Princess Xenia Andreevna Romanoff was a direct descendant of the Tsars of Russia.
Background
Princess Xenia was born in Paris, on 10 March 1919. Her paternal grandfather, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, was the fourth son of Grand Duke Michael, himself the fourth son of Tsar Nicholas I. Her paternal grandmother, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, was the eldest daughter of Tsar Alexander III and sister to Tsar Nicholas World War II Xenias’s father - the Tsar"s nephew - Prince Andrew Romanoff had in 1918 married Elisaveta Fabrizievna, daughter of Don Fabrizio Ruffo, Duca di Sasso-Ruffo.
Career
She was a great niece of Nicholas II, the last reigning Russian Emperor. She was the eldest child of Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia (24 January 1897 – 8 May 1981) and Donna Elisabetha Ruffo (1886–1940). Xenia Andreevna descended twice over from the Tsars of Russia.
They escaped Russia in December 1918.
Xenia’s mother was already pregnant with her when they left Russian soil. Princess Xenia had two brothers: Michael and Andrew.
Her mother died of cancer during World World War World War II Her father remarried and Xenia had one half sister, Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff. In 1938 She received ballet lessons at the school of Russian Ballet
During World World War II, Princess Xenia Romanov worked as a nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital and later worked as a volunteer with the Russian Benevolent Society for Refugees.
She was first married in London on 17 June 1945 to 2nd Lieutenat Calhoun Ancrum from South Carolina (bPhilippines 28 April 1915-1921 Februar 1990).
An American airman whose father was a colonel in the United States Marine Corps. Cal Ancrum was serving abroad with the United States Army when they metropolitan Initially, they lived in England, then in Germany for a time before moving to the United States.
They divorced in 1954.
During the 1970s Xenia and Geoffrey Tooth (b 1 September 1908) settled at Rouffignac, in the Dordogne, France. Geoffrey Tooth died in 1998.
She died on 22 October 2000 in Saint-Cernin. Princess Xenia had no children from any of her marriages.
Her Serene Highness Princess Xenia Andreevna of Russia
However this title, and even her right to the surname Romanov were disputed by some.
Membership
She then met Geoffrey Tooth, head of the Mental Health section at the Ministry of Health and a member of the Expert Advisory Panel at the World Health Organisation. North.B. After the Russian revolution members of the Imperial family tended to drop the territorial designation “of Russia” and use the princely title with the surname Romanov, usually spelled Romanoff.