Oldenburg, Konstantin Petrovich

Prince Konstantin-Friedrich-Peter (Konstantin Petrovich) was born on April 24 (May 9), 1850 and was the seventh child and fourth son of Prince Peter Georgievich of Oldenburg and Princess Theresa of Nassauska . Grandson of Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna . At birth, he was baptized in the evangelical faith (unlike the Orthodox dukes of Leuchtenberg ), but at court he was named by name and patronymic.

He received a home education, then attended a lecture course at the Imperial College of Law .

From birth, he was enlisted as a warrant officer of the guard in the Life Guard Semenovsky Regiment (until 1869). From May 21, 1869 to March 5, 1906 was listed in the Life Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment .

He participated in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878 .

In 1881-1887 he commanded the 1st Khopersky Horse Regiment of the Kuban Cossack Army.

The prince of Oldenburg lived for a long time in the Caucasus . With his participation, resort business and viticulture developed, in particular, on the initiative of Konstantin Petrovich, the production of champagne wines arose in Kutaisi .

Konstantin Petrovich was a musically gifted person, participated in the circle of the "Society of wind music lovers", founded in 1872 with the participation of Tsarevich Alexander Alexandrovich .

Konstantin Petrovich died on March 5 (18), 1906 in Nice . The body was transported to Russia and buried on March 11, 1906 in the Trinity-Sergey Desert near St. Petersburg .

• Order of St. Vladimir 4 tbsp. (1877)
• Order of St. Stanislav 2 tbsp. (1865)
• Golden weapon “For courage” (1878)
• Order of St. Anne 2 tbsp. (1884)

Foreign:

• Oldenburg Order of Merit of the Duke Peter-Friedrich-Ludwig 1 tbsp. (1850)
• Mecklenburg Order of the Vendian Crown 1 tbsp. (1850)
• Netherlands Order of the Golden Lion of Nassau (1872)
• Romanian Iron Cross "For crossing the Danube" (1879)
• Romanian Order of Military Merit (1879)
• Bulgarian Order of "St. Alexander" 1st Art. (1883)

On October 8 (21), 1882, in Kutaisi, Konstantin Petrovich married the Georgian princess Agrippina Konstantinovna Dadiani , nee Princess Dzhaparidze (1855-1927), by an organic marriage. October 20, 1882 from the Duke of Oldenburg received for herself and her offspring the title of Counts of Zarnekau (the Russian court used the option - Zarnekau ). 6 children were born in the marriage:

1. Alexander (1883-1957), from 1900 to 1908 the wife of George Alexandrovich Yuryevsky (1872-1913; the morganatic son of Alexander II ), from 1908 - Lev Vasilyevich Naryshkin .
2. Catherine (1884-1963) - since 1907, the wife of Ivan Plein (1874-1953), divorced.
3. Nikolai (1885-1976) - from 1917 to 1930 he was married to Marianne von Pistolkors (1890-1976) - daughter of Olga Valeriovna Paley's first marriage, from 1935 - to Adrianne Haristay (1889-1935). He did not leave offspring.
4. Alexei (1887-1918) - killed by the Bolsheviks. Not married, did not leave offspring.
5. Peter (1889-1961) - since 1914 he was married to Tamara Prokopyevna Shervashidze (1896-1931), the daughter of Prince P.L. Shervashidze , since 1934 - to Alexander Fedorovna Annenkova (1905-1985). Two children from their first marriage:
   1. Constantine (1916-1977)
   2. Nina (* 1919)
6. Nina (1892-1922) - not married, did not leave offspring.

• List to the generals by seniority . SPb 1905
• Grigoryan V.G. Romanovs. Biographical reference. - M .: AST, 2007.

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