Prince Rostislav Romanov

Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich Romanov (24 November 1938 – 7 January 1999) was a descendant of the Imperial Family of Russia and a merchant banker.

Known as "Rosti", he was born in Chicago, the only son of Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich of Russia and his first wife, Princess Alexandra Pavlovna Galitzine(later Mrs. Armour) (1905–2006). He was a grandson of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna and Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia, and thus the great-grandson of Tsar Alexander III. Prince Rotislav's parents divorced in 1944.

Prince Rostislav spent his early life in Chicago and after attending Phillips Academy, Andover he graduated from Yale University. He later moved to the United Kingdom where he worked in London as a merchant banker.

In 1998 Prince Rostislav visited Russia for the funeral of his great uncle Emperor Nicholas II. Shortly after returning to the United Kingdom he was taken ill, with doctors believing he caught a rare disease from the dust at the church where the funeral took place. He subsequently fell into a coma, dying in London.

Prince Rostislav was married firstly on 9 September 1960 in Winnetka, Illinois to Stephena Verdel Cook (born 1938) and they had one daughter before the marriage was dissolved in 1980.

• Princess Stephena Rostislavovna Romanov (born 1963)

He was married secondly in August, 1980 inLake Forest, Illinois to Christia Ipsen and they had three children:

• Princess Alexandra Rostislavovna Romanov (born 1983)
• Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich Romanov (born 1985)
• Prince Nikita Rostislavovich Romanov (born 1987)

• His Highness Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich of Russia

N.B. After the Russian revolution morganatic descendants of the Imperial family tended to use the princely title with the surname Romanov. However this title, and even his right to the surname Romanov was disputed by some.