Biography

Prince Andrew Romanoff was born on January 21, 1923 in London, England, UK. He was married to Elena Konstantinovna Dourneva, Inez Storer and Kathleen Norris. He died on November 28, 2021 in Inverness, California, USA.

He enjoyed hiking and hunting for mushrooms.

Grandnephew of Russia's last czar, Nicholas II; his paternal grandmother was Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, a sister of Nicholas II.

In 1970, he moved to rural Marin County, California to work as a carpenter, building houses with a Russian cousin. He also founded a company that manufactured jewelry and other items.

He grew up in Frogmore Cottage on the grounds of Windsor Castle, where he had an idyllic but insular childhood.

He served in the British Navy during WWII and saw action in the D-Day invasion. After the war, he worked on a farm in Kent, England, before emigrating to the United States in 1949. He became a naturalized American citizen in 1956.