Chapter 13
Volume VIII

His Imperial Highness
Grand Duke Dimitri Constantinovich
( 1860 - 1919 )

Essential Data

Born: At Strelna Palace, St.Petersburg, June 13th, 1860 n.st.
Christened: In the Winter Palace Church.
Godparents: Emperor Alexander II and Grand Duchess Alexandra
Petrovna.
Name day: October 4th, Saint Dimitri of Rostov.
Nickname: Mitya
Parents: Grand Duke Constantine Nicolaevich of Russia and Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna, née Princess of Sachsen-Altenburg.
Died: Executed in Petropavlovsk Fortress on January 21, 1919 n.st.
Buried: Common grave inside Petropavlovsk Fortress, exact site doubtful.
Relationship to author: First cousin of Grandfather.
Residence in Russia: Strelna Palace.
Diaries: ?
Biography: None.
Biographical sketch: in "The Grand Dukes" by Prince David Chavchavadze, my source 8585.

Episodic Biography: 27461 words, with a fairly long description of the Coronation ceremony of Nicholas II, and:
1. Reproduction, Photograph. Standing ( 1906 ? ).
2. Reproduction, Photograph. Riding, profile ( 1861 ? ).
3. Reproduction, Photograph. Bust, dateable circa 1891.
4. Reproduction, Photograph. Riding, sabre raised ( 1902 )
5. Reproduction, Photograph. Group, Izmailovsky Regimental ceremony, with Emperor and Grand Dukes ( 1906 to 1911).
6. Reproduction, Photograph. Bust ( 1914 ?)
7. Reproduction, Photograph. Bust ( 1914 ?)

Immediate Ancestors of Dimitri:
1. Dimitri.

First Generation:
2 Grand Duke Constantine Nicolaevich. (1827-1892).
3 Princess Alexandra of Sachsen-Altenburg. (1830-1911).

Second Generation:
4 Emperor Nicholas I. (1796-1855).
5 Princess Charlotte of Prussia - Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia.
(1798-1860).
6 Duke Joseph of Sachsen-Altenburg. (1789-1868).
7 Princess Amelie of Württemberg. (1799-1848).

Third Generation:
8 Emperor Paul I. (1754-1801).
9 Princess Sophie of Württemberg - Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia.
(1759-1828).
10 King Friedrich-Wilhelm III of Prussia. (1770-1840).
11 Princess Luise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. (1776-1810).
12 Duke Friedrich of Sachsen-Hildburghausen. (1763-1834).
13 Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. (1769-1818).
14 Prince Ludwig-Friedrich of Württemberg. (1756-1817).
15 Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg. (1780-1857).

Fourth Generation:
16 - Emperor Peter III Feodorovich. ( Duke Peter Ulrich of Holstein-Gottorp ).
(1728-1762).
17 - Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst - Empress Catherine II Alexeevna 'the
Great' . (1729-1796).
18 - Duke Friedrich II Eugen of Württemberg. (1732-1797).
19 - Markgravine Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt. (1736-1798).
20 - King Friedrich-Wilhelm II of Prussia. (1744-1797).
21 - Landgravine Friederike of Hessen-Darmstadt. (1751-1805).
22 - Duke Karl-Ludwig of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. (1741-1816).
23 - Princess Friederike Karoline of Hessen-Darmstadt. (1752-1782).
24 - Duke Ernst-Friedrich III of Sachsen-Altenburg. (1727-1780).
25 - Duchess Ernestine of Sachsen-Weimar. (1740-1786).
26 - Grand Duke Karl II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. (1741-1816).
27 - Landgravine Friederike of Hessen-Darmstadt. (1752-1782).
28 - Duke Duke Friedrich-Eugen II of Württemberg. (1732-1797).
29 - Markgravine Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt.(1736-1798).
30 - Prince Karl-Christian of Nassau-Weilburg. (1735-1788).
31 - Princess Karoline of Orange. (1745-1787).

Close relatives of suitable age (+/- 5 years )
Brothers:
Constantine + 2
Wyacheslav - 2

First Cousins in Russia:
Nicholas Nicolaevich + 4
Serge Alexandrovich +3
Helen Gheorghievna of Mecklenburg-Strelitz +3
Nicholas Mihailovich +1
George Gheorghevich of Mecklenburg-Strelitz +1
Anastasia Mihailovna =
Paul Alexandrovich =
Michael M Mihailovich -1
George Mihailovich - 3
Karl-Michael of Mecklenburg-Strelitz -3
Peter Nicolaevich -5

First Cousins abroad:
Georg-Ludwig of Oldenburg +5

Second Cousins abroad:
Marie of Prussia +5
Leopold of Anhalt +5
Friedrich of Anhalt +4
Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ( later Maria Pavlovna ) +4
Marie-Gabrielle of Windisch-Graetz +4
Friedrich II of Baden +3
Elizabeth of Anhalt +3
Elizabeth of Prussia +3
Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany +1
Ludwig-Ferdinand of Bavaria +1
Charlotte of Prussia =
Luise Margharete of Prussia =
Elizabeth of Hessen -1
Paul-Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin -1
Alfons of Bavaria -2
Heinrich of Prussia -2
Viktoria of Baden ( later Queen of Sweden ) -2
Alexander-Friedrich of Hessen - 3
Friedrich-Ludwig of Prussia -3
Ludwig of Baden -3
Isabella of Bavaria -3
Anne-Marie of Sachsen-Altenburg -4
Aribert of Anhalt -4
Elizabeth of Sachsen-Altenburg ( later sister-in-law Elizabeth Mavrikievna ) -5

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1
"Mitya" - 1860 - 1881
Dimitri Constantinovich was born at Strelna on June 13th, 1860, fifth child and third son of Grand Duke Constantine Nicolaevich and Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna. Emperor Alexander II named the new born baby Colonel-in-Chief of the Grenadiers Regiment of Mingrelia and enlisted him in the Horse Guards Regiment, both designations effective as of date of his birth. and also in the Guards Izmailovsky regiment.10004 & HP &43/024/1
Later that year on July 8th, Grand Duke Dimitri was enlisted in the Guards 4th Rifle Battalion ‘Of the Imperial Family’, in the Guards Equipage, the Guards Izmailovsky Regiment and The Horse Guards Regiment. 8388
On July 11th, Grand Duke Dimitri was enlisted in the 2nd Company of the Guards 4th Rifle Battalion "of the Imperial Family" .
The first nanny of the Grand Duke was English and her assistant was Varvara Petrovna Mihailov, the daughter of a manservant of Grand Duke Constantine Nicolaevich. Nanny Varvara took over after the English nanny left. 43/024/1

1866
Grand Duke Constantine Nicolaevich, his wife and his children Nicholas, Olga, Vera, Constantine, Dimitri and Wyatcheslav, travelled to Georgia to be guests of his brother the Viceroy Grand Duke Michael Nicolaevich. The travellers stopped on their way at Kiev, wrote on August 8th, 1866 n.st. Metropolitan Archbishop Arsene of Kiev and Galich to Archbishop Platon of Riga and Mitava. 10005
1867
On his seventh birthday, June 13th, 1867 n.st. Grand Duke Dimitri was enlisted in the Guards Grodno Hussars Regiment, and his education was entrusted to the cares of A.I. Zelenoy, a naval officer 8388 & 43/024/1
The first years of Dimitri youth were spent at Strelna, in St. Petersburg, at Pavlovsky and at Orianda in Crimea. Having reached the age of seven, Dimitri education was entrusted to a tutor, navy officer I. A. Zelenoy. (or A.I. ??) 43/024/1

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The Bibliography will be found at the end of the Episodic Biography

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