Princess Xenia Andreevna of Russia

Princess Xenia Andreevna Romanoff (10 March 1919 – 22 October 2000) was a direct descendant of the Tsars of Russia.

Princess Xenia was born in Paris, on 10 March 1919, where her parents had fled after the Russian Revolution.

She was the eldest child of Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia (24 January 1897 – 8 May 1981) and Donna Elisabetha Ruffo (1886–1940).

Xenia's father Prince Andrew Romanoff, a nephew of the Tsar, in 1918 had married Elisaveta Fabrizievna, daughter of Don Fabrizio Ruffo, Duca di Sasso-Ruffo.

[2] Xenia and her siblings had an English nanny, but the children spoke Russian among the family at home.

[5] She married in London on 17 June 1945 to 2nd Lieutenant Calhoun Ancrum from South Carolina (b. Philippines 28 April 1915 – 21 February 1990).