Countess Alexandra Constantinovna von Zarnekau (russian: графиня Александра Константиновна Зарнекау, – 28 May 1957) was the eldest daughter of

Duke Constantine Petrovich of Oldenburg Duke Constantine Frederick Peter of Oldenburg (german: Herzog Konstantin Friedrich Peter von Oldenburg; russian: Константин Петрович Ольденбургский, tr. ; 9 May 1850 – 18 March 1906) was a son of Duke Peter Georgi ...

and his Georgian wife, Princess

Agrippina Japaridze Agrippina, Countess von Zarnekau (née Agrippina Constantines asuli Japaridze; ka, აგრაფინა ჯაფარიძე, გრაფინია ფონ ზარნეკაუ) (October 25 November o.s., 1855 - October 18, 19 ...

, Countess von Zarnekau, formerly married to the Georgian Prince

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. At age 16, on 16 February 1900, Countess Alexandra married

Prince George Alexandrovich Yuryevsky Prince George Alexandrovich Yuryevsky (russian: Гео́ргий Алекса́ндрович Ю́рьевский; 12 May 1872 Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html"_;"title="0_April_1872_Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O._S.–_13_September_1913)_wa ...

, the son of

Tsar Alexander II Alexander II ( rus, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Fin ...

by his mistress (and later wife), Ekaterina Mikhailovna Dolgorukova, the Princess Yourievskya. They were married at

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, and had one child, Prince Alexander Georgievich Yourievsky, who was born 21 December 1900. Alexandra and George divorced in 1908. Countess Alexandra married secondly to Lev Vassilievich Naryshkin on 17 October 1908 at

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, France. During

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, Countess Alexandra worked as an administrator of the Russian hospital at Saloniki.''

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'', 2 Feb 1917 After the war, she moved in Paris, France, where she died on 28 May 1957.

References

Bibliography

*''Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage'', Kelly's Directories 1963, p. 19 *Arnold McNaughton, ''The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, Vol. 1'', Garnstone Press 1973, pp. 216, 311 *Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, ''Burke's Royal Families of the World'', Vol. 1, Burke's Peerage 1977
"Aleksandra Konstantinovna von Zarnekau, Countess von Zarnekau"
at ''The Peerage'' *Edvard Radzinsky and Antonina Bouis, ''Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar'', Simon & Schuster 2006 *Alexandre Tarsaidze, ''Katia: Wife Before God'', Macmillan 1970, p. 287 *John Van Der Kiste, ''The Romanovs, 1818 - 1959: Alexander II of Russia and His Family'', Sutton Publications 1998, p. 215 llus. Family Tree {{DEFAULTSORT:Alexandra Von Zarnekau 1883 births 1957 deaths White Russian emigrants to France Countesses of the Russian Empire Russian women of World War I Russian people of Georgian descent Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France