Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia

**Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia**
	Russian grand prince (1858-1915) Konstantin Konstantinovitj omkring 1891.
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Name in native language	Константин Константинович;
Date of birth	22 August 1858; Strelna
Date of death	15 June 1915; Pavlovsk
Place of burial	Peter and Paul Cathedral;
Pseudonym	К.Р.;
Country of citizenship	Russian Empire;
Occupation	playwright; poet; penman; translator;
Employer	Governing Senate (1911–);
Member of	Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; Russian Academy of Sciences; Imperial Russian Archaeological Society; Svita (1898–); Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1887–); Society of Devotees of Natural Science, Anthropology, and Ethnography; Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society; Russian Astronomical Society; Imperial Russian Historical Society; Nicholas Academy of Engineering; Imperial Academy of Medical Surgery; Mikhailovskaya Military Artillery Academy;
Position held	president of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1889–1915); adjutant general; Officer of the deck (1880–1882); chairperson (1892–);
Field of work	creative and professional writing; poetry; drama; translation;
Family	Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov;
Father	Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia;
Mother	Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg;
Sibling	Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia; Olga Constantinovna of Russia; Grand Duke Vyacheslav Constantinovich of Russia; Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovich of Russia; Grand Duke Dimitri Constantinovich of Russia;
Child	Prince Oleg Konstantinovich of Russia; Prince Constantine Constantinovich of Russia; Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia; Prince John Constantinovich of Russia; Princess Vera Constantinovna of Russia; Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia; Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia; Prince Georgy Konstantinovich of Russia; Natalya Konstantinovna Romanova, Princess of Russia;
Spouse	Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (1884 – unknown value);
Award received	Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (1858); Order of Saint Anna, 1st class (1858); Order of the White Eagle (1865); Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class (1865); Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class (1896); Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class (1903); Order of St. Vladimir, 1st class (1913); Order of St. Andrew (1858); Order of St. George, 4th class (1877); Order of the Redeemer (1875); Medal in memory of Russo-Turkish War 1877–78 (1878); Medal In memory of coronation of Nikolay II (1897); Medal for works on the first general census (1897); In memory of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Poltava (1909); Insignias of Irreproachable Service (1915); Order of the Crown (1874); Order of the Wendish Crown (1874); Knight of the Order of the Elephant (1875); Order of the Saxe-Ernestine (1878); House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis (1878); Cross "Danube Crossing" (1878); Pour le Mérite (1878); Order of Prince Danilo I (1882); Order of Saint Alexander (1883); Order of the Black Eagle (1883); House Order of Lippe (1885); Order of Ludwig I (1886); Order of the Griffon (1887); Order of Charles III (1887); Order of the White Falcon (1887); …;
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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".

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1891, painted by Ilya Yefimovich Repin
Великий князь Константин Константинович - поэт К. Р.
Константин Константинович
William Shakespeare translated by K. R.

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)