Princess Nadejda Petrovna of Russia
Princess Nadejda Petrovna of Russia was the third child of Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia and his wife, the former Princess Milica of Montenegro.
Marriages and children
Nadejda was engaged before the outbreak of World War I to Prince Oleg Constantinovich of Russia, who was killed in action. Oleg gave her an engagement ring and asked her to return it when he went off to fight, anticipating danger. After Oleg's death, she married Prince Nicholas Vladimirovich Orlov in the Crimea in April 1917. They were among the Romanovs who escaped the Russian Revolution in 1919 aboard the British ship. Their baby daughter Princess Irina Orlova, born in March 1918, was the youngest passenger aboard the ship.The Orlovs had two daughters:
- Princess Irina Nikolaïevna Orlova ; married 1st in Rome 27 March 1940 Baron Hans von Waldstätten ; m. 2nd in The Hague 8 January 1960 Anthony Adam Zylstra She had two daughters from her first marriage.
- Princess Xenia Nikolaievna Orlova ; married 1st in Avon 27 March 1940 Paul-Marcel de Montaignac de Pessotte-Bressolles ; m. 2nd in Paris 14 March 1951 Chevalier Jean Albert d'Almont
Honours
- House of Romanov: Dame of the Imperial Order of Saint Catherine