Traditions of the imperial house of the Romanovs did not disappearafter the execution of the royal family. Many descendants of the heirs to the Russian throne still live and prosper in wealthy European countries. One of these descendants is Prince George Alexandrovich Yurievsky - the heir, who never became the emperor of Russia.
Emperor's Marriage
There is a tradition in noble birthrepeat the names of heirs from generation to generation. Prince Georgy Alexandrovich Yuryevsky - a clear confirmation of such a tradition. The first man with that name was born in 1872 in St. Petersburg. His father was the current emperor Alexander II, and his mother was the morganatic spouse of the tsar, princess E. M. Dolgoruky. Georgy Alexandrovich Yurievsky was born out of wedlock and until 1874 had no rights and titles. But in the middle of 1874, the king sent to the Senate a secret decree granting the children of Princess Dolgoruky Georgy and Olga legal rights and the title of “the brightest”. Later, in 1880, an act was drawn up on the marriage of the Emperor Alexander and Princess Catherine. This document endowed the bride with the title of the Most High Princess Yuryevskaya, which could later be transferred to children from this marriage. So the daughters of princess Olga and Catherine, son George got their own title and own name.
short biography
Recognizing his own children, Emperor Alexander IIequated them in rights with the legal heirs - children from their first marriage with Tsarina Maria Alexandrovna. After the murder of Alexander II by the Volunteers, the Yuryevskys' family emigrated from Russia and settled in France. The Most High Prince George Alexandrovich Yuryevsky graduated with honors from Condorcet College, and received his higher education at the Sorbonne. In 1891 he received a bachelor's degree, returned to Russia and became a naval officer. For several years, Georgy Alexandrovich Yuryevsky served in the Baltic Fleet, and in 1908 he retired due to illness.
In early 1900, the Most Serene Prince combinedmarriage with the Countess Zarnekau. From this union was born the heir, the namesake of the Russian emperor, Alexander Georgievich. Unfortunately, the century, released to George, was short-lived. At the age of 41, he died in Marburg from acute jade.
150 years later
Сын Георгия прожил долгую жизнь.Constant revolutions and change of government in European countries, two world wars have lost the remnants of a large fortune of Yuryevskys - Alexander had to earn his living on his own. In the end, the descendant of Emperor Alexander II chose Switzerland as a permanent residence. In 1925, in the cathedral, he married Ursula Annemariea Beer, who, after marriage, began to wear the title of princes Yuryevskaya. From this marriage was born George Alexandrovich Yuryevsky - the great-grandson of Emperor Alexander II.
Our contemporaries
Our contemporary G.A.Yurievsky was born in 1961 in Switzerland. A descendant of royal and princely blood leads a normal life, has its own profession. Georgy Alexandrovich Yurievsky received an excellent education, became a graduate of the Law Faculty of the University of Zurich. He leads several software development companies. In addition, the great-grandson of the emperor has excellent athletic training - he is a professional tennis player, has a rescue diving diploma.
Prince George knows Russian, but does not speakim perfectly. Poor knowledge of native speech is explained by the decision of his father Alexander, who feared persecution from the Soviet regime. The family reigned a strict ban on talking about modern Russia, but the history of a great country until 1917 was studied in full detail. About life in Russia, about the ancestors of the Yuryevskys, little George was enthusiastically told by the mother Ursula, the Most Serene Princess Yuryevskaya.
In 2013, the family blessed PrinceGeorge Alexandrovich Yurievsky. Silvia Trump, a resident of Germany, became his chosen one. Before the wedding, the bride was baptized according to the Orthodox rite - she was given the Christian name Elikonida, in honor of the martyr from the city of Thessalonica, whose memory the Christians of the Orthodox rite celebrate on May 28.
The marriage of this couple for many well-born families has become an event of the season. The scions of the most famous ruling dynasties of central and eastern Europe attended the wedding.
Yurievsky in Russia
Unlike his father, George Yurievsky couldto visit Russia. His visit came in 1991. He became one of the first who stepped over the borders of the Soviet state and witnessed the collapse of the USSR. At the present time, His Serene Highness Prince is a regular guest on the territory of Russia. Here he is engaged in business in the field of arts and real estate, has an apartment in St. Petersburg.
