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Vera Konstantinovna Romanov

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Vera Konstantinovna Romanov

Birth
Russia
Death
11 Jan 2001 (aged 94)
Spring Valley, Rockland County, New York, USA
Burial
Nanuet, Rockland County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Russian royalty. The great-granddaughter of Czar Nicholas I of Russia, and a cousin of Czar Nicholas II, Princess Vera was born in St. Petersburg, the youngest of the nine children of Grand Duke Konstantin of Russia and the former Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg. Her childhood happiness was shattered by the loss of her father and four of her brothers during the turbulent years of World I and the Russian Revolution, and at the age of 12 she fled to Sweden with her mother and 15-year-old brother, Prince George. She subsequently lived in Europe before emigrating to the United States in 1951. The princess, who never married, lived simply and devoutly. She made philanthropy her life's work, and was particularly active in a foundation which benefits Russian children. She resided at the Tolstoy Foundation nursing home in Spring Valley, Rockland County, New York, where she died at the age of 94. Following a funeral Mass at the Russian Orthodox Church on the property, she was interred in its cemetery, joining her brother, Prince George, whose remains had been transferred to the newly established cemetery there in 1950.
Russian royalty. The great-granddaughter of Czar Nicholas I of Russia, and a cousin of Czar Nicholas II, Princess Vera was born in St. Petersburg, the youngest of the nine children of Grand Duke Konstantin of Russia and the former Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg. Her childhood happiness was shattered by the loss of her father and four of her brothers during the turbulent years of World I and the Russian Revolution, and at the age of 12 she fled to Sweden with her mother and 15-year-old brother, Prince George. She subsequently lived in Europe before emigrating to the United States in 1951. The princess, who never married, lived simply and devoutly. She made philanthropy her life's work, and was particularly active in a foundation which benefits Russian children. She resided at the Tolstoy Foundation nursing home in Spring Valley, Rockland County, New York, where she died at the age of 94. Following a funeral Mass at the Russian Orthodox Church on the property, she was interred in its cemetery, joining her brother, Prince George, whose remains had been transferred to the newly established cemetery there in 1950.

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