Princess Elena Petrovna, wife of Prince Ioann Konstantinovitch

[grandduchessella]

In wedding group photo:

seated on ground:
Princess Katharina and Prince Vsevolod of Russia (children of Helena & Ioann)
seated middle:
Crown Princess Helen of Romania (born Greece), King Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Queen Marie 'Mignon' of Yugoslavia, King Ferdinand I of Romania, Princess Beatrice of Coburg (Infanta of Spain), GDss Kira of Russia
standing: Princess Ileana of Romania, Princess Helen of Russia (nee Serbia), Infante Alfonso of Spain (husband of Pss Beatrice), Duke of York (GVI), CP Carol of Romania, Duke of Genoa, Prince Nicholas of Romania, Princess Irene of Greece (later Dss of Aosta), Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Prince Arsene of Yugoslavia

[Speedycat]

Woohoo Somehow I knew you could name them all GDElla!  Thanks.  SOme of those I would have never guessed.

[Teddy]

There is so little know about this strong lady, who played a big role in the last chapters of the IF and that of her husband (and the other prisoners).

I would like to know some more information.

[Teddy]

But always thought that her memoirs were not published.

[Marc]

Me too,but several days ago I found some parts of them on the web,so I think either the parts of it or the whole memoires are called ''I was at Ecaterinburg''!

[Teddy]

Were did you find those parts?

[Marc]

I really can't remember,but I do that I was trying to tipe ''Princess Helena Russia Serbia'' or something like that and that's how I found this name or part of the name of her memoires!

[Marc]

By the way Princess Helena very much resembles her mother Princess Zorka of Montenegro!And her aunts also...Helena and her two aunts Militza and Anastasia!

[grandduchessella]

"I was at Ekaterinburg" is the title of them. Atlantis (Greg & Penny's magazine) excerpted at least part of them. Perhaps they have back issues? I think they were originally in French and Penny translated them. I don't have copies myself though.  

[Finelly]

What did the children do when they grew up?

[lexi4]

"I was at Ekaterinburg" is the title of them. Atlantis (Greg & Penny's magazine) excerpted at least part of them. Perhaps they have back issues? I think they were originally in French and Penny translated them. I don't have copies myself though.  

I've been searching through rare book stores and can't find the book at all.

[Marc]

Don't know,I never tried it,try to copy if it's posible...

[grandduchessella]

Princess Helena Petrovna as a child with her brothers George and Alexander(future King Alexander I) and with their cousin Paul(future regent)!

Crown Prince George of Yugoslavia (1887 – 1972) was the older brother of Alexander I of Yugoslavia, son of Peter I, King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and Princess Zorka of Montenegro. George Crown Prince of Serbia, from 1929 styled HRH Prince George of Yugoslavia, was born at Rijeka. Prince George was mentally and emotionally unstable and was forced to renounce the right to the throne in favor of his brother Alexander on March 15, 1909. He morganatically married Radmila Radonyich (1907-1993)(civ) 1949 (rel) 1955 .

[Marc]

Yes,he was very mentally instable!Once he ordered his cousin Prince Paul to ''dance'' while he ''was shooting rats'' between his legs...

[Marc]

And he(Prince George-Helena's brother) is the only one that was not taken to exile and left in the country during and after the WWII!