Princess Olga Constantinovna …Age: 751851–1926
- Name
- Princess Olga Constantinovna …
- Given names
- Olga Constantinovna
- Name prefix
- Princess
| Birth | 1851 24 21 |
| Australian History | 1851 Note: Victoria separates from New South Wales. Note: The Victorian gold rush starts when gold is found at Summerhill Creek and Ballarat. Note: Forest Creek Monster Meeting of miners at Chewton near Castlemaine |
| Australian History | 1853 (Age 2) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 3) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 1855 (Age 4)
paternal grandfather -
Nicholas I Romanov Tsar Of Russia
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| Australian History | 1855 (Age 4) Note: The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases. Note: All men over 21 years of age obtain the right to vote in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1856 (Age 5) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 6) Note: Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together. Note: Victorian men achieve the right to vote. |
| Birth of a brother | 1858 (Age 7)
younger brother -
Constantine Romanov
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| Australian History | 1858 (Age 7) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 8) Note: SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives. Note: Australian rules football codified, Melbourne Football Club founded Note: Queensland separates from New South Wales with its western border at 141 degrees E. |
| Birth of a brother | 1860 (Age 9)
younger brother -
Dimitri Romanov
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| Death of a paternal grandmother | 1860 (Age 9)
paternal grandmother -
Princess Charlotte … Of Prussia
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| Australian History | 1860 (Age 9) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1861 (Age 10) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra |
| Australian History | 1862 (Age 11) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 12) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Marriage | George Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg - View family 1867 (Age 16) |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 16) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Birth of a son #1 | 2 August 1868 (Age 17) Athens, Greece |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | 1868 (Age 17)
maternal grandfather -
Duke Joseph … Of Saxe-Altenburg
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| Australian History | 1868 (Age 17) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Birth of a son #2 | 1869 (Age 18)
son -
George Oldenburg
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| Australian History | 1869 (Age 18) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 1870 (Age 19)
daughter -
Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
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| Birth of a son #4 | 1872 (Age 21) |
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 21) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 22) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 24) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | 1876 (Age 25)
daughter -
Mary …
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 27) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 28) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 29) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Birth of a son #6 | 1882 (Age 31) |
| Marriage of a brother | Nicholas Romanov - View family 1882 (Age 31)
elder brother -
Nicholas Romanov
sister-in-law -
Nadezhda Dreyer
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 31) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 32) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Marriage of a brother | Constantine Romanov - View family 1884 (Age 33)
younger brother -
Constantine Romanov
sister-in-law -
Elizabeth …
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 36) Note: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne. |
| Birth of a son #7 | 1888 (Age 37)
son -
Christopher Oldenburg
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| Marriage of a son | Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece - View family 27 October 1889 (Age 38) Athens, Greece
daughter-in-law -
Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia
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| Marriage of a daughter | Princess Alexandra … Of Greece - View family 1889 (Age 38)
son-in-law -
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
daughter -
Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 38) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 19 July 1890 (Age 39) Tatoi, Near Athens, Greece
grandson -
George II Oldenburg King Of Greece
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| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | 1890 (Age 39)
granddaughter -
Maria Pavlovna Romanov
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| Australian History | 1890 (Age 39) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | 1891 (Age 40)
grandson -
Dmitri Pavlovich Romanov Grand Duke
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| Death of a daughter | 1891 (Age 40)
daughter -
Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1891 (Age 40) Note: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. Note: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted. Note: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status Note: A severe depression hits Australia |
| Death of a father | 1892 (Age 41) |
| Australian History | 1892 (Age 41) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | 1 August 1893 (Age 42) Tatoi, Greece
grandson -
Alexander I Oldenburg King Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1893 (Age 42) Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony. |
| Australian History | 1894 (Age 43) Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office. |
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 44) Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | 2 May 1896 (Age 45) Athens, Greece
granddaughter -
Princess Helen … Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1896 (Age 45) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 46) Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year. Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1898 (Age 47) Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join. |
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 48) Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world. Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War. |
| Marriage of a daughter | Mary … - View family 1900 (Age 49)
son-in-law -
George Romanov
daughter -
Mary …
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| Australian History | 1900 (Age 49) Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | 14 December 1901 (Age 50) Athens, Greece
grandson -
Paul I Oldenburg King Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1901 (Age 50) Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time |
| Marriage of a son | Prince Nicholas … Of Greece - View family 1902 (Age 51)
daughter-in-law -
Grand Duchess Helen Vladimirovna Romanov Of Russia
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| Australian History | 1902 (Age 51) Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag. Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered |
| Marriage of a son | Prince Andrew … Of Greece - View family 1903 (Age 52)
daughter-in-law -
Princess Alice … Of Battenberg
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| Australian History | 1903 (Age 52) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 53) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | 1905 (Age 54)
granddaughter -
Margarita Mountbatten
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| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | 30 November 1906 (Age 55) Athens, Greece
granddaughter -
Princess Marina … Of Greece
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| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | 1906 (Age 55)
granddaughter -
Theodora Mountbatten
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 55) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Marriage of a son | George Oldenburg - View family 1907 (Age 56)
son -
George Oldenburg
daughter-in-law -
Mary …
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| Birth of a grandson #10 | 1908 (Age 57)
grandson -
Peter Oldenburg
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| Marriage of a granddaughter | Maria Pavlovna Romanov - View family 1908 (Age 57)
granddaughter's husband -
William … Prince Of Sweden
granddaughter -
Maria Pavlovna Romanov
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| Australian History | 1908 (Age 57) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Australian History | 1909 (Age 58) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | 1910 (Age 59)
granddaughter -
Eugenia Oldenburg
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| Australian History | 1910 (Age 59) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #12 | 1911 (Age 60)
granddaughter -
Princess Cecilie Mountbatten Of Greece
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| Death of a mother | 1911 (Age 60) |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 60) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1912 (Age 61) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra |
| Birth of a grandson #13 | 1913 (Age 62)
grandson -
Child 6 …
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| Death of a husband | 18 March 1913 (Age 62) Salonika, Greece |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 62) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'. |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 62) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Birth of a granddaughter #14 | 1914 (Age 63)
granddaughter -
Sophia …
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| Australian History | 1914 (Age 63) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's. |
| Death of a brother | 1915 (Age 64)
younger brother -
Constantine Romanov
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| Australian History | 1915 (Age 64) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1916 (Age 65) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected |
| Australian History | 1917 (Age 66) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks. |
| Death of a brother | 1918 (Age 67)
elder brother -
Nicholas Romanov
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| Australian History | 1918 (Age 67) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth. |
| Marriage of a grandson | Alexander I Oldenburg King Of Greece - View family 4 November 1919 (Age 68) Athens, Greece
grandson -
Alexander I Oldenburg King Of Greece
grandson's wife -
Aspasia Manos
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| Death of a brother | 1919 (Age 68)
younger brother -
Dimitri Romanov
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| Australian History | 1919 (Age 68) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea. |
| Marriage of a son | Christopher Oldenburg - View family 1920 (Age 69)
son -
Christopher Oldenburg
daughter-in-law -
Anastasia Stewart
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| Death of a grandson | 25 October 1920 (Age 69) Athens, Greece
grandson -
Alexander I Oldenburg King Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1920 (Age 69) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Marriage of a grandson | George II Oldenburg King Of Greece - View family 27 February 1921 (Age 70) Bucharest, Romania
grandson -
George II Oldenburg King Of Greece
grandson's wife -
Princess Elizabeth Hohenzollern Of Romania
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| Marriage of a granddaughter | Princess Helen … Of Greece - View family 10 March 1921 (Age 70) Athens, Greece
granddaughter's husband -
Carol II Hohenzollern King Of Romania
granddaughter -
Princess Helen … Of Greece
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| Birth of a grandson #15 | 10 June 1921 (Age 70) Isle Of Kerkira, Mon Repos, Corfu, Greece
grandson -
Philip Mountbatten
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| Australian History | 1921 (Age 70) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Marriage of a daughter | Mary … - View family 1922 (Age 71)
son-in-law -
Perikles Joannides …
daughter -
Mary …
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| Australian History | 1922 (Age 71) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Death of a son | 11 January 1923 (Age 72) Palermo, Italy |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 72) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Marriage of a grandson | Dmitri Pavlovich Romanov Grand Duke - View family 1926 (on the date of death) Biarritz, France
grandson -
Dmitri Pavlovich Romanov Grand Duke
grandson's wife -
Audrey Emery
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| Australian History | 1926 (on the date of death) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Death | 1926 (Age 75) |
| Burial | November 1936 (10 years after death) Tatoi, Near Athens, Greece |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievitch … Of Russia
Birth 1827 31 29 Death 1892 (Age 65) Loading...
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3 years mother |
Princess Elizabeth Alexandra … Of Saxe
Birth 1830 Death 1911 (Age 81) Loading...
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Marriage: 1848 |
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2 years #1 elder brother |
Nicholas Romanov
Birth 1850 23 20 Death 1918 (Age 68) Loading...
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1 year #2 herself |
Princess Olga Constantinovna …
Birth 1851 24 21 Death 1926 (Age 75) Loading...
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7 years #3 younger brother |
Constantine Romanov
Birth 1858 31 28 Death 1915 (Age 57) Loading...
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2 years #4 younger brother |
Dimitri Romanov
Birth 1860 33 30 Death 1919 (Age 59) Loading...
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| Family with George Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg - View family |
| husband |
George Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Birth 24 December 1845 27 28 Copenhagen, Denmark Death 18 March 1913 (Age 67) Salonika, Greece Loading...
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5 years herself |
Princess Olga Constantinovna …
Birth 1851 24 21 Death 1926 (Age 75) Loading...
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Marriage: 1867 |
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19 months #1 son |
Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece
Birth 2 August 1868 22 17 Athens, Greece Death 11 January 1923 (Age 54) Palermo, Italy Loading...
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5 months #2 son |
George Oldenburg
Birth 1869 23 18 Death 1957 (Age 88) Loading...
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1 year #3 daughter |
Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
Birth 1870 24 19 Death 1891 (Age 21) Loading...
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2 years #4 son |
Prince Nicholas … Of Greece
Birth 1872 26 21 Death 1938 (Age 66) Loading...
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4 years #5 daughter |
Mary …
Birth 1876 30 25 Death 1940 (Age 64) Loading...
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6 years #6 son |
Prince Andrew … Of Greece
Birth 1882 36 31 Death 1944 (Age 62) Loading...
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6 years #7 son |
Christopher Oldenburg
Birth 1888 42 37 Death 1940 (Age 52) Loading...
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| #8 daughter |
Olga …
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Princess Olga Constantinovna … has 16 first cousins recorded
Father's family (16)
Parents Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia + Princess Catherine Yourievska
Parents Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia + Marie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt
Parents Michael Romanov + Cecily (Olga) …
Mother's family (0)
Extra information
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