Background
Her mother was among the Romanovs who escaped the Russian Revolution in 1919 aboard the British ship the HMS Marlborough and Princess Irina was the youngest passenger aboard the ship.
Her mother was among the Romanovs who escaped the Russian Revolution in 1919 aboard the British ship the HMS Marlborough and Princess Irina was the youngest passenger aboard the ship.
She had one sister named Princess Xenia (aka Ksenija) Nikolaïevna Orlova (1921–1963). Irina Orlova Nikolaievna married Baron Hans von Waldstatten (1918-1977) in Rome March 27, 1940. They divorced in 1946) They had one daughter:
Elizabeth Baroness von Waldstatten
After her divorce Irina had a son named Alexis Nicolas Orlov.
He was born 10 September 1947.
She died on 16 September 1989 at age 71 at Villacerf, France.