Princess Nina Georgievna | |
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Princess Paul Aleksandrovich Chavchavadze | |
![]() Princess Nina in 1922 | |
Born | New Mikhailovsky Palace, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire | 20 June 1901
Died | 27 February 1974 Wellfleet, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 72)
Spouse |
Prince Paul Aleksandrovich Chavchavadze
(m. 1922) |
Issue | Prince David Chavchavadze |
House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
Father | Grand Duke George Mikhailovich |
Mother | Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark |
Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia (Russian: Нина Георгиевна) (20 June 1901 – 27 February 1974), was the elder daughter of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia. A great-granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, she left her native country in 1914, before World War I finished her education in England and spent the rest of her life in exile. In London in 1922, she married Prince Paul Chavchavadze, a descendant of the last king of Georgia. They had one child, Prince David Chavchavadze, born there two years later. In 1927 the family of three moved to the United States and settled in New York. In 1939 they bought a home in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Princess Nina was an artist, her husband worked as an author; he wrote five books and translated several others. Their son, Prince David Chavchavadze, served with the U.S. Army during World War II and, thanks in part to his knowledge of Russian, eventually became a CIA officer. After his retirement, he wrote his memoirs and published those of his grandmother, Grand Duchess George, as well as a book about the grand dukes of Russia.
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