Thursday, April 23, 2015

Princess Helen of Serbia was connected obliquely to the Rasputin intrigue as well

Helen was also a niece of Anastasia of Montenegro (or "Stana"), wife of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, and of Milica of Montenegro, wife of Grand Duke Peter Nicolaievich of Russia, the women who introduced Grigori Rasputin to Tsarina Alexandra

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Helen_of_Serbia

Also, though her husband Prince John Constantinovich was butchered by the Bolshevics she lived until 1962 in Nice, France

Born 4 November 1884
Cetinje, Montenegro
Died 16 October 1962 (aged 77)
Nice, France
Jelena Karađorđević or Princess Helen of Serbia (4 November 1884 – 16 October 1962) was the daughter of King Peter I of Yugoslavia and his wife Princess Zorka of Montenegro. She was the elder sister of George, Crown Prince of Serbia and King Alexander I of Yugoslavia. Helen was also a niece of Anastasia of Montenegro (or "Stana"), wife of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, and of Milica of Montenegro, wife of Grand Duke Peter Nicolaievich of Russia, the women who introduced Grigori Rasputin to Tsarina Alexandra.[1] She was born Princess Jelena Karađorđević, became Princess Jelena of Serbia at the accession of her father and was known as Elena Petrovna, Jelena Petrovna, Hélène Petrovna or Ellen Petrovna after her marriage.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Helen_of_Serbia

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