His father was Prince Michael S. Volkonsky, his mother the Serene Princess Elizabeth G. Volkonskaia (1838–1897).
He married Princess Catherine Shahovskaya, daughter of the General of Infantry Prince Shakhovsky Aleksei Ivanovich (1821–1890) and Sofia Alexandrovna Olsufyeva (1830–1882).
Serge Volkonsky (1860–1937) - was a Russian theater worker, director, writer, Chamberlain, Privy Counsellor and a Catholic convert.
Alexandr Volkonsky (1866–1934) was chamberlain, marshal of the nobility of the Balashov district [ru] of Tambov province.
During World War I he worked at the front of one of the organizations the All-Russian Land Union.