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Parentage of Alexander Dmitrevich Den, 1908-1979

Posted by Janet Ashton on 26/6/2009, 19:44:34
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Several months ago, there was a discussion here about this boy, who was (unusually) adopted in Switzerland by Dmitri Den or Dehn, and his wife Sophia Sheremeteva (GD Maria Nikolaevna's granddaughter). The discussion was about the question of his true parentage.

Thanks to poster Svetabel on the AP board who uncovered this story through her own research on the Romanov family, it appears that the mother of Alexander was Varvara Vorontsov Dashkova, and his father Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich. This is an interesting twist to Sergei's story, he being the luckless swain of Kschessinska who raised her son as his own while she two-timed him with Andrei Vladimirovich. How ironic for Sergei that while he gave this dubious son his patronymic his own son was also growing up under someone else's name....

http://forum.alexanderpalace.org/index.php?topic=6444.msg391580#msg391580

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Parentage of Alexander Dmitrevich Den, 1908-1979 - Janet Ashton 26/6/2009, 19:44:34
- Parentage of Alexander de Daehn, 1908-1979 - M.Sjostrom 27/6/2009, 15:20:17
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--Previous Message-- : Several months ago, there was a discussion : here about this boy, who was (unusually) : adopted in Switzerland by Dmitri Den or : Dehn, and his wife Sophia Sheremeteva (GD : Maria Nikolaevna's granddaughter). The : discussion was about the question of his : true parentage. : : Thanks to poster Svetabel on the AP board : who uncovered this story through her own : research on the Romanov family, it appears : that the mother of Alexander was Varvara : Vorontsov Dashkova, and his father Grand : Duke Sergei Mikhailovich. This is an : interesting twist to Sergei's story, he : being the luckless swain of Kschessinska who : raised her son as his own while she : two-timed him with Andrei Vladimirovich. How : ironic for Sergei that while he gave this : dubious son his patronymic his own son was : also growing up under someone else's : name.... : : : http://forum.alexanderpalace.org/index.php?topic=6444.msg391580#msg391580 :

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