Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia was the youngest son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, and thus a grandson of Emperor Alexander II and the first cousin of Nicholas II, the last
Andrei in 1907
From left to right: Grand Duke Andrei, Grand Duke Kirill, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, Grand Duchess Elena and Grand Duke Boris.
Grand Duke Andrei (in the white uniform) with his brothers Kirill and Boris Vladimirovich.
Sitting: Grand Duke Kirill, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna and Grand Duke Boris. Standing in the back: Grand Duchess Yelena and Grand Duke Andrei
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia was the eldest daughter of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his first wife, Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz. A prominent hostess in S
Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia
…childhood. His father, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, a brother of Tsar Alexander III of Russia, was a renowned patron of the arts. Andrei's mother, Grand Duchess, Maria Pavlovna, née a Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, was one of the greatest hostesses of Russian society. Both parents doted on their four surviving children…
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna in middle age, wearing the Vladimir Tiara