The following year, Prince Alexander Nikitich became the first member of the Romanov family to visit Russia after the Revolution.
He was born in Paris, the youngest son Prince Nikita Alexandrovich of Russia and his wife Countess Mariya Ilarianovna Vorontzova-Daschkova.
On 27 May 1961 he became the first descendant of the Imperial Family to return to Russia after its members went into exile or were murdered by the Communists following the October Revolution, when he managed to get a visa to join a group of tourists.
[2][3] Prince Alexander married a Sicilian princess, Maria 'Mimi' Valguarnera (29 November 1931, Palermo, Italy - 29 September 2023, New York City), daughter of Corrado, Prince of Niscemi and Castelnuovo and Duke of Arenella, on 23 February 1971 in New York City in a civil ceremony, and in a religious ceremony on 18 July 1971 in Cannes.
His body was cremated at Mortlake Crematorium and buried in the ancestral tomb of his wife's family in Palermo.