Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia

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Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia (Russian: Константи́н Константи́нович) (1858–1915) was a grandson of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, and a poet and playwright of some renown. He is best known by his pen name, "K. R".

[edit] Gallery

1891, painted by Ilya Yefimovich Repin

Великий князь Константин Константинович - поэт К. Р.

Константин Константинович

William Shakespeare translated by K. R.

[edit] Marriage and family

Konstantin Konstantinovich married in 1884 in Saint Petersburg Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, his second cousin. Upon her marriage, Elisabeth became the Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna. She was known within the family as "Mavra."

The couple had nine children:

• Prince Ioann Konstantinovich of Russia (1886 - 1918)
• Prince Gavriil Konstantinovich of Russia (1887 - 1955)
• Princess Tatiana Konstantinovna of Russia (1890 - 1970)
• Prince Konstantine Konstantinovich of Russia (1891 - 1918)
• Prince Oleg Konstantinovich of Russia (1892 - 1914)
• Prince Igor Konstantinovich of Russia (1894 - 1918)
• en:Prince Georgi Konstantinovich of Russia (1903 - 1938)
• Natalia (died at exactly two months, 1905)
• Princess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia (1906 - 2001)