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Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna Romanova (In Russian Великая Княжна Ксения Александровна Романова) was born on the 6 April 1875 in St Petersburg and died 20 April 1960 at Wilderness House in Hampton Court, England. She was the daughter of Tsar Alexander III and Dagmar of Denmark and sister of the last crowned Tsar Nicholas II and, his brief uncrowned successor, their brother Michael.
Xenia Alexandrovna married Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich Romanov (a granson of Tsar Nicholas I on the 6 August 1894 (25th July in the "old style" Russian callender) at Peterhof. Together they had seven children.
- Princess Irina Alexandrovna Romanova
- Prince Andrei Alexandrovich Romanov
- Prince Fyodor Alexandrovich Romanov
- Prince Nikita Alexandrovich Romanov
- Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich Romanov
- Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich Romanov
- Prince Vasili Alexandrovich Romanov
Following the revolution Xenia and her husband seperated. She became a dependent of the British Royal family who in addition to an income, granted her a grace and favour house first in Windsor Great Park and then in the grounds of Hampton Court Palace, London.
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