Nina Georgievna Romanova is the heiress of the Greek King George I by her mother and Prince Mikhail Nikolaevich Romanov by her father. Her parents are Prince Georgy Mikhailovich Romanov and Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna, Princess of Greece and Denmark.
It is always interesting to know how the fate of people born in royal families developed. They were the color of the aristocracy, but such an event as the revolution of 1917, abruptly turned their whole life upside down.
Biography
Nina Georgievna was born in 1901 in St. Petersburg. Naturally, the princess did not grow up like ordinary children. Her childhood was spent in the palace where she was born. When she was four years old, she was taken to Germany to be treated for diphtheria. It was a fairly common disease at the time. Fortunately, everything worked out, and the family of Prince Grigory Mikhailovich went to the Crimea, where the Charax palace was built for them.
And in honor of her name-day in 1906, the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord was laid - so the father decided to celebrate the recovery of Nina. By that time, she had a younger sister, Ksenia, and the girls were brought up together. They lived the life of real princesses, and at the same time learned a lot. After all, they needed to go out sometime, know etiquette and languages, show themselves erudite, well-read. Therefore, their days were not spent in idleness, rather on the contrary - it was constant training and the most versatile education.
It is known that Nina knew several languages. She spoke Russian with her father, English with her mother, and French with Ksenia. The prince often took his wife and children abroad: they visited the most picturesque and interesting places in England, Denmark, Greece, France. There were many impressions from the trips, and they had something to talk about.
Unfortunately, Maria Georgievna and Georgy Mikhailovich were not happy in marriage, and they did not have the kind of friendly family that happens if there is love between the spouses. But the father devoted a lot of time to his daughters: he played with them, read, sometimes they just talked or played the fool. And Maria Georgievna spent most of her time abroad - she was resting or undergoing treatment.
Departure to England
In the summer of 1914, she also went to an English resort, but this time she took her daughters with her. She was uncomfortable in Russia, and she left the country under any pretext. We can say that this time the trip was saving, because the First World War soon began, in which Russia was involved. The princess lived with Nina and Xenia in the city of Harrogate and constantly corresponded with Georgy Mikhailovich, but refused to return to Russia.
Her decision saved the life of her and her daughters, because in 1919 Georgy Mikhailovich was shot, like other great dukes.
Personal life
Nina was educated in England and became an artist. In her youth, she dated Paul, a Greek prince. However, when she met the Georgian prince Chavchavadze, she preferred him.
In 1922, Nina became the wife of Pavel Chavchavadze. In 1927, she and her husband emigrated to the United States, where they lived until the end of their days, rather modestly. In 1924 their son David was born. He served with the CIA and wrote the book The Grand Dukes. Several times he came to Russia, to the homeland of his ancestors.
