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Countess Alexandra von Zarnekau

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Name
  
Countess von

Born
  
10 May 1883 Kutaisi, Georgia, Russian Empire (
1883-05-10
)

Issue
  
Prince Alexander Georgievich Yourievsky

Father
  
Duke Constantine Petrovich of Oldenburg

Mother
  
Agrippina Japaridze, Countess von Zarnekau

Role
  
Duke Constantine Petrovich of Oldenburg's daughter

Died
  
May 28, 1957, Paris, France

Spouse
  
Prince George Alexandrovich Yuryevsky

Parents
  
Duke Constantine Petrovich of Oldenburg

Children
  
Prince Alexander Georgievich Yourievsky

Grandparents
  
Duke Peter Georgievich of Oldenburg, Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg

Great-grandparents
  
Catherine Pavlovna of Russia

Countess Alexandra Constantinovna von Zarnekau (Russian: grafinya aleksandra Konstantinovna Zarnekau, 10 May 1883 - 28 May 1957) was the eldest daughter of Duke Constantine Petrovich of Oldenburg and his morganatic wife Agrippina Japaridze, Countess von Zarnekau.

At age 17, on 11 February 1900, Countess Alexandra married Prince George Alexandrovich Yuryevsky, the son of Tsar Alexander II by his mistress (and later wife), Ekaterina Mikhailovna Dolgorukova, the Princess Yourievskya. They were married at Nice, France, and had one child, Prince Alexander Georgievich Yourievsky, who was born 20 December 1901. Alexandra and George divorced in 1908.

Countess Alexandra married secondly to Leo Vassilievich Narishkin on 17 October 1908 at Paris, France. During the First World War, Countess Alexandra worked as an administrator of the Russian hospital at Saloniki. After the war, she settled in Paris, France. She died there on 28 May 1957 at age 74.

References

Countess Alexandra von Zarnekau Wikipedia