Princess Catherine Yurievskaya

Princess Catherine Yurievskaya
Princess Catherine Yurievskaya
	Yuryevskaya, during her singing career
Full name	Russian: Екатерина Александровна Юрьевская
Born	9 September 1878; St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	22 December 1959 (aged 81); Hayling Island, England
Buried	St Peter's Church, Hayling Island
Noble family	Yuryevsky (by birth); Baryatinsky (by marriage); Obolensky (by marriage);
Spouse(s)	; Prince Alexander Baryatinsky (m. 1901; died 1910) ; Prince Sergei Obolensky (m. 1916; div. 1923)
Issue	Prince Andrei Baryatinsky ; Prince Alexander Baryatinsky
Father	Alexander II of Russia
Mother	Catherine Dolgorukova

Princess Catherine Alexandrovna Yurievskaya (Russian: Екатерина Александровна Юрьевская, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Yurievskaya; 9 September 1878 (O.S.) – 22 December 1959) was the natural daughter of Alexander II of Russia by his mistress (later his wife), Princess Catherine Dolgorukova. In 1880, she was legitimated by her parents' morganatic marriage. In her own family, she was known as Katia.

After her father's assassination in 1881, her mother brought her up in France. She was married there in 1901, having two sons, but was widowed in 1910. Her second marriage came during the First World War in Russia, and she suffered hardships during the ensuing Russian Civil War. In the 1920s, she became a professional singer. In 1932, she moved to the UK where she settled on Hayling Island in Hampshire, where she died in 1959.