Reader Mail: A Letter from France

Here at the Russian Legitimist we have received numerous letters over the past few weeks relating to the upcoming wedding of Grand Duke George, as well as the recent religious ceremony of Rostislav Romanoff in Paris.

Herewith, a note from a reader:

Detail from Insta @Axenoff via thedailymail.co.uk

Dear Sirs,

Thank you for your news about the wedding of young Mr. Romanoff in Paris.

Relatives say that it was a pale imitation of the Romanoff weddings of the past in Paris, when our Russians lined the streets. We all understood that these were private events, and those who participated knew that there was no dynastic significance to these weddings.

I was surprised to see the gold-embroidered napkins and to read the diadem would be sold for charity afterwards. Пошлость!**

I wish these young people well. They would be wise to stop calling themselves “Imperial” as they will lose any sympathy they might have had.

We all know the last true members of the imperial house will be in St Petersburg next week.

Sincerely,

V. N. S., [France]

** This almost untranslatable Russian word is generally translated as “vulgarity” but it implies more than that; it implies a reach for elegance which has failed badly due to a lack of taste.

Detail from Insta @Axenoff via thedailymail.co.uk

Prince and Princess Rostislav Romanovsky Married in Religious Ceremony in Paris

It was confirmed this evening via social media that Rostislav Romanov, Prince Romanovsky, and his wife, the former Foteini Georganta were married in a religious wedding ceremony at the Russian Cathedral of Alexander Nevsky on the rue Daru in Paris.

The wedding was a private family affair with fewer than 100 relatives and close friends.

The couple had a son, Rostislav-George in 2013, and were civilly wed in Great Britain in 2019. An article from Eurohistory tells the full story HERE.

Best wishes to the happy couple and their son from The Russian Legitimist!

Rostislav and Foteini Romanoff, relatives of the Imperial House, to celebrate Orthodox Ceremony in Paris

The October 2020 marriage of the Romanoffs. Source: Instagram via blog

Sources close to the Russian Orthodox Church in Paris have informed us that Rostislav Romanoff, whose grandfather was a member of the Russian Imperial House, is to marry the former Foteini Georganta in an Orthodox ceremony at the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Paris on September 12. If this report is accurate, The Russian Legitimist sends the newlyweds its best wishes on their religious marriage. The couple's civil wedding occurred in October 2019 in the United Kingdom.

Rostislav Romanoff, an artist who was born in Illinois, U.S.A., in 1985, is a grandson of His Highness the late Prince Rostislav of Russia (died 1978), one of the six sons of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia. In 1924, Prince Rostislav, along with his father and several of his brothers, signed an oath of allegiance to Grand Duke Kirill as Emperor of Russia and Head of the Imperial House and to Grand Duke Vladimir as Tsesarevich and Heir.

His Highness Prince Rostislav of Russia, a member of the Imperial House, was married three times. All of his marriages were morganatic. Therefore, under the dynastic laws, none of his descendants is a member of the Russian Imperial House. His grandson Rostislav Romanoff, however, remains related to the Imperial House and has traveled frequently to the country of his ancestors.

Many years to the happy couple!

For more information about Rostislav Romanov, see HERE.

Cathédrale St. Alexandre Nevsky, Paris.