace Saint Petersburg Russian EmpireDied25 January 1892 1892 01 25 aged 64 Pavlovsk Palace Pavlovsk Russian EmpireBurialGrand Ducal Mausoleum St Petersburg Russian EmpireSpouseAlexandra of Saxe Altenburg m 1848 wbr IssueDetailGrand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich Olga Konstantinovna Queen of the Hellenes Vera Konstantinovna Duchess Eugen of Wurttemberg Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich Grand Duke Dimitri Konstantinovich Grand Duke Vyacheslav KonstantinovichNamesKonstantin Nikolayevich RomanovHouseHolstein Gottorp RomanovFatherNicholas I of RussiaMotherCharlotte of Prussia Contents 1 Early life 2 Biography 3 Marriage and issue 4 In fiction 5 Honours 6 Ancestry 7 References 8 External linksEarly life editKonstantin Nikolayevich was born as the second son of Nicholas I and his wife Charlotte of Prussia daughter of Frederick William III of Prussia and his first wife Louise of Mecklenburg Strelitz Biography editThe Grand Duke was a supporter of the liberal sometimes referred to as enlightened bureaucrats during the period of his brother Alexander II s great reforms He served as chairman of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society founded in 1845 The Geographical Society was subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs which was home to a conspicuous number of liberal bureaucrats ru including Nikolai Miliutin In addition to his support of and participation in the 1861 emancipation of the serfs the Grand Duke also instituted reforms in the Imperial Russian Navy from 1854 Konstantin s brother Alexander II of Russia was supposed by whom to have said Let the Poles have their own court and intrigues Though the Grand Duke tried to show a liberal attitude towards the Poles his efforts came too late and he was recalled with the outbreak of the January Uprising in 1863 Marriage and issue editIn the Winter Palace in St Petersburg on 11 September 1848 Konstantin married Alexandra of Saxe Altenburg daughter of Joseph Duke of Saxe Altenburg and his wife Duchess Amelia of Wurttemberg They had six children Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia 1850 1918 Olga Konstantinovna Queen of the Hellenes 1851 1926 Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia 1854 1912 Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia 1858 1915 Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia 1860 1919 Grand Duke Vyacheslav Konstantinovich of Russia 1862 1879 died of brain hemorrhage At the end of the 1860s Konstantin embarked on an affair having an illegitimate daughter Marie Condousso Konstantin had five illegitimate children with his mistress Anna Kuznetsova 1847 1922 they bore the last name Knyazev Sergey Konstantinovich Knyazev 1873 1873 died as an infant Marina Konstantinovna Knyazeva 8 December 1875 8 June 1941 married Alexander Pavlovich Erchov on 23 April 1894 They had nine children Anna Konstantinovna Knyazeva 16 March 1878 5 February 1920 married Nicholas Lialine on 17 April 1898 They had three children Izmail Konstantinovich Knyazev 2 August 1879 1885 died of scarlet fever Lev Konstantinovich Knyazev April 1883 1885 died of scarlet fever Konstantin was the paternal great great grandfather of King Charles III of the United Kingdom since his daughter Olga married George I of Greece whose son Andrew married Princess Alice of Battenberg and they became the parents of Philip Charles father Through Constantine I of Greece another son of Olga and George I Konstantin is also the paternal great great grandfather of Queen Sofia of Spain mother of King Felipe VI In fiction editThe Grand Duke is a central character in Act III of the novel Forty Ninth 1 by Boris Pronsky and Craig Britton In the book Konstantin is the brains behind the liberal reforms of his brother Russian Emperor Alexander II as well as the sale of Alaska to the United States Honours editNational orders and decorations Knight of St Andrew 1827 Knight of St Alexander Nevsky 1827 Knight of the White Eagle 1827 Knight of St Anna 1st Class 1827 Knight of St George 4th Class 1849 Knight of St Vladimir 1st Class 1853 Knight of St Stanislaus 1st Class 1865 Foreign orders and decorations nbsp Sweden Norway 2 Knight of the Seraphim 12 June 1838 Grand Cross of St Olav 11 August 1865 nbsp Kingdom of Prussia 3 Knight of the Black Eagle 14 June 1838 with Collar 1857 Pour le Merite military 18 August 1849 Grand Commander s Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern 9 December 1865 nbsp Denmark Knight of the Elephant 23 July 1844 4 nbsp Saxe Weimar Eisenach Grand Cross of the White Falcon 19 September 1846 5 nbsp nbsp nbsp Ernestine duchies Grand Cross of the Saxe Ernestine House Order October 1846 6 nbsp Wurttemberg Grand Cross of the Wurttemberg Crown 1846 7 nbsp Kingdom of Hanover 8 Knight of St George 1847 Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order 1847 nbsp Netherlands Knight of the Military William Order 3rd Class 30 August 1849 9 Commander 3 June 1857 10 nbsp Austrian Empire 11 Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St Stephen 1849 Knight of the Military Order of Maria Theresa 1849 nbsp Kingdom of Bavaria Knight of St Hubert 1849 12 nbsp Duchy of Parma 13 Grand Cross of St Louis for Civil Merit 1850 Senator Grand Cross of the Constantinian Order of St George 1852 nbsp Oldenburg Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig with Golden Crown 9 March 1853 14 nbsp Grand Duchy of Hesse Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order 18 February 1857 15 nbsp Kingdom of Sardinia Knight of the Annunciation 26 February 1857 16 nbsp French Empire Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour May 1857 17 nbsp Belgium Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold military 1 June 1857 18 nbsp Baden 19 Knight of the House Order of Fidelity 1857 Grand Cross of the Zahringer Lion 1857 nbsp Kingdom of Saxony Knight of the Rue Crown 1857 20 nbsp Two Sicilies Grand Cross of St Ferdinand and Merit 21 nbsp Spain Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III 15 November 1880 22 Ancestry editAncestors of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia8 Peter III of Russia4 Paul I of Russia9 Catherine the Great2 Nicholas I of Russia10 Frederick II Eugene Duke of Wurttemberg5 Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Wurttemburg11 Princess Friederike of Brandenburg Schwedt1 Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia12 Frederick William II of Prussia6 Frederick William III of Prussia13 Frederica Louisa of Hesse Darmstadt3 Princess Charlotte of Prussia14 Charles II Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz7 Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg Strelitz15 Princess Friederike of Hesse DarmstadtReferences edit Boris Pronsky Britton Craig Forty Ninth pp 114 171 ISBN 9798201386238 Sveriges och Norges Statskalender in Swedish 1876 pp 473 717 retrieved 20 February 2019 via runeberg org Koniglich Preussische Ordensliste Preussische Ordens Liste in German 1 Berlin 4 11 934 1886 Jorgen Pedersen 2009 Riddere af Elefantordenen 1559 2009 in Danish Syddansk Universitetsforlag p 468 ISBN 978 87 7674 434 2 Staatshandbuch fur das Grossherzogtum Sachsen Sachsen Weimar Eisenach 1859 Grossherzogliche Hausorden p 12 Staatshandbucher fur das Herzogtum Sachsen Coburg und Gotha 1847 Herzogliche Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden p 27 Wurttemberg 1869 Hof und Staats Handbuch des Konigreichs Wurttemberg 1869 p 31 Hof und Staats Handbuch fur das Konigreich Hannover Berenberg 1854 pp 33 63 Militaire Willems Orde Romanov Constantin Nicolajevitsj Military William Order Romanov Konstantin Nikolaevich Ministerie van Defensie in Dutch 30 August 1849 Retrieved 10 August 2020 Militaire Willems Orde Romanov Constantin Nicolajevitsj Military William Order Romanov Konstantin Nikolaevich Ministerie van Defensie in Dutch 3 June 1857 Retrieved 10 August 2020 Ritter Orden Hof und Staatshandbuch der Osterreichisch Ungarischen Monarchie 1892 pp 67 69 retrieved 2 November 2019 Bayern 1867 Hof und Staatshandbuch des Konigreichs Bayern 1867 Landesamt p 9 Almanacco di corte in Italian 1858 pp 240 318 Retrieved 24 April 2019 Hof und Staatshandbuch des Grossherzogtums Oldenburg 1879 Schulze 1879 p 31 Staatshandbuch fur das Grossherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein 1879 Grossherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen p 10 Luigi Cibrario 1869 Notizia storica del nobilissimo ordine supremo della santissima Annunziata Sunto degli statuti catalogo dei cavalieri Eredi Botta p 116 M amp B Wattel 2009 Les Grand Croix de la Legion d honneur de 1805 a nos jours Titulaires francais et etrangers Paris Archives amp Culture p 515 ISBN 978 2 35077 135 9 Ferdinand Veldekens 1858 Le livre d or de l ordre de Leopold et de la croix de fer lelong p 213 Hof und Staats Handbuch des Grossherzogtum Baden 1858 Grossherzogliche Orden pp 34 48 Staatshandbuch fur den Freistaat Sachsen 1865 66 Heinrich 1866 p 4 Napoli Stato 1857 Almanacco reale del Regno delle Due Sicilie per l anno Stamp Reale p 406 Real y distinguida orden de Carlos III Guia Oficial de Espana in Spanish 1887 p 158 retrieved 21 March 2019 Chavchavadze David The Grand Dukes Atlantic 1989 ISBN 0 938311 11 5 Ferrand Jacques Descendances naturelles des souverains et grands ducs de Russie de 1762 a 1910 repertoire genealogique 1995 King Greg and Wilson Penny Gilded Prism Eurohistory 2006 ISBN 0 9771961 4 3 Van Der Kiste John The Romanovs 1818 1959 Sutton Publishing 1999 ISBN 0 7509 2275 3 Zeepvat Charlotte Romanov Autumn Sutton Publishing 2000 ISBN 0 7509 2739 9External links edit nbsp Media related to Constantine Nikolaievich of Russia at Wikimedia Commons nbsp Works by or about Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia at Wikisource Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Grand Duke 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