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| NAME = Irina Mikhailovna Raievskya |
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| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Irina, Duchess of Mecklenburg<br>Irina of Mecklenburg, Duchess<br>Irina Mikhailovna Rayevsky<br>Irina Mikhailovna Raievskaya |
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Revision as of 23:16, 2 April 2014
Irina Mikhailovna Raievskya[1] | |
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| Born | 18 August 1892 |
| Died | 22 January 1955 |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation(s) | Member of Russian and German nobility |
| Title | Duchess of Mecklenburg |
| Spouse(s) | Count Alexander Mikhailovich Tolstoy (1888-1918) George, Duke of Mecklenburg (1899-1963) |
| Children | Countess Irina Aleksandrovna Tolstaya (1917-1988) Count Mikhaïl Alexandrovitch Tolstoy (1918-2004) Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (1921-1996) Duke Alexander of Mecklenburg (born and died 1922) Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg (1924–1962) Duke Carl Gregor of Mecklenburg (born 1933) |
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Irina Mikhailovna Raievskya (18 August 1892 - 22 January 1955) (Russian: Раевская, Ирина Михайловна, was Duchess of Mecklenburg, her second husband George, Duke of Mecklenburg (German: Georg Herzog zu Mecklenburg) was the head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1934 until his death 1963[2]. Irina is the great-grandmother of Sophie, Princess of Prussia[3], wife of Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia current head of the House of Hohenzollern[4].
Early life
She was born on 18 August 1892 in Tsarskoye Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire into the highest ranks of Russian nobility. Her parents were Mikhail Nikolaievich Rayevsky (1841-1893) and Princess Mariya Grigoryevna Gagarina (1851-1941). Her paternal grandparents were Nikolas Nikolajewitch Rayevsky (1801-1843) and his wife Anna Mikhailovna Borozdine (1819-1883). Her maternal grandparents were Grigory Gagarin (1810-1893) and his wife Sophia Andreievna Dachkov (1822-1908). Irina was daughter of the Rayevski family who were one of heirs of the famed Grigori Potemkin (1739-1791), Prince of Tauria, descending from the childless Prince's sister Maria Alexandrowna Potemkina (1726-1774).
Marriages and children
Irina Mikhailovna Raievskya was married firstly in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire on 5 November 1915 to Count Alexander Mikhailovich Tolstoy (1888-1918)[5], son of Count Michael Tolstoy (1845-1913) and his wife Princess Olga Alexandrovna Vassiltchikov.
The children of her first marriage were[6]:
- Countess Irina Aleksandrovna Tolstaya (1917-1988) m. Franz Ferdinand, Prince of Isenburg (1901-1956)
- Count Mikhaïl Alexandrovitch Tolstoy (1918-2004) m. Francine Paule Yvonne Bregentzer (1923-2009)
After Irina was widowed on 2 October 1918 she was married secondly in Geneva, Switzerland on 7 October 1920 to George, Duke of Mecklenburg (1899-1963)[7], son of Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1859-1909) and his wife Natalia Feodorovna Vanljarskaya, Countess of Carlow (1858-1921).
The Children of her second marriage were[8]:
- HH Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (1921–1996) m. Archduchess Ilona of Austria (1927-2011)
- HH Duke Alexander of Mecklenburg (born and died 1922)
- HH Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg (1924–1962) m. Hassan Sayed Kamil, an Egyptian-Swiss arms dealer (1918-1991).[9] She was killed in a plane crash.
- HH Duke Carl Gregor of Mecklenburg (b. 1933) m. HSH Princess Maria Margarethe of Hohenzollern (1928–2006) daughter of Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenzollern-Emden
Later life
She fled with her family after October Revolution from Russian Empire first to France then to Denmark and last to Germany. With her second husband George, Duke of Mecklenburg she lived since 1923 in Schloss Remplin, Germany until it burned down in the Second World War on 10 April 1940[10]. Subsequently the family moved to Grunewald, Berlin. After their house in Grunwald was destroyed by bombing in February 1944 they moved by invitation of Margarete of Hohenzollern in March 1944 to Sigmaringen[11]. Her second husband George, Duke of Mecklenburg was held prisoner by the Nazi government from 1944 until he was released in February 1945. Irina, Duchess of Mecklenburg lived until her death on 22 January 1955 in Sigmaringen, where she died.
Irina, Duchess of Mecklenburg and her second husband George, Duke of Mecklenburg were interested in art and music.
Irina, Duchess of Mecklenburg was burried in the Einsiedlerkapelle, Inzigkofen, Germany.
Ancestry
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- ^ thepeerage.com
- ^ worldhistory.de
- ^ genealogics.org
- ^ preussen.de
- ^ en.rodovid.org
- ^ geni.com
- ^ royaltyguide.nl
- ^ geneall.net
- ^ House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz genealogy
- ^ Die Familie war im Nationalsozialismus Repressalien ausgesetzt wegen ihrer Verbindungen zum internationalen Hochadel und der Herkunft aus Russland. Außerdem war der Vater Georg Herzog zu Mecklenburg 1920 zum Katholizismus übergetreten. 1944 wurde er von den Nationalsozialisten in Sachsenhausen interniert und kam erst im Februar 1945 auf Drängen des päpstlichen Nuntius frei.
- ^ Oster, Uwe (2008-03-14). "Musik und Literatur als roter Faden". Hohenzollerische Zeitung. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
{{Persondata
| NAME = Irina Mikhailovna Raievskya
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Irina, Duchess of Mecklenburg
Irina of Mecklenburg, Duchess
Irina Mikhailovna Rayevsky
Irina Mikhailovna Raievskaya